Types of home directories – Apple Mac OS X Server (version 10.2.3 or later) User Manual

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Types of Home Directories

The following table contrasts local, network, and advanced home directories and tells you
where to find out more about how to set them up.

Local

Network

Advanced

For users with
accounts in

A local directory
domain

A shared directory
domain

Users access home
directory

Local login or
remote Connect To
Server

Home directory
access protocol

Not applicable;
accessed directly
through file system

AFP or NFS

Home directory
name

The same as the
user’s first short
name

The same as the user’s
first short name

Administrator-defined

Home directory
resides

Immediately under a
share point on the
server where the
user’s account
resides

Immediately under a
share point on the
server where the user’s
account resides or on a
remote server

Anywhere under a
share point on the
server where the user’s
account resides or on a
remote server

Home directory
share point

Does not need to be
automountable

Must be automounted
in /Network/Servers
and published in user’s
account domain

Home directory is
created

When user uses
Connect To Server to
access the server or
when administrator
runs createhomedir

If AFP, when user
restarts the client
computer and logs in
remotely or when
administrator runs
createhomedir.

If NFS, when
administrator runs
createhomedir.

If AFP, when user
restarts the client
computer and logs in
remotely or when
administrator runs
createhomedir.

If NFS, when
administrator runs
createhomedir.

For setup
instructions, see

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