Copy local user settings to network user account

I have a local user on my computer here, and I want to transfer all settings to a network account - things such as dock icons, mouse settings, everything so when I log on to the network account everything looks and acts the same. Can I do this. or do I need to start from scratch?

Hi Brent,
The following has worked for me.
1. Login to local machine as a local admin
2. Delete user's account BUT choose the option to create a dmg of the user data.
3. After completion, move the dmg to Users/Shared
4. Log out
5. Log in as your target OD network user (having created the server account, bound the client, etc)
7. Open the dmg from /Users/Shared and copy the items from within each of Documents, Library, etc. Do NOT just copy Documents. Library, etc.... make sure you copy the contents
Everything should be in place at the next login. Have the user change password via System Prefs > Accounts asap and this will fix any keychain issues.
hth,
b.

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User Settings in Multi-user setup?

We are using two new CS5 editors in our news department. We set the machines up on our Domain partly for being able to use NTFS permissions and because our IT department hates stand alone machines.
The issue we are having is that each person logs in as a Domain User which give similar rights as a local user would have. The editor seems to work fine and we don't seem to have any problems with doing this other than each user must setup about 15 settings for the first time.
They have to change the location of where the project is created to the 500 GB E:\ drive that we have shared on the network (this is for being able to copy and entire project from one editor to the other), then they have to change the DV-NTSC preset for correct audio tracks and then change the General tab settings for Playback through DV Realtime Settings (why is this no longer the default, doesn't anyone still use tape??). Then they save a preset. After that the preset will give the correct audio and sequence settings except the "Playback Settings" does not seem to track from one project to the next.
Then they have to change the source channel mapping to Mono so the two tracks we record in the field, Interview/standup on track 1 and Natural sound on track two don't come in as stereo audio. (this one seems to stay for new projects under that user)
Then they have to change the audio hardware to enable the "line in" for recording tracks from our mixer.
PHEW!!!, as you can see this is a time consuming annoying issue to have every user have to do this.
Is there a way to make some of these settings the default for any user that uses the PC? I don't want to go back to a shared project setup like we had under Avid as it caused a lot of issues with people deleting other peoples stuff.
Any idea's on making these settings stick would be great, Do I need to allow "Domain Users" full write acces to the Premiere Program Files directory?
Thank you,

The main reason for the separate accounts is for allowing each user to have a folder in the E:\ Drive on each editor will be the 1 TB Scratch Drive. These system are only going to be doing DV video for now and will use only basic edits for News packages and VO/SOT's and such. Nothing complicated unless they want to. When users leave every two years (Market 195) we can just delete the user and their folder to clear them out, which gets rid of all the garbage people seem to leave on the desktop.
We have two editors and a common problem with them being stand alone (as they were with the avid systems) is a reporter would go in to Edit 1 and capture or import from camera (nNovia Media Pack) the video for a news story. Then due to having to rush out to get another interview or breaking news they would leave for a while. When they get back there is another user in that bay using it for the next 30 minutes to an hour and so that reporter is forced for time issues to re-capture the same content into Edit 2. This causes wasted time and frustration.
Other stations in our company use a server with large amounts of storage, each user has a folder on that server with all their content. Because you can not edit across the network drives due to latency issues, they copy the Project folder with all their captured clips and files to the local drive of the editor, and go to work editing. Then after working on that project for a while they copy it back to the server that is Backed up and has many TB of storage.
We can't afford to build that server now so I am settling for them to work on each editors Local 1 TB Scratch Disk in a Folder called "Edit 1 Projects"
Then when a user logs into that folder and creates a Sub Folder with their name, e.g. "Sam Johnson" that becomes their folder. Then I am having them create individual project folders under that, e.g. "School graduation VO", "Police shooting PKG". Because that user "Sam Johnson" created the folder he has full rights to it by using the "Creator Owner" NTFS permission I set on the Parent Folder to propagate to the child folders. All other Domain Users can read and use other peoples video, but they do not get "Modify" rights so no user can delete other users stuff. (Another issue we had problems with on the old editor) Only and Admin or in our case the news director can delete stuff.
The plan behind all of this is the reporter would be able to, in the same scenario I outlined above, navigate the network to the shared drive of the other editor and copy/move the subfolder they need over the network. After the copy (which includes the captured files and project file) they could open that project and keep working. With Gigabit speed this should not take long for smaller projects.
I haven't tested this other than it is similar to the Benchmark project I downloaded as a Zip. When I extracted that, I was able to open it as all the source files were included. I am sure there would be issues when the project/files gets so large that the time to copy is as long as re-importing from the tape/camera.
Another benefit of this is users can navigate their projects on the two editors from their desk computer in the newsroom. With a bit of training they will be able to delete the .avi files they no longer need. Due to the video being the largest files, they can easily do cleanup without going into the bay at all. If they want to keep a great clip of B-Roll they shot, they can burn a Data DVD from their desk. All of this is possible being on the domain and having user rights passed from one machine to another through their network login.
If anyone knows of a major flaw to my idea I am not thinking of let me know,
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Can I have multiple user settings for one user?

