Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 170)

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2 In the Name or “Short name” field on the Members tab, review or edit the names.
Before saving a new name, Workgroup Manager checks to ensure that it is unique.
Defining a Group ID
A group ID is a string of ASCII digits that uniquely identifies a group. The maximum value is
2,147,483,647. The minimum value is 101.
You can use Workgroup Manager to edit the ID for a group account stored in a NetInfo or
LDAPv3 directory domain or to review the group ID in any directory domain accessible from
the server you are using.
To work with a group ID using Workgroup Manager:
1 In Workgroup Manager, open the group 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. To change a group ID, click the lock to be
authenticated. Select the group in the group list.
2 In the Group ID field on the Members tab, review or edit the ID. Before saving a new group
ID, Workgroup Manager checks to ensure that it is unique in the directory domain you are
using.
Working With Volume Settings for Groups
You can designate a directory for use exclusively by members of a particular group. A group
directory offers a way to organize documents and applications of special interest to group
members and gives group members a directory to use to pass information back and forth
among them.
If the group is a workgroup (if you want to define Mac OS X preferences for the group), you
must set up a group volume. A workgroup’s preferences are stored in the group volume you
associate with the workgroup.
In Workgroup Manager, use the Volumes tab in the group account window to work with
group volume settings:
m Select None to avoid creating a group directory.
m Select Network to automate the creation of group volumes.
m Select Advanced to customize your group volume settings.
Before you can set up a group directory, you must create the share point for it to reside in, as
the next section describes.