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Chapter 7 Setting Up Home Folders 125
The share point for a local user account’s home folder should reside in an AFP share
point on the server where the user account resides. This share point does not need to
be automountable—that is, it does not require a network mount record in the
directory domain.
The share point for the home folder of a user account in a shared directory domain can
reside in any share point that the user’s computer can access. This share point must be
automountable. Additionally, any NFS share point used for home folders must also be
automountable.
For instructions, see “Setting Up an Automountable AFP Share Point for Home Folders”
on page 117, or “Setting Up an Automountable NFS Share Point for Home Folders” on
page 118.
Important: The following procedure requires Mac OS X Server v10.4.3 or later.
To create a custom home folder using Workgroup Manager:
1 Make sure the share point exists and is configured correctly.
2 To have the home folder to reside beneath a folder under the share point, use
Workgroup Manager or the Finder to create all folders in the path between the share
point and where the home folder resides.
3 In Workgroup Manager, click Accounts and then select the user 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 user account is stored, click the Users
button, and then select the user account.
4 To authenticate, click the lock and enter the name and password of a directory domain
administrator.
5 Click Home.
6 Click the Add (+) button to add a custom home folder location or select a location and
click the Duplicate (copy icon) button to copy an existing location.
7 In the Mac OS X Server/Share Point URL field, enter the full URL to an existing
automountable AFP share point where you want the home folder to reside or leave this
field blank for an NFS share point.
For example, if the AFP share point is /Homes and you are using DNS, you might
enter afp://server.example.com/Homes. If you are not using DNS, replace the DNS
name of the server hosting the home folder with the server’s IP address:
afp://192.168.2.1/Homes. Don’t put a slash (/) at the end of the URL.
8 In the Path to Home Folder field, enter the path from the AFP share point to the home
folder, including the home folder but excluding the share point.
For an NFS share point, leave this field blank.