Lesson 8. Creating Accounts

Time

This lesson takes about 2 hours to complete.

Goals

Create user accounts in an LDAP database

 

Add users to groups

 

Set printer quotas for users

 

Manage computer lists

After the plan has been laid out, you should create some users, groups, and computer lists for testing purposes to see how your plan works. The first step is to create some user accounts; however, there are a few options to consider before the accounts are created. Which database should the accounts reside in? Where will the home folders reside? And should there be a user home folder and/or user printer quotas?

Understanding Account Creation Tools

When creating accounts, the logical choice for Mac OS X Server is Workgroup Manager. ...

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