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92 Chapter 5 Setting Up Group Accounts
You can also use a preset or an import file to create a group. For details, see “Creating a
Preset for Group Accounts,” and the appendix, “Importing and Exporting
Account Information.”
From the Command Line
You can also create a group account using the dseditgroup command in Terminal. For
more information, see the users and groups chapter of Command-Line Administration.
Creating a Preset for Group Accounts
You can use presets to apply predetermined settings to a new group account.
Presets are stored in the directory domain that you’re viewing. If you change directory
domains, the presets you created in the other directory domain are not available.
For instructions on renaming, editing, or deleting group presets, see “Renaming
Presets” on page 62, “Editing Presets” on page 62, and “Deleting a Preset” on page 63.
To create a preset for group accounts:
1 In Workgroup Manager, click Accounts.
2 Make sure the server is configured to access the Mac OS X directory domain or non-
Apple LDAPv3 domain where the preset is used to create accounts.
3 To create a preset using data in an existing group account, open the account; to create
a preset from scratch, create a group account.
4 Fill in the fields with values you want new groups to inherit and delete values you don’t
want to specify in advance.
5 Click Preferences, configure settings that you want the preset to define, and then click
Accounts.
After configuring preference settings for a preset, you must return to the Accounts
settings to save the preset.
6 From the Presets pop-up menu, choose Save Preset, enter a name for the preset, and
then click OK.
Editing Group Account Information
You can use Workgroup Manager to change a group account that resides in an Open
Directory domain, the local directory domain, or other read/write directory domain.
To make changes to a group account:
1 In Workgroup Manager, click Accounts.
2 Make sure the directory services of the Mac OS X Server computer you’re using are
configured to access the directory domain.
For instructions, see Open Directory Administration.
3 Click the globe icon and choose the domain where the group account resides.