In one user account I would like to save and access mutlipe users settings at the click of a button. Can this be done?

Hello Jake,
from the Appple menu you can change the location - the location describes your network settings, if you have wlan, ethernet, vpn etc, but unfortunately not the things you want to configure.
If you want to set up your desktops and your Dock with different working sets depending on your task, then you need to create different accounts, one for a new user "Jake The Writer" and one for a new user "Jake the Graphics Designer". This you can do from the "System Preferences" -> "Users and Groups". To add an account click the padlock in the lower left corner, then the "+" and define the user name etc.
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For each new user you can set up the Dock and the items on the Desktop, when you login as that user.
However, seperate user accounts try to protect your data by sharing and permission settings. So you would not be able to access the data in your separate home folders when logged in from a different account. If you want to use these approach you should store your documents in the Shared folder and not in your home folder.
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How to copy the International settings from current user to default user/welcome screen on Windows 8.1/ Server 2012R2 via PS script?

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I have to script the international settings in virtual machines which are Win Server 2012R2 or Win 8/8.1.
For the current user, it's quite easy.
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Maybe I'm looking with the wrong keywords, but... With Powershell v4 it should be possible, isn't it?
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Kind reg,
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Questions like this would best be answered in the deployment forum.
The default lock screen tracks the current user. The system lock screen tracks the local system admin account.
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http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/20d36ce4-c948-4c68-a415-dda9e0665159/setting-default-ui-in-windows-8-or-81-using-dism-online-setuilangenus-gives-error?forum=w8itproinstall
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Copying DVD player settings to multiple users

Hi Guys,
I have 20 iMacs that all need to have the same DVD player settings.
I have tried copying the com.apple.DVDPlayer.plist file to all of the user folders but it just doesn't want to play ball.
I basically want them all to be able to play Region 2 discs without having to set the region code every time.
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Probably the best way to do this would be to modify the software to be deployed via Java Web Start and set the memory parameters in the JNLP file. This would centralize the parameters used to launch the application to the JNLP file on the server.
The second-best way would probably be to create a wrapper batch file which launches Java with the appropriate command-line arguments.
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Automatic Default User settings for new users

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When creating users in SU01 , the settings in the default tab is mapping to the original standard. Is there any way to make the settings so that the new users created with the required settings?
Thanks and Regards,
Vimal

As far as i know this is a standard setting and if you copy any user then you have option to select the default tab and it will copy the data from existing user but while creating it will pick the standard setting only.
Check this thread also. It seems useful
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Migrating local users to network users

