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    From andekl_no@andekl_no@saaf_spam.se (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Anders_Ekl=F6f?=) to comp.sys.mac.system on Saturday, April 08, 2006 11:20:13
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    Hi all.

    I'm setting up a pair of XServe G5 at work for backup, common printer
    handling, LDAP lookup &c.

    I have encountered two major obstacles with the Mac clients
    (which to my annoyance are no obstacles for Wintel clients):

    1) Local admin.
    I can't figure out how to let client's computers have administrative
    right when they are not even logged in locally.
    This can easyly be done on the Windows (XP/2000) clients,

    Mac clients also have no access to their own local files.
    This was not so easy for the Windows clients either but after some
    tinkering -and moving their files to the new accont folder in Documents
    and Settings - it could be done.
    Please note that syncing everything is not a solution, since they have a
    disk quota of 8 GB on the server and their own disks may be much bigger.

    2) Automount.
    For clients not logged in to the domain - is there a way to automount
    their home folder on the server at login.
    It's (too) easy in Mac OS 9 and fairly simple in Windows, too
    (Map network drive - reconnect at logon - remenber password).
    But Panther/Tiger ??? Did I miss something in OS X 101 ?

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