Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 280)

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8 If you want to show only certain workgroups to users during login, select “Restrict to groups
below,” and add groups to the list.
9 Click Save.
Managing Portable Computers
It is important to plan how you want to manage portable computers that have access to your
network. This section gives suggestions for managing portable computers used by either
multiple users or an individual user.
Unknown Portable Computers
To manage users who have their own personal portable computers running Mac OS X system
software, you can use the Guest Computers account to apply computer-level management
for unknown or “guest” computers on your network. If these users log in using a Mac OS X
Server user account, user and group managed preferences and account settings also apply.
For more information about setting up the Guest Computers account for Mac OS X users,
see “Managing Guest Computers” on page 277. For information about managing unknown
portable computers that use Mac OS 9 or OS 8 system software, see “Providing Quick Access
to Unimported Users” on page 429.
Portable Computers With Multiple Local Users
One example of shared portable computers is an iBook Wireless Mobile Lab. An iBook
Wireless Mobile Lab contains either 10 or 15 student iBooks (plus an additional iBook for an
instructor), an Airport base station, and a printer, all on a mobile cart. The cart lets you take
the computers to your users (for example, from one classroom to another).
To manage the iBooks on your cart, create identical generic local user accounts on each
computer (for example, all the accounts could use “Math” as the user name and “student” as
the password). You might want to create different generic local accounts for different
purposes, such as one for a History class, one for a Biology class, and so on. Each account
should have a local home directory and should not have administrative privileges. Use a
separate local administrator account on each computer to allow server administrators (or
other individuals) to perform maintenance tasks and upgrades, install software, and
administer the local user accounts.
After creating the local user accounts, add each of the computers to a computer list, then
manage preferences for that list. Because multiple users can store items in the local home
directory for the generic account, you may want to periodically clean out that folder as part
of your maintenance routine.
Portable Computers With One Primary Local User
There are two ways set up portable computers for a single user.