Hi - I have seen answers for past versions of the server, but none seem to work.
I have 5 macs, 4 users. I want them to be able to log in from any mac and have their home screen/files appear as if it was on their (former) local machine. Also want to set up group folders that can be accessed as well. The latter part is no problem setting up, but how can i migrate the local home folders to the network easily.
I have set up user accounts, bound local machines to the server, tried mobility settings but can't get it to work.
I read somewhere that if the shortname is the same on the local machine as the server that may cause problems.
Also - is there any advantage to setting up machines vs users in workgroup manager?
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Hello,
if you want your users to be able to login from any machine on the network, then your users must exist in the OD on the server and the client machines must be bound to to the server. Client machines must be set to use network accounts.
If the client machines are not portable (MB, MBP, Air etc), set you users as _plain_ network users, otherwise use Mobile accounts. The difference is that in case of mobile account are user credentials cached on the client, so they are able to login even when they are on another network (so the server is not available to authenticate).
Next you need to set up network home for network your users. Start up Server Admin, select a sharepoint and enable automount as User home folder.
Next, in the workgroup manager select your users, and assign them new home folder paths. As a last step copy contents of local homes to the new network location.

Using copy express for user settings

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Network users file permissions won't allow documents to be moved or deleted

Sorry for the confusing title.
It's late, and if I've missed any details, please feel free to ask for them.
I've migrated a couple of desktop users to a network user based environment.
Data files were copied off workstations to an external drive, which were then placed on the file server.
Local computers seem to connect fine.
All show the network user list.
Network users can login (Do not want to sync mobile account)
Logged in user can create files just fine, save files etc. These files can seem to be moved around the users home just fine.
however if said user needs to move an existing file in their own home/documents folder or desktop or wants to delete a file, they get a prompt for the local admin of the computer their working on. Even if this account is entered, it doesn't seem to allow the requested change to take place.
If i attempt to open, then save over an existing file, it makes no difference.
if i do a save as to a new file (ie. different name), then it behaves properly.
doing a permissions comparison of a new file vs an old file, they have matching permissions but the existing files have an extra set of "everyone" permissions.
I can't seem to modify this from the user or even from the server, ie. remove the extra everyone to make them similar.
It would seem to be a permissions issue, but it just doesn't make any sense.
Does anyone have any suggestions for permissions or a settings to check?
I've gone to the point of propagating full read/write access to the home directory for all users, inherit to child files and folders, but it just doesn't seem to make a difference
I'm looking for a global fix, as clearly adjusting all these individual files is unacceptable.
Thanks in advance,
James

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Network Users - Can't login without home folder

Hey everyone,
Got a problem. We upgraded our lab from 10.6.8 to 10.9.3. Preserving our settings and bootcamp by simply upgrading. After getting nearly all machines sorted out with active directory we are still having a problem with 2-3 machines with network user accounts being able to login. If no local home folder has been created prior to upgrading to 10.9.3 then the user cannot login, the login prompt dissapears then re-appears. Any way to fix this?
Here is a run down of the set-up.
Our settings force network users to have a local home folder on the local mac that they are logging into.
Mac OS X server is 10.6.8.
Active directory server is 2012 R2.
Network users without a pre-created home folder on the local mac prior to upgrade cannot login. The login prompt dissapears, then re-appears. No login.
Computers are managed with workgroup manager, as well as apple remote desktop. But no settings are applied, and no login scripts are being run.
Also I have noticed something concerning Mac OS X 10.8.5 and up. And that is in the active directory settings, if you bind to a domain (using active directory and not LDAP), lets say for example:
mydistrict.maindistrict.net
And you go to add your local active directory district to the Authentication/Contacts search policy eg: Active Directory/mydistrict.maindistrict.net
it will only show: Active Directory/mydistrict/alldomains.maindistrict.net.
It shows a list of all domains for the forest. But it also adds the district that you bound to as the search directory?
Let me use a precise example using actual names.
Bind to local district: pineville.ketsds.net
Now in search policy on 10.8.5 up to 10.9.3 it displays possible search domains like this:
Active Directory/PINEVILLE/pineville.ketsds.net <- The domain we want.
Active Directory/PINEVILLE/all-other-domains-in-forest.ketsds.net <--Which is fine.
Which is all fine, but when we select the local domain for authentication, and contacts search it adds it, but in the overview it says that it is not in our search policy even though it is.
On Mac OS X versions below this (10.6.8 and down, cannot verify for 10.7 as we do not have systems with it) it displays the search domains as:
Active Directory/pineville.ketsds.net
as compared to this on 10.8.5 and above:
Active Directory/PINEVILLE/pineville.ketsds.net
as well as all the other domains, and when you add the local to the search policy it does not give the error that it is not in your search policy. Is there anyway to make this happen on 10.8.5 and above? We have tried everything. Network accounts will login even though it says this, it is just annoying.
Last question is on one computer that we upgraded, we had a problem with the network accounts. Tried deleting the .plist for network preferences, and the Directory services folder as well as the Open directory folder and now it create the open directory folder as locked and any changes made with the directory utility in the search policy is immediatley reverted once we hit apply.
Summary of questions:
1.) Network users cannot login without local folder created prior to upgrade.
2.) Mac OS X 10.8.5 and above does not correctly add Authentication/Contact search policy domains as it does in 10.6.8 and below.
3.) Active Directory/Open Directory Authentication/Contact search policy settings keey reverting after applying. (Happened prior to deleting .plist files and AD/OD folders in /Library/Preferences)
Thanks guys, sorry if thi post is so long! :/

