Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 159)

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3 Setting up home directory access. Next, the server retrieves the user’s Active Directory
record and authenticates the user. The server uses the UID and group ID in the record to set
up file access permissions for the user.
4 Accessing the home directory. The home directory is now mounted and visible on the user’s
computer in the Mac OS X Finder under /Network/Servers/bigmac/Homes, and login is
complete.
Here are the steps you would use to set up this scenario:
1 Set up the Windows server to make sure Active Directory contains the necessary user
account and mount data.
2 Set up directory service mappings for Mac OS X computers, both clients and server, so they
can access the Active Directory data. See Chapter 2, “Directory Services,” information about
using the Active Directory mapping template and add the Windows server to the Mac OS X
computer’s search policies.
3 Set up share points on Mac OS X Server.
Because the home directories are accessed using AFP, the first time a user logs in his home
directory is created automatically and is visible on the user’s computer.
Users
/Homes/jdm
Windows 2000 server
hosting Active Directory
Mac OS X Server
hosting home directories
Mac OS X
client computer
Mac OS X Server
hosting home directories
/Network/Servers/bigmac/Homes/jdm