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•You can set up mobile accounts to support users who use their computers both on and off the network.
Mobile Accounts
Mobile accounts let the user of a Mac OS X version 10.3 or later computers work offline but continue to
•Log in using the network name and password
•Experience the same managed preference settings
Windows User Management
You can maximize the support you provide for Windows users by setting up a Windows primary domain controller (PDC) on Mac OS X Server and defining Windows settings for a user. When you do so, the server
•Provides domain Open Directory authentication for Windows NT 4.x, Windows 2000, and Windows XP clients
•Hosts home directories for Windows users in the domain
•Supports roaming user profiles for home directories
A user account can contain both Macintosh and Windows attributes, so users can log in from both kinds of computers.
Windows users can also use Mac OS X Server’s VPN, file, and print services, as later sections in this chapter describe.
The Windows services administration guide describes how to set up the many
System Image Services
You can create disk images and then set up Mac OS X Server to host the images so that Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X computers can start up from or install the images over the network. NetBoot images are used for remote startup, and Network Install images are used for remote installations.
The source of an image can be a CD, DVD, or DMG (disk image). You can also create an image that mimics an existing system that’s already been set up the way you want client computers to be set up. In this case, the source of the image is a volume or partition.
The system image administration guide provides complete information about Netboot and Network Install.
NetBoot
NetBoot lets Macintosh
Chapter 2 Inside Mac OS X Server
