Joining a Mac OS X Leopard computer to an AD domain

[Derek]

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to join a Mac OS X Leopard computer to a Windows Server 2003 AD domain? I want to do things like sharing files, share an internet connection and many more things. Thanks.

[Zachary]

Follow the below steps:

1. First of all go to the Directory Utility -> /Applications/Utilities/
2. After that you need to click the Advanced Settings Button -> Buttons should appear on the top and then click Services
3. You need to ensure that you are authenticated to makes changes -> click the lock and login and then double-click the Active Directory
4. Now you have to type in your domain in "Active Directory Domain" -> ex. (mydomain.com) watch out if your domain ends with .local opposed to .com or .net, you need to disable bonjour if it ends with .local and then click bind
5. After that you need to enter in username and password -> just the username NOT user@mydomain.com or MYDOMAIN\User
6. Lastly click on ok and you are done.