Same 'server is not available' message - and this time I believe it! Repeat #1 while disconnected from the network. Same results for both old passwords: % ~ passwd Changing with NoMAD, as described above.Users & Groups sysprefpane, as described above.So, my question: What, if anything, can I do to update my Mac's local, keychain, and Filevault passwords that will not try to update AD? I've tried both old passwords same error. The error message is the generic 'local password doesn't meet policy requirements', and I assume it's because my local password isn't the same as the one in AD, so when it tries to confirm my old password, it can only succeed for one of the two backing systems. When that failed, I tried changing with NoMAD, but I can't. I tried to do it in System Preferences -> Users & Groups, which is my normal method, but it fails with the same mysterious error I got last time - it says the server is not available.Īs far as I can tell, the server is available. This was all 56 days ago, so I'm about due to change my password again. One of them knows the Mac reasonably well, but he's not an expert in this area and he's stumped. This left my Mac's login password, as well as my Keychain and Filevault passwords, the same as before.Īs I understand it, NoMAD was supposed to detect that they were out of sync and automatically fix it for me, but that hasn't happened. Our IT folks couldn't figure out the issue, so I was forced to do my AD password change from a Windows PC elsewhere on the network. The last time I came due for a password change (every sixty days), an unknown issue prevented me from executing the change from my Mac. It's managed with JAMF, and I have NoMAD installed. My Mac at work is bound to our Active Directory domain.

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