Apple Mac OS X Server (version 10.2.3 or later) - Manual (Page 35)

Administering Your Server 35
Major Workgroup Manager Tasks
After login, the user account window appears, with lists of user, group, and computer
accounts in the server’s local directory domain. Here is how to get started with the major
tasks you’ll be performing with this application:
m To administer user, group, or computer accounts, click the Accounts icon in the toolbar.
See Chapter 3, “Users and Groups,” for information about user and group accounts and
Chapter 6, “Client Management: Mac OS X,” for information about computer accounts.
m To work with preferences for managed users, groups, or computers, click the Preferences
icon in the toolbar. See Chapter 6, “Client Management: Mac OS X,” for instructions.
m To work with share points, click the Sharing icon in the toolbar. See Chapter 4, “Sharing,”
for instructions.
m To work with accounts in different directory domains at the same time, open multiple
Workgroup Manager windows by choosing New Workgroup Manager Window from the
Server menu.
m To open Server Status so you can monitor the status of a particular server, click the Status
icon in the toolbar. See “Server Status” on page 36 for information about the Server Status
application.
m To open Server Settings so you can work with a server’s file, print, mail, Web, NetBoot,
and network settings, choose Configure Services from the Server menu. See “Server
Settings” on page 35 for information about the Server Settings application.
m To control the way Workgroup Manager lists users and groups, whether it should use SSL
transactions, and other behaviors, choose Preferences from the Workgroup Manager
menu.
m To customize the toolbar, choose Customize Toolbar from the View menu.
m To refresh the information displayed, click the Refresh button.
m To retrieve online information, use the Help menu. It provides help for server
administrators about Workgroup Manager as well as other Mac OS X Server topics.
Server Settings
You use Server Settings to administer file, print, mail, Web, NetBoot, and network services on
a server.
Server Settings is installed in /Applications/Utilities/ when you install your server or set up an
administrator computer. To open Server Settings, click the Server Settings icon in the Dock
of Mac OS X Server or choose Configure Services from the Server menu in Workgroup
Manager.
To select a server to work with, enter its IP address or DNS name in the login window, or
click Browse to choose from a list of servers. Specify the user name and password for an
administrator, then click Connect.
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