-BUMP
Not sure what the bump policy is but my post is fadiing fast. Third page already.
Kind of an urgent situation guys, any help or insight at all would be greatly appreciated!!

Error "kdc: Server not found in database" on attempted connections using Network User Credentials

I am rebuilding my system after a recent debacle with Time Machine, which resulted in a complete wiping of my Open Directory contents. At this point, users can log into various computers on the network, when the hosts have been reconnected to the newly formed Open Directory and the trust certificate has been authorized. However, when users attempt to connect to any file share, the Network User Account credentials fail to gain access.
I am running Mac OS X 10.9.4 on all systems. Two mac-mini's are running OS X Server 3.1.2. One of these servers (mavericks1.pediatricheartcenter.org) is the Open Directory. While testing the system, I am using the console on "Mavericks1," so the following discussion involves communication between the two server hosts only.
From Mavericks1, I open the console and attempt to connect to my file server, named fileserver.pediatricheartcenter.org. I clear the console just prior to sending a "registered user" request to "FileServer" to gain access. Careful examination of the console records shows the following:
1. The Network User is authorized with a message "ENC-TS pre-authentication succeeded".
2. Mavericks1 lists a console message that reads "kdc: Server not found in database: krbtgt/[email protected]:no such entry found in hdb"
3. Mavericks1 lists a console message that reads "kdc: Server not found in database: cifs/[email protected]: no such entry found in hdb"
4. The process registers what appears to be a final failure before trying again with "kdc: Failed building TGS-REP to 127.0.0.1:64390"
FileStorage.local does not exist in the DNS, nor does it exist on FileStorage.pediatricheartcenter.org. That (local) host name was removed when the domain host name for filestorage.pediatricheartcenter.org was created.
1. Why does the kerberos process reference a host name that does not exist?
2. What might be causing the failed authentication exchange?
3. What can be done to remedy the issue?

