[hylight]

Hello http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/confused.gif

Is there anybody who uses the MacOSX Server 10 with shared info domains as parent server.
I have a few questions.
Even with the wrong description in the adminguide, we somehow managed to install a parent netinfo domain on our server, which can be used as parent domain for other MacOSX clients and servers. But: whenver I add or change an existing user information in the network domain, it creates an incomplete copy of it in the local domain. This user cannot be authenciated anymore, until I delete him manually from the list in the netinfomanager (because in the server admin list he is not deletable).
This makes a reasonable working impossible, since I will administer over 500 users.

Is there anybody on this globe using netinfo?

If yes:
Is this a bug?
Do you have similar problems?
If yes:
How did you solve it?
If no:
How did you create the different domains and filled them up?

Is it neccessary or even possible to have all users in both (network and local)?
What have I done wrong?

Greeting Elisabeth

[plaidpjs]

This is definitely not a bug as oposed to a glitch in how you are adding users, and/or calling the parent NetInfo domain.

If you want to allow universal access to systems in your network by anyone, then you need to add all your users to the parent domain, not the local domain. You cshould, under NetInfo Domain Setup, an included app, be setting this computer "is a NetInfo Parent" and find NetInfo parent "via static IP". Then enter the IP address for the Server you are using and the name of the parent domain on it (the default is Network).

Once those settings take effect, you can log in through the Server Admin app, and when you do an add user you will be presented with two choices, either the local domain or the root domain. You ant the root domain. Then you can go ahead and add your 500 users. You could also do this through the Manager app, but I really find that a bit obtrusive as I haven't readily used it. Also, don't forget that if you want to setup your users to have access from any machine in your network, then you'll have to fiddle with the mount options for universally accessible User directories off the Server.

Once this is done, you simply go into Directory Setup on each of your client machines and Configure NetInfo to look for a Parent at the Server's IP with a name of "Network" or whatever else you called it.

Ciao!