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Chapter 6 Setting Up Computers and Computer Groups 107
If keywords that you want to associate aren’t listed in the master keyword list, click Edit
Keywords, click the Add (+) button, enter a name for the keyword, and click OK.
Select the keywords you want to associate with the computer and click OK.
9 Click Network, enter the Ethernet ID for the computer and its IP address (if the
computer receives a static IP), and then click Save.
The Ethernet ID is required to identify the computer.
Working with Guest Computers
If an unknown computer (one that doesn’t have a computer account) connects to your
network and attempts to access services, that computer is treated as a guest computer.
Settings for the guest computer account apply to these unknown computers.
To apply specific management settings to a computer, don’t use the guest computer
account to manage it. Create a computer account for it.
Note: You can’t change the name of a guest computer. Because the Guest Computer
account is associated with all unknown computers, you can’t enter network settings to
identify the computer.
To set up the guest computer account:
1 In Workgroup Manager, click Accounts.
2 Click the globe icon and choose the directory domain that contains the guest
computer account.
3 To authenticate, click the lock and enter the name and password of a directory domain
administrator.
4 Click the Computers button (on the left).
5 Choose Server > Create Guest Computer.
6 Select the Guest Computer account.
7 Click General, enter a comment or add keywords, and then click Save.
Working with Windows Computers
Every Windows computer that joins the Windows domain of a Mac OS X Server primary
doman controller (PDC) must have a computer account, which identifies the Windows
computer by its NetBIOS name.
The computer account for a Windows computer also contains information for
authenticating the computer as a trusted workstation in the Windows domain.
Mac OS X Server creates this information in the form of a UID and a GID.
You can add Windows computer accounts to computer groups, but Windows
computers don’t receive managed preferences.