I spent some time on the phone with Apple Support on Friday. Thank you to Linc Davis for providing some insights into the issues.
As a result of the conversation with Apple Support we learned the following, which I will report here for those who might find this page again:
First, OpenDirectories are extremely fragile. Once you have turned on your OpenDirectory, do not do any of the following:
Do NOT change the host name.
Do NOT change the IP address.
If you are going to attempt either of these things, you should make a clone of your drive (not just a TimeMachine backup, a fully bootable clone, just in case).
Performing these activities (particularly the changing of the host name) will "break" your open directory, and the only way to rebuild the open directory is first to fully destroy the original. Several services are also destroyed when OpenDirectory is broken, the most notable is Profile Manager.
DESTROYING OPEN DIRECTORY
To fully destroy OpenDirectory, it is more complex than simply turning off the OpenDirectory and turning it back on again. Perform the following steps:
Install WorkGroup Manager (it is depricated, but Apple still has a version available for use with OS X Mavericks to handle functions that the Server App does not perform like exporting users and groups).
Sign into WorkGroup Manager as the directory administrator (user name defaults to "diradmin" the password is defined on OpenDirectory creation).
Export the Users, Groups, Computers and Computer Groups to the Desktop or another safe location.
Close WorkGroup Manager
Turn off the OpenDirectory in Server App.
Delete the Server App from the Applications folder and put it in the Trash. (This will disable any active services that are marking various files as being currently in use. Don't worry, we will restore it from the Trash when we are done).
In the terminal, run the following command: sudo slapconfig -destroyldapserver
Make a backup of all website files (just in case)
Navigate to the folder /Library/Server and delete the ProfileManager folder. (If you willing to do so, delete the whole Server folder).
After deleting various folders in the /Library/Server directory, restore the Server.app from the Trash.
Run the Server App.
Set the computer's network connection and host name.
Create a new OpenDirectory.
Use WorkGroup Manager to import any exported files from Step 3.
If you deleted the entire Server directory, use the website backup to retrieve the files that comprise your web site(s) and use the Server App to link the file directories to the Web site's domain name(s).
Personal Note: These instructions got me farther than any other tips I had received previously. After following these instructions, I was able to rebuild my Open Directory. During the process of copying files from the old user home folders into the new user home folders, the computer froze and when it rebooted, all the users and groups I had created during the day had disappeared. Rather than trouble-shooting it again, I decided to do a fresh installation.
A NOTE ON HOME FOLDERS
PER APPLE SUPPORT: Do NOT use the default /Users directory for Network users. Apple Support wanted me to rebuild the home directory, but they noted I was not able to do this, because I had used /Users. This folder ("/Users") is a critical component of the OS X system, and will cause additional problems if the folder is destroyed and rebuilt. The directory id and permissions must remain unchanged from the original installation.
For this reason, Server administrators (like yourself) should use File Sharing in the Server App to create a new anchor point for home directories. Create a shared folder. Ensure that it is shared over the protocols that you will be using (AFP, SMB, WebDav), and then after selecting these values, check the box that allows the folder to be used as a home directory at the bottom of this list. This box will be greyed out if the system is not already bound to an OpenDirectory. If you have activated OpenDirectory on the same machine, the machine will operate as if bound to itself, and this field will be active. If the FileShare server is NOT an OpenDirectory master or replica, then bind the machine to an OpenDirectory via the "System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Options".
If the local area network has FileShares that are enabled for home directory use, the folders will appear in the User Profile editor under the Home Folder list (See image)
In the screenshot above, I have selected a shared directory named "HomeFolders". By using specially defined home folder directory, the server administrator has the option of deleting and modifying the home folder if necessary. Creating a home folder directory in a location other than "/Users" is the recommended best practice by Apple Support.
If you are inserting files into the home folders, you will need to change the owner and the group to the new owners names. I copied files from the old user directories into the new user directories so that the users would have access to their old files. When my OpenDirectory crashed, and all the users were recreated, they were recreated with different system level user id's. The system therefore maintains a memory that the file was owned by the original owner, even though the system administrator has put it in the new user profile's folder. To fix this, do the following:
1. Prior to making the copy, run "ls -al" from the terminal on the new home directory root. You are looking for the default folder owner and default folder group. On my system it was the user name and a group named "staff".
2. When making the copy, do not replace the user folder. Copy the files into the file folder, not over it.
3. After you have moved files into the user's folders, you can use "sudo chown -R [owner]:[group] [homeFolderPath]/*" and "sudo chmod -R 700 [homeFolderPath]/*" (replace the [owner] and [group] portions of these commands with the owners and groups identified by the command in step 1, and replace [homeFolderPath] with a path to the user directory created for the specific user.
For example:
For the user johnnybgood, we might see the following:
1. We run "ls -al" on the newly created home folder and find that the folder /Volumes/HomeFolders/johnnybgood is owned by johnnybgood and the group "staff".
2. We copy or move files from the old locations using commands similar to the following:
       sudo mv /OldFolderLocation/johnnybgood/Documents/* /Volumes/HomeFolders/johnnybgood/Documents
       sudo mv /OldFolderLocation/johnnybgood/Desktop/* /Volumes/HomeFolders/johnnybgood/Desktop
       sudo mv /OldFolderLocation/johnnybgood/Music/* /Volumes/HomeFolders/johnnybgood/Music
       ....etc....
       (notice how we are not just moving the old johnnybgood folder to the new location.)
3. Next, we change the ownership and file permissions:
       sudo chown -R johnnybgood:staff /Volumes/HomeFolders/johnnybgood/Documents
       sudo chown -R johnnybgood:staff /Volumes/HomeFolders/johnnybgood/Desktop
       sudo chown -R johnnybgood:staff /Volumes/HomeFolders/johnnybgood/Music
       ...etc...
       sudo chmod -R 700 /Volumes/HomeFolders/johnnybgood/Documents
       sudo chmod -R 700 /Volumes/HomeFolders/johnnybgood/Desktop
       sudo chmod -R 700 /Volumes/HomeFolders/johnnybgood/Music
       ...etc...
4. Let the user log in and use the system normally.

