Is it possible to bind Windows clients (to be specific Windows 8) to OS X Open Directory? The server is running OS X Yosemite.
I have not yet found any resources that give a clear answer about this.
Windows – Binding a Windows client to Open Directory
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I've had success with Sysinternals Process Explorer. With this, you can search to find what process(es) have a file open, and you can use it to close the handle(s) if you want. Of course, it is safer to close the whole process. Exercise caution and judgement.
To find a specific file, use the menu option Find->Find Handle or DLL... Type in part of the path to the file. The list of processes will appear below.
If you prefer command line, Sysinternals suite includes command line tool Handle, that lists open handles.
Examples
c:\Program Files\SysinternalsSuite>handle.exe |findstr /i "e:\"(finds all files opened from drivee:\"c:\Program Files\SysinternalsSuite>handle.exe |findstr /i "file-or-path-in-question"
Best Answer
This is not possible with server versions after OS X Server Snow Leopard. Since the first release of the 'simple' server in OS X Lion, binding Windows clients to OS X Server is not possible anymore.
For authentication a client such as pGina can be used though, however it is not officially supported.