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Removing a user from a group, Reviewing a user’s group memberships, Working with home settings for users – Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) User Manual

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Users and Groups

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To open the account, click the Account button, then use the At pop-up menu to open the
directory domain where the account resides. Click the lock to be authenticated. Select the
user in the user list.

2

Click the Groups tab.

3

Click Add to open a drawer listing the groups defined in the directory domain you are
working with. (To include system groups in the list, choose Preferences on the Workgroup
Manager menu, then select “Show system users and groups.”)

4

Select the group, then drag it into the Other Groups list on the Groups tab.

Removing a User From a Group

You can use Workgroup Manager to remove a user from a group if the user and group
accounts reside in a NetInfo or LDAPv3 directory domain.

To remove a user from a group using Workgroup Manager:

1

In Workgroup Manager, open the user account you want to work with if it is not already
open.

To open an account, click the Account button, then use the At pop-up menu to open the
directory domain where the account resides. Click the lock to be authenticated. Select the
user in the user list.

2

Click the Groups tab.

3

Select the group or groups from which you want to remove the user, then click Remove.

Reviewing a User’s Group Memberships

You can use Workgroup Manager to review the groups a user belongs to if the user account
resides in a directory domain accessible from the server you are using.

To review group memberships using Workgroup Manager:

1

In Workgroup Manager, open the user account you want to work with if it is not already
open.

To open an account, click the Account button, then use the At pop-up menu to open the
directory domain where the account resides. Select the user in the user list.

2

Click the Groups tab. The primary group to which the user belongs is displayed, and other
groups the user belongs to are listed in the Other Groups list.

Working With Home Settings for Users

Home settings describe a user’s home directory attributes. See “Administering Home
Directories” on page 155 for infor
mation about using and setting up home directories.

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