[X Servers] "local" home folders

[oemx]

I'm not a 'Pro' but i do use osXsever with users home directory stored 
on it, so users can log in any computer with the same home dir.

I did encounter your pb and solved it with 2 things :

[All my clients have Static private IP]

first one :

After setting an account on the server (a 'network' and not local 
account). just log out from the server, and log in as the user itself. 
This will create the homedir folder of the said user. then log out and 
back in with your account (admin account) to set up other users if you 
need. I had to do this for each user. if not no home directory is 
created (I installed 3 time OsXServer and each time it was the same)

Second one
and Very important for the 'user log in on client computer'.

On each computer in wich your users will need to log in to, go to 
/Application/Utilities and launch Directory Access.
authenticate, and then in the Services tab activate 'Netinfo' if not 
done, then click on configure.

Uncheck 	: Attempt to connect using Broadcast protocol

Uncheck 	: Attempt to connect using DHCP protocol   --->(my client have 
Static IP)

Check 	: Attempt to connect using a specific NetInfo service
put your server ID in the Server Adress and put 'network' in the Server 
Tag.

Shut down the computer. *
And then Start it again. at the Login Window click on Other and enter 
user and password.
You should log in with no Problems.

* I insist on the difference between Shutdown and Restart.
You must shutdown the client computer.
  don't know exactly why but a restart do not work .????
I told Apple about this. don't know if they've included this in there 
knowledgebase.

This works quite good since 7 months. Sometimes client can't log in or 
have login autentification failing.
a restart of the client computer generally solves the pb.
Sometimes I do restart the Server itself.


On Friday, March 21, 2003, at 09:48 PM, Ed Dyer wrote:

> Digest list here, so forgive me if this is a repeat, but...
> I'm trying to set up home folders for users on the OS X Server itself 
> with no luck.  I can select "local" , or even network or advanced in 
> workgroup mgr, but the clients still come up with "home folder can not 
> be found in the usual place."
>
> I can connect to the server over the LAN from the client and mount 
> that sharepoint just fine.
>
> I've set up a share exactly as the admin guide describes how to and 
> need some advice.
> Mac OS X Server 10.2.4, client 10.2.4.
>
> Regards,
> Ed Dyer
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