OS X Server 3 new installation - network users can`t connect - what the h... am I doing wrong ?!?!

Mac Server 3 drives me crazy ...
I have a brand new MacMini here with Maverick on board, and two brandnew Macbook Air and 3 27"iMac that I want to set up as small office. The MacMini should act as Server (with two thunderbolt harddisks connected) for the rest. So far the theory, meanwhile I´m the reality of Server 3 ...
Having years of experience with "normal network" solutions like filesharing etc. I had a look at Server 3 and thought it couldn`t be that complicated to set it up - but meanwhile I`m disillusioned.
I`ve now completely reinstalled the MacMini and the Server the third time, connected directly to the Airport Extreme, started filesharing and started the Server app. afterwards. Then I just
- opened the settings of the server, set up a local network (xxx.local)
- activated push-notification and got a ceritficate
- started the profile manager
- started open directory
- started started the DNS server
- started file sharing (creating a new folder on the MacMini, offering user folders via SMB or AFP (tested both))
- started the other services (calendar, contacts, etc.)
- opened ports for the public services on the AirportExtreme
- set up a testuser (network user), giving access to all services
- gave the test user access to the network folder created
On the Macbook Air i used for testing I registered the network account server (getting a green light afterwards), put the hook at "allow network users to sign on" (I even coot see the test users name there).
But after switching to the login I only got normal users on the MacBook Air. Switching the "allow network users to sign on" sometimes resulted in a third user "other" where I could enter the Username and password - but : no result - just as explained several times in this thread ... :-( :-(
The last three days I tried several setups, switch and renamed, issued certificates, tried out the profile manager and registered the MBA, set up the user folder via AFP and SMB, ...
But : no access to the network user granted ...
Just read the last lines of the Protokoll after my last attempts and could read "connection invalid" and "connection denied" several times in it ... does anyone have an idea what`s going wrong here ?!?!??!
I really need to set up this server a.s.a. possible and am really frustrated about this really not Apple like behaviour of this software *eyesroll* ...
Any help appreciated !

