Create a New Local Network User

Hi,
I have a Mac OSX (Snow Lion) server on a network with three Mac Computers (2 on Mavericks and 1 on Lion). Our computers are a shared resource among employees. Basically I enable each member of our company to be user on any computer.
I had a chap come in and create the original employee user accounts (Local Network User). Since our company has grown by two. I now want to create accounts them too. This chap has now moved.
So far I have gone into Server OSX and created the users. How do I now get these accounts to show up on the client computer login screen. I went into profile manager and read the server documentation. And then got stuck!
Can anyone coach me through this.
Thanks
Andrew

If you want the local user account to use a specific UID to match an account in your Open Directory setup then it is not necessary to manually create a local user with a matching UID. The normal approach is to set the Mac up to automatically create a mobile account that matches the Open Directory account. When the user logs in on the Mac for the first time the user account would be created with the matching UID, matching short and full names, and matching password and the password will be kept in sync with the Open Directory account. This setting can be done via Workgroup Manager and MCX preferences if you still use that method, or more typically these days via a setting in Profile Manager. (Or equivalent.)
If you really must create a local account with a specific UID then create the local account as normal, make sure you have if needed unlocked the padlock in Users & Groups in System Preferences and then Option-Click on the user account on the left, a menu will appear listing the choice "Advanced Options..." and this will let you change the UID.
Note: You may need to later do the following in Terminal.app
sudo chown -R user /Users/user

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