Creating local home folders for network accounts – Apple Xsan 1.4 User Manual
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Chapter 4
Managing Clients and Users
Creating Local Home Folders for Network Accounts
Creating SAN user accounts in a centralized directory simplifies the job of managing
user accounts for computers attached to the SAN. However, some applications, such as
Final Cut Pro, work best when a user has a local home folder on the computer he or
she is using.
To create a local home folder for a network user account:
1
Open Workgroup Manager on the server that is acting as your Open Directory master.
2
Click the Users tab, select the user, and click Home.
3
Click the Add (+) button below the list.
4
Type “/Users/<shortname>” in the Home field, replacing <shortname> with the user’s
short name and leaving off the quotes.
5
Click OK, and then click Save.
The user’s home folder is created on the client computer the first time he or she logs in.