Apple 10.5 Leapard manual To create a custom home folder using Workgroup Manager

The share point for a local user account’s home folder should reside in an AFP share point on the server where the user account resides. This share point does not need to be automountable—that is, it does not require a network mount record in the directory domain.

The share point for the home folder of a user account in a shared directory domain can reside in any share point that the user’s computer can access. This share point must be automountable. Additionally, any NFS share point used for home folders must also be automountable.

For instructions, see “Setting Up an Automountable AFP Share Point for Home Folders” on page 117, or “Setting Up an Automountable NFS Share Point for Home Folders” on page 118.

Important: The following procedure requires Mac OS X Server v10.4.3 or later.

To create a custom home folder using Workgroup Manager:

1Make sure the share point exists and is configured correctly.

2To have the home folder to reside beneath a folder under the share point, use Workgroup Manager or the Finder to create all folders in the path between the share point and where the home folder resides.

3In Workgroup Manager, click Accounts and then select the user account you want to work with.

To select an account, connect to the server where the account resides, click the globe icon, choose the directory domain where the user account is stored, click the Users button, and then select the user account.

4To authenticate, click the lock and enter the name and password of a directory domain administrator.

5Click Home.

6Click the Add (+) button to add a custom home folder location or select a location and click the Duplicate (copy icon) button to copy an existing location.

7In the Mac OS X Server/Share Point URL field, enter the full URL to an existing automountable AFP share point where you want the home folder to reside or leave this field blank for an NFS share point.

For example, if the AFP share point is /Homes and you are using DNS, you might enter afp://server.example.com/Homes. If you are not using DNS, replace the DNS name of the server hosting the home folder with the server’s IP address: afp://192.168.2.1/Homes. Don’t put a slash (/) at the end of the URL.

8In the Path to Home Folder field, enter the path from the AFP share point to the home folder, including the home folder but excluding the share point.

For an NFS share point, leave this field blank.

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