Cannot change password or cannot log in on MAC (4273794)

Cannot change password on server or cannot login to MAC machine

Cause 1: Hostname of Mac had changed due to dhcp handing out a different hostname.

Cause 2: Native Active Directory binding was first before VAS causing an issue.

RESOLUTION 1:

Force a domain unjoin and rejoin by doing the following steps:

1.  log in a with a local account  and open a terminal
2.  sudo /opt/quest/vastool -u admin-account unjoin -f
3.  sudo /opt/quest/vastool  -u admin-account join my.domain.name

where admin-account is an account with admin privileges on the domain where the machine was joined, here called my.domain.name

RESOLUTION 2:

Ensure VAS directory services is at the top of the list.

To view directory services list do the following commands:

# dscl
Entering interactive mode... (type "help" for commands)
 > -list
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RESOLUTION 3:

Delete the local account with the same name