| Workgroup Manager lets you reconfigure user attributes as many times as you want. Assuming you're a server administrator, you can configure any user account on any database hosted by that server. Otherwise, Workgroup Manager automatically prompts you for administrator authentication when attempting to make changes to a user directory you haven't already authenticated to. This chapter assumes you've already created additional user accounts on your server. If you haven't, refer to the instructions for creating a basic user account in Chapter 2, "Server Tools." To configure basic user attributes: 1. | Launch the Workgroup Manager tool located in /Applications/Server, and authenticate as the administrator (Figure 4.1).
Figure 4.1. Open the Workgroup Manager tool, and authenticate as an administrator. 
| 2. | Click the Accounts icon  in the Toolbar and the User icon  in the account types tab (Figure 4.2).
Figure 4.2. Click the Accounts button and the User tab in Workgroup Manager. 
If you've added users previous to this task, they appear in the Name list.
| 3. | Click the directory authentication icon  , and select the appropriate directory database from the pop-up menu (Figure 4.3):
If you're working on the local directory, choose Local. If you're working on an Open Directory master, choose /LDAPv3/127.0.0.1. If you're connected to another database, choose Other, and select your database from there.
Figure 4.3. Select the appropriate directory database from the selection pop-up menu. 
| 4. | Select the user or users you wish to configure from the user list (Figure 4.4).
Figure 4.4. Choose a user or users from the selected database. 
You can also create a new user by clicking the New User button  in the Toolbar.
| 5. | In the user settings frame, click the Basic tab  .
| 6. | Change any of the following preexisting user account information (Figure 4.5):
Name (long name) User ID Additional short names Password Administrator settings
Figure 4.5. Create a user, and configure the Basic user attributes. 
Later, this chapter talks more about the administrator settings.
| 7. | When you've finished making changes, click the Save button  .
Verify your changes by reviewing the account summary or by testing authentication from a client computer.
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Configuring Multiple Users Simultaneously There are two ways to select multiple accounts from the user list in Workgroup Manager: To choose a sequential list of accounts, select an account toward the top of the list and then, while holding down the Shift key on your keyboard, select an account further down the list. Workgroup Manager automatically selects all the accounts between your two selections. To select multiple accounts in a nonsequential order, hold down the Command key on your keyboard and select multiple accounts. Workgroup Manager adds accounts to your total selection as you click each account individually.
After you've selected all the accounts you wish to change, continue by configuring settings as if you had selected only an individual user account. By clicking the Save button, you'll apply the configuration changes to all the user accounts you selected. The only settings you can't apply to multiple user accounts are Name, User ID, and Short Names. |
Adding short names The initial short name of a user in Mac OS X is the name of that user's home folder. Although you can add more short names, changing the original isn't a good idea unless you have a specific reason to do so. Apple recognizes this fact. Toward that end, the only user attribute you can't change in the Basic tab of Workgroup Manager after you've created a user account is the user's short name. To remedy this situation, Mac OS X server lets you add several additional short names. Once they're configured, the user can use any short name they desire for authentication. To add short names: 1. | In Workgroup Manager, navigate to configure the user's Basic account attributes (Figure 4.6).
Figure 4.6. Navigate to the user account's Basic tab in Workgroup Manager. 
| 2. | Double-click the area directly below the user's original short name.
A text entry field appears, in which you can enter an additional short name (Figure 4.7).
Figure 4.7. Add an additional short name for a user. 
| 3. | Press the Enter key, and the Save button becomes available.
Click Save.
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Tips You can add more short names by double-clicking the empty space below the last short name in the list. All short names, including additional short names that you add, must be unique within the entire system. Although the first short name is limited to 31 characters, additional short names may be longer.
"Changing" the Original Short Name You really can't change the original short name. However, with some work, you can effectively do so by creating a new account with the desired short name and then moving the user's configuration and files to the new account. Follow these steps: 1. | Create a preset using the user's old account (see "Using Presets for New Accounts," later in this chapter).
| 2. | Create the new account using this preset.
| 3. | Give the new account the same User ID value as the old account. The new account will have attributes and permissions similar to those of the old account.
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Note that this solution does not move the user's email database or home folder files to the new account. You'll have to reconfigure those items manually. Thoroughly test the new account before you delete the old one! |
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if you made a mistake and don't want to apply the configuration changes.