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7 Setting Up Home Directories
Mac OS X uses the home directory—a folder for a user’s
personal use—to store system preferences and managed
settings. This chapter provides guidelines for setting up
and managing home directories.
About Home Directories
You can set up home directories so they can be accessed using either Apple Filing
Protocol (AFP) or Network File System (NFS):
• The preferred protocol is AFP, because it provides authentication-level access
security. A user has to log in with a valid name and password to access files.
• NFS file access is based not on user authentication, but on client IP address, so it is
generally less secure than AFP. Use NFS only if you need to provide home directories
for a large number of users who use UNIX workstations.
To set up a home directory for a user in Workgroup Manager, you use the Home pane
in the Accounts window.
You can also import user home directory settings from a file. For an explanation of how
to work with import files, see Appendix A, “Importing and Exporting
Account Information.”
A user’s home directory doesn’t need to be stored on the same server as the directory
domain containing the user’s account. In fact, distributing directory domains and home
directories among various servers can help you balance your workload among several
servers. “Distributing Home Directories Across Multiple Servers” on page 112 describes
several such scenarios.
The home directory that you designate on the Home pane can be used when logging
in from a Windows workstation or a Mac OS X computer. This can be useful for a user
whose account resides on a server that is a Windows primary domain controller. See
the Windows services administration guide for information about setting up home
directories for Windows workstation users.
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