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User Profile Transfer for Mac OS 10.5
I have a all Mac network that is simply a peer to peer network. Each computer has its own user with there own password and desktop user profile. We are going to be putting in a new Mac OS 10.5 server and would like to centralize all the users and passwords. What I fear is going to happen is that when the users Authenticates to the server it will get a new user profile and all there settings will be lost. Is there a way to transfer the user profile so that when the Authenticate to the server they will still have there same desktop profile that they have been using for lets just say 6 months.
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This is all great information.. I think the case we are in is we need network accounts. I want to have account authentication, ect. So I will need the migrate instructions... Also If you could add your thoughts and comments on which is better Standard or Workgroup Modes for the initial server install that would be great.. Thanks!
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For example, if I had a local account Tom and a network account also Tom then I would never be able to log into the mac as the network Tom (assuming long & short names were identical) as the mac would always authenticate the local version first.
You have 2 things you can do with regards your server, and they in turn depend on why you want to do it.
If you just want network accounts for central preference management (known as MCX, Managed Client for osX) then you can simply use the accounts pane on your local mac to 'pair' a local account to a network account as long as the server is running in Standard or Workgroup mode. See attached screen-shot.
If however you want to use network accounts to enable hot-desking, central home folder storage etc then you'll need to migrate your accounts over to network accounts. If this is the case, then I can help you with that - just let us know on here which is the case and we'll follow it up.
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