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Chapter 10 Managing Preferences 207
Selecting the Location of a Mobile Account
You can select the location of a mobile account’s local home folder or you can let the
user select the location. If you select the location, choose from one of the following.
If you choose a location at a specific path, make sure that the folder has the following
permissions.
If you choose a location that doesn’t exist on the user’s computer, it is created when
the user logs in.
When a location is chosen on an external disk, you create an external account. For
more information, see “Creating External Accounts” on page 208.
To select the location of a mobile account:
1 In Workgroup Manager, click Preferences.
2 Make sure the correct directory is selected and you are authenticated.
To switch directories, click the globe icon. If you are not authenticated, click the lock
and enter the name and password of a directory domain administrator.
3 Select one or more users, groups, computers, or computer groups.
Home folder location Description
on startup volume The local home folder is located on the startup volume in /Users/.
This is the default location where the local home folders of mobile
accounts on computers with Mac OS X v10.4 and earlier are stored.
at path The local home folder is located at the path you specify.
You can specify a different volume by entering /Volumes/
DriveName/Folder/, where DriveName is the name of the volume,
and Folder is the folder in the volume.
If you don’t specify a volume, the location is on the startup volume.
user chooses When users with mobile accounts log in, a window appears that
allows them to choose a location for the local home folder. After
they choose a location, the window only appears when a mobile
account is being created.
You can choose which types of volumes the user is allowed to
choose from:
 “any volume” includes volumes on internal or external hard disks
 “any internal volume” includes volumes on internal hard disks
 “any external volume” includes volumes on external hard disks
Type Name Privilege
Owner system Read & Write
Group admin Read only
Others Others Read only