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Hello all. I am trying to create home directories for users in a "Golden Triangle" setup.
On my OD Master I'm trying click the "Create Home Now" button and no home is created. The home directories are hosted on a share that lives on a Promise RAID. I setup the folder "Users" and made it a sharepoint. I enabled the option to "Use as home folders". From a client machine I have found /Network/Servers/myserver.my.com/ with an alias named "Users". I've also tried using the createhomedir command in Terminal. That didn't work either.
Currently I do have a home folder that is on the share and that works perfectly as a Portable Home Directory, but I created this folder manually because I was migrating a user from a windows file share. I'm trying not to have to go in and change permissions and all that.
I've read a couple of other posts about the subject so I apologize for any reposting. Can anyone help???

Hi Tony
Thanks for the reply. You are correct. The environment is your run of the mill AD-OD integrated setup.
I am giving users defined in AD the ability to use home folders shared on my OS X servers. This has been successful and I have been able to move my home data from a windows file share to the OS X User sharepoint that I've established and am using Portable Home Directories.
My problem arise when I am trying to do create home now for a user account. To test this I have setup a few test account in OD to try and generate homes. I would think that this would work. Maybe it won't. I'm also assuming that for all of the AD users I will have to manually generate atleast the root home directory folder (e.g. wsmith home directory within the Users directory). I need to do further testing but will the underlying folder structure be generated upon the user's login (i.e. Document, Public, Music, etc.)? I don't think it will.
I'm really just trying to find the most efficient way to get AD users migrated over to having Network or Portable Home Directories on the OS X sharepoint. I have it working with the UNC path and all. I'm just trying to make sure to see whether creating the folder manually is the best way because I've have go in and apply the correct permissions for the folders underlying a user's home folder.
Thanks for the help.

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