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102 Chapter 5 Setting Up Group Accounts
 Setting up login preferences so that users can click Computer in the Finder to see the
group folder share point and the group folders in it. For instructions, see “Providing
Easy Access to the Group Share Point” on page 199.
When setting up these preferences, make sure the group is defined in a shared domain
in the search policy of the group member’s computer. For instructions on setting a
computer’s search policy, see Open Directory Administration.
If you don’t automate group folder access, group members can access the group folder
using the “Connect to Server” command in the Go menu in the Finder to navigate to
the server where the group folder resides.
To set up a group folder in the /Groups folder or in another existing share point:
1 In Workgroup Manager, click Accounts.
2 Select the group account you want to work with.
To select an account, connect to the server where the account resides, click the globe
icon, choose the directory domain where the group account is stored, click the Groups
button, and then select the group.
3 To authenticate, click the lock and enter the name and password of a directory domain
administrator.
4 Click Group Folder.
5 To add a share point to the list, click the Add (+) button and enter the requested
information.
In the URL field, enter the full URL to the share point where you want the group folder
to reside.
For example, to identify an AFP share point named “SchoolGroups” on a server whose
DNS name is “myserver.example.com,” enter
afp://myserver.example.com/SchoolGroups.
If you are not using DNS, replace the DNS name of the server hosting the group folder
with the server’s IP address: afp://192.168.2.1/SchoolGroups.
In the Path field, enter the path from the share point to the group folder, including the
group folder but excluding the share point. Do not put a slash at the beginning or at
the end of the path.
For example, if the share point is SchoolGroups and the full path to the group folder is
SchoolGroups/StudentGroups/SecondGrade, enter StudentGroups/SecondGrade in the
Path field.
Note: Configuring a group folder share point with a network mount record does not
cause the group folder to mount when a group member logs in. You can provide easy
access to a group folder by managing Dock or login preferences for the group.