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126 Chapter 7 Setting Up Home Folders
For example, to create a home folder for a user named Smith, in a custom location of
/Homes/Teachers/SecondGrade/, enter “Teachers/SecondGrade/Smith.” Make sure the
custom location folder exists.
Do not put a slash (/) at the beginning or the end of the path.
9 In the Full Path field, enter the full path to the home folder, including the home folder
itself, in this format:
[/Network/Servers/servers-host-name/][Volumes/[drive/]volume/]share-point/path
The entries in brackets ([ ]) are optional. Include them only if they apply to the share
point location. If the share point is for local user accounts, do not include /Network/
Servers/servers-host-name.
Replace the following elements:
Use an initial slash (/) but no terminating slash.
For example, the following is a Full Path entry for a custom home folder for local users:
/Homes/Teachers/SecondGrade/Smith
The following is a Home entry for a custom home folder in the Hard-Drive volume
stored in a server located at server.example.com:
/Network/Servers/server.example.com/Volumes/Hard-Drive/Homes/Teachers/
SecondGrade/Smith
If you used a volume named HomeFolders in an external drive named external-HD as a
location for a custom home folder, the Full Path entry looks like this:
/Network/Servers/server.example.com/Volumes/external-HD/HomeFolders/Homes/
Teachers/SecondGrade/Smith
10 Click OK.
11 Optionally, enter a disk quota and specify megabytes (MB) or gigabytes (GB).
12 Click Create Home Now and then click Save.
If you do not click Create Home Now before clicking Save, the home folder is created
the next time the user logs in to a client computer.
Element Do this
servers-host-name Replace this with the AFP server’s host name.
drive If the share point is stored on a server with multiple storage
devices, replace this with the name of the storage device.
volume If the share point is stored on a server with multiple volumes,
replace this with the name of the volume storing the share point.
share-point Replace this with the name of the share point.
path Replace this with the path you entered in the previous step.