Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 132)

132 Chapter 3
Setup Overview
These are the major user and group administration activities:
m Step 1: Before you begin, do some planning.
m Step 2: Set up directory domains in which user and group accounts will reside.
m Step 3: Configure server search policies so servers can find user and group accounts.
m Step 4: Set up share points for home directories.
m Step 5: Set up share points for group directories.
m Step 6: Create users.
m Step 7: Create groups.
m Step 8: Set up client computers.
m Step 9: Review user and group account information as needed.
m Step 10: Update users and groups as needed.
m Step 11: Perform ongoing user and group account maintenance.
Following is a summary of each of these activities. See the pages indicated for detailed
information.
Step 1: Before you begin, do some planning
See “Before You Begin” on page 135 for a list of items to think about before you start creating
a large number of users and groups.
Step 2: Set up directory domains in which user and group accounts
will reside
Make sure you have created any directory domain in which you’ve decided to store user and
group accounts. See Chapter 2, “Directory Services,” for instructions on creating shared, or
network-visible, domains.
wheel 0 Another group (in addition to the admin group) to which
users with administrator privileges belong.
www 70 The nonprivileged group that Apache uses for its processes
that handle requests.
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group name
Group ID Use