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9.3

Workgroup Manager Preferences

Asked by diggisaur in OS-X Server

Hello all,

I still am trying to wrap my head around xserve. The client I am supporting has OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger) and 22 Macs (a collection of iMacs and iBooks) that are running either 10.4.11 as well or 10.3.x.

The previous admin set up the Mac's to all log on to local accounts and have them configured to auto logon to an account so booting up goes straight to the desktop on these clients. Then they have accounts and groups configured through Workgroup Manager.

I've been told the user process is this. The user boots the Mac which auto logs on to a local iMac/iBook account. From there the user either does Go ==> Network and finds the server or Go ==> Connect to server.

Either way the user connects to the server, authenticates with the account on the server side they have been given and then mounts a share point to their Mac.

A few questions:

1/. How do you make mapping share points or volumes permanent. I think I have heard that scripts can do this but wasn't sure if this would work seeing as none of these Macs have computer accounts and are not using single sign on. Is there a GUI way to make that volume stick?

2/. I know how to share folders through Workgroup Manager but how do you share printers? I have a USB printer and an IP printer on that server I would like to share from it. Not sure how to find them under the ALL tab if that is indeed the same process as making folders share points.

3/. I see PREFERENCES under Workgroup Manager. Two sections that interest me are Applications and Printers. Will these even work if the client is not utilizing OpenDirectory and Single Sign on / no computer accounts/groups.

Sorry ran out of points so I can only assign 325. :( would assign more if I had them.

Thanks!
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