Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 162)

162 Chapter 3
Defining No Home Directory
You can use Workgroup Manager to avoid creating a home directory for a user whose
account is stored in a NetInfo or LDAPv3 directory domain. By default, new users have no
home directory.
To define no home directory:
1 In Workgroup Manager, open the 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
local directory domain. To edit the home directory information, click the lock to be
authenticated, then select the user in the user list.
2 Click the Home tab.
3 Select No Home.
Defining a Home Directory for Local Users
You can use Workgroup Manager to define a home directory for a user whose account is
stored in the local directory domain on the server you are logged in to. Local user accounts
are visible only on the server itself, not over the network. Local user accounts on Mac OS X
Server are most useful for standalone servers (servers not accessible from a network) and
server administrator accounts.
To create a home directory for a local user account:
1 In Workgroup Manager, open the 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
local directory domain. To edit the home directory information, click the lock to be
authenticated, then select the user in the user list.
2 Click the Home tab.
3 Select Local, then choose the share point from the Share Point pop-up menu in which you
want the home directory to reside. By default, /Users is assumed, but you can select any
other share point that has been defined in the local directory domain. The share point does
not have to be configured for automounting.
If the home directory share point is an AFP share point, the home directory is created
automatically when the user logs in if it does not already exist; the name of the home
directory created is the same as the user’s short name (the user’s first short name if there are
multiple short names). If it is an NFS share point, you must create the home directory and its
subfolders manually.