Server Admin 10.4 Help
Creating a Mobile Account
You can use Workgroup Manager to create a mobile account automatically when a user logs in. You can also allow the user to choose whether to access computers using a network account or to enable a mobile account on that computer. When you create or enable a mobile account, a local home directory is created for the user at first login.
- In Workgroup Manager, click Accounts.
- Make sure the correct directory is selected and that you are authenticated for it.
To switch directories, click the globe. If you are not authenticated, click the lock and enter the name and password of a directory domain administrator.
- Select a user account, group account, or computer list, and then click Preferences.
If you enable creating mobile accounts for a group account, when individual users log in with that workgroup, they are given individual mobile accounts. Similarly, if you enable creating mobile accounts for a computer list, when individual users log in using a computer on that list, they are given individual mobile accounts for that computer.
- Click Mobility.
- Click Synchronization and select Always.
- Select "Synchronize account for offline use."
- Select "Require confirmation before creating a mobile account" if you want to allow the user to decide whether or not to enable a mobile account at login.
If this option is selected, the user sees a confirmation dialog when logging in. The user can click Yes to create a local home directory and enable the mobile account, or click "Not now" to log in as a network user without enabling the mobile account. The user can also click Never to log in as a network user and not see the confirmation dialog again (except by holding down the Option key during login).
- Click Apply Now.
Changes are applied to a mobile account the next time the client computer connects to the network.
Note: When a mobile account is enabled, it appears in the login window and in the Accounts pane of System Preferences with the label Mobile. When the account is selected in the Accounts pane, most settings appear dimmed.