Apple AppleShare IP 6.2 - Manual (Page 42)

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Setting Up Shared Users and Groups
If you’ve installed AppleShare IP on multiple servers and you want to perform all users and
groups administration on one server, you can set up servers to get the latest users and
groups information from a primary server.
Note: To install the same AppleShare IP service ( Web & File Server, Print Server, or Mail
Server) on more than one computer, you need to purchase a copy of AppleShare IP for each
computer. For more information, see your license agreement.
You can share users and groups information with a maximum of 11 servers (10 secondary
servers and 1 primary server). Setting up shared users and groups is optional.
AppleShare IP uses industry-standard, high-security encryption methods to share users and
groups information between servers.
How Users and Groups Information Is Shared
After you’ve set up primary and secondary servers, the secondary servers contact the
primary server to update their users and groups information. Whenever a user tries to log on
to a secondary server with a name or password that isn’t found in the secondary server’s
registry, the secondary server contacts the primary server. If the name the user entered
matches a name in the primary server’s registry, the new name, password, and any group
memberships for that user account are downloaded to the secondary server. The user is then
able to log on.
The user will still be able to use his or her previous name and password to log on to a
secondary server until the server’s users and groups information expires (which happens
every 12 hours by default) or is downloaded when you use the Download All feature on the
secondary server. You may also want to use the Download All feature on a secondary server
before you assign access privileges for share points. See AppleShare IP Help for more
information.
Setting Up Secondary Servers
Before you begin, make sure you’ve installed AppleShare IP 6.2 on all servers. Then
determine which server you want to use to administer your users and groups; this will be
your primary server. The other servers will be secondary.
Follow these steps on each secondary server:
1 In the AppleShare IP Manager window, click the Web & File Admin button.
2 Choose Show Users & Groups List from the Users menu.
3 Double-click the name of the owner and make sure the name and password match the
owner name and password on the primary server.
If you can’t confirm the password by looking at the number of characters, you can enter a
new password for the owner to use for the primary and secondary servers.