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6 Setting Up Computer Lists
This chapter tells you how to set up and manage groups
of computers.
About Computer Lists
A computer list comprises one or more computers that have the same preference
settings and that are available to particular users and groups. You create and modify
computer lists in Workgroup Manager.
There are two preset computer lists, Guest Computers and Windows Computers. These
two lists, along with the computer lists that you set up, appear on the left side of the
Workgroup Manager window. Settings appear on the List, Access, and Cache panes on
the right side of the window.
Before you set up a computer list, determine the names and addresses of the
computers that will be included. In this context, you customarily use the computer
name specified in a computer’s Sharing preferences. If you prefer, you can use a
descriptive name that you find more suitable.
A computer’s address must be the “on board,” or built-in, Ethernet address, which is
unique to each computer. (A computer’s Ethernet address, or Ethernet ID, is also known
as its MAC address.) You can browse for a computer and Workgroup Manager will enter
the computer’s name and Ethernet address for you. A client computer uses this data to
find preference information when a user logs in.
Note: For Windows Computers lists, you need to know the NetBIOS name of each
Windows client computer. This name is entered in the Windows Computer Name field.
You don’t need to know the Ethernet address of Windows client computers.
When a client computer starts up, directory services check for a computer list that
contains the computer’s Ethernet address, and uses preference information for that
computer list. If no record is found, the client computer uses preference information for
the Guest Computers computer list.
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