Hi,
sorry, but frustration continues ... here`s what I did :
- complete did the forth reinstall of the MacMini, new Maverick, all updates. Then installed the server.app
- delete all network connections except the Ethernet, gave it a static IP 10.0.1.201
- started the server app, renamed the computername and the hostname
Result :
- This automatically started the DNS server - i just checked this and found a server.dizwo.private entry pointing at the 10.0.1.201. According to your proposal I entered a second entry with "dizwo.private" pointing at the same IP 10.0.1.201 (named "server") - as you didn´t respond to my request above the entries are only guesses
- on the AirportExtreme I opened the ports for all necessary services
- I created a public user folder with all necessary access types (using SMB for the user folder)
- created network user pointing at this folder
- checked whether it has access to all services (was already preset) and gave him access read/write to the user folder
- last but not least i started the OpenDirectory server showing availibility of the OD server at server.dizwo.private
... and then ?
On the MacBook Air and on another iMac I first had a look whether I get access to the user folder on the server. I could see it in the finder windows and got access, okay - fine.
Then I want to set up the OD server in the user settings on the clients - but in contrary to my earlier tries I didn`t got the OD server name, but simply a "server.local".
Trying to enter the "server.dizwo.private" simply resulted in a "host not found" ??!?!
You can imagine how frustrated I`m now about all this stuff - I`m Apple user since more than 20 years and haven`t seen such weird behaviour of an Apple software before - not user friendly in any matter ... .
This server software is advertised and looking like to be an easy to use front end to create a server, even the "manuals" (not that I would tell them so ...) do so. But it looks like it`s really more a trial and error thing when you do the installation ...
So : what I did I do wrong now ? Is there anything that I missed ? Is it a certificate thing (I didn`t set up a custom one but used the intermediate one preinstalled) ? Or another network issue ? The DNS server ? The OD server ? The naming of the server ?
I really urgently need help - need to set up this server the next 2 weeks !!
any help appreciated !!

Apply user layout settings for multiple users

Hi,
Does any of you know how to apply a saved user layout (like Pivot sorting, hidden key figures, etc) to multiple users? It is strange that you can create such saved layouts for eg Alert Monitor, but not for Interactive Planning... I have designed a special layout for my users but cant distribute it centrally now
Thanks in advance,
Best regards,

Hi,
You can't apply user settings of planning book to multiple users at a time.But in transacton /SAPAPO/SDPUSET you can copy these user settings to other users.
Regards,
Sunitha

Installed OSx Lion. Can't see my network user on launch

Hello,
installed OSx Lion a few hours ago but on OSx launch I can't see my network user anymore.
Network user was appearing properly on Leopard.
Please help as I can't get access to our company network anymore.
Thanks!

I figured out the answer. unfortunately, the Belkin router I have does not support a HDD formatted in Mac OS. I guess I have to decide whether to stay with FAT32 for my netweork drive or get a new router...

Edit Default User Killed Leopard Default User folder completely disapeared

I was trying to create a custom default user for network users to login to because I was learning how to set up a Mac for use as a campus public PC.
We do not have a Mac server but do have a Novell server set as Open directory. I was the first to figure out how to LDAP authenticate users.
The next step was to customize the default user template for network users to login into on the Mac. Then all went dead.
I copied in settings from the root user to the default user location and repaired permissions on the hard drive. I was following proceedures I found online the best I could. These:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2105869&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2056194&tstart=0
It seemed to be going well then I went to go to system preferences and
the OS slowed then froze and after a reset would not boot.
It would go to the gray Null sign circle with a line through several times and would try to boot other partitions.
A verbose boot said something about the Boot.efi being in some trashes folder.
I booted from a USB back up of the OS and searched for the folder that holds the default user profile and it was not there at all.
When trying to set a boot device it would no longer let me select the internal hard disk.
Any ideas? I am reinstalling the OS but does anyone know what happened? Was this a Mac virus, a hack attack, does repairing permissions as the root user cause destruction? Are there system boot files in the default user profile location?

Thanks for your reply those sound like good emergency aid procedures. I need to know more of those.
I did a full reinstall and tried the same procedure but they system is running well this time. My goal of a custom user profile for network users though still does not work. For this issue I will search other threads or start a new one.
Situation I can authenticate network users to LDAP on our Novell server. Our Novell server does not have mappings for Apple computers though so it is just basic authentication. I was able to script mapping of the appropriate volumes as a start up item in the doc.
The problem is after they authenticate through LDAP at the login screen they all get dumped into the root users profile and they have root user powers. Even after I disabled the root user.
I wanted them to use the custom default profile I made. I created a temp user called student customized it copied its profile to the default user profile location. If I create a new user in account preferences it uses that custom profile fine BUT network users always login as the / a root user.
I could use that because we want to lock down the harddrive with deepfreeze. BUT the novell iPrint program required for users to print does not work at all in this crazy Fake Root user environment.

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