Help with understanding initial admin account vs. directory admin

Hello,
I am hoping someone can help me understand the initial admin account created when I was first configuring my server, and the directory admin.
I have setup an advanced server, and when I was going through the initial setup I created an account that for this discussion I'll call "admin." Once the initial setup was finished I started using Workgroup manager to create accounts. I was informed that I should create a different directory admin so I did and for this discussion we'll call that account "diradmin."
I am curious why the initial account of admin does not show up in workgroup manager, and why it does not show up as an option in Server Admin to assign permissions.
Is this making any sense?
Any explanation is greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Scott

Hi
Presumably you used the Server Setup Assistant to configure Services prior to bringing the Server online?
Not a good idea really. When choosing Advanced after the Server Software has been installed don't enable/configure any service apart from Remote Desktop. Once the Server setup is complete run all available updates. Once you've done that begin to configure required Services using Server Admin. Once you've done that begin to populate your directory nodes with users using WorkGroup Manager.
The key to understanding the two accounts (a) System Administrator (admin UID 501) and (b) Directory Administrator (diradmin UID 100) is understanding which directory node you want to provide services to. The 'Local' node and the server in general (putting aside the super user 'root') will always be admin. Once you promote the Server from Standalone to OD Master you effectively create another Directory in addition to the Local one. This LDAP Directory can be used for all sorts of things. Principally enabling directory and contact information (amongst other things) to be shared/accessed with users that exist in that node with an enhanced authentication system (Kerberos) not available in the Local node and if the Server is in a Standalone Role. This LDAP Directory is controlled by diradmin. You won't be able to use admin for the LDAP node but you can use diradmin for the server in general - although I would not advise it. You can use root for both nodes - again I would not advise it unless absolutely necessary. Basically use admin to log into the Server and do the day to day stuff and use diradmin for the LDAP. Get into the habit of never having both applications open unless you are going to use them. Once you are done, quit out of them and leave them alone.
To toggle between the two Directory nodes launch Workgroup Manager and click on the small blue globe below the main set of icons at the top and above the Users/Groups/Machines tabs. You should see at least 4 selections: Local, /LDAPv3/127.0.0.1, Search Policy and Other. If you don't see /LDAPv3/127.0.0.1 select Other and browse for it. If you still don't see it then you effectively don't have an OD Master. This will severely limit the ability of server to provide auot-mounting networked home folders as well as access to iCal Server's features amongst other things.
Finally if you truly want LDAP and everything that goes with it then your DNS Service - wherever its placed - has to be correctly conigured and tested. This link is for a post that explains how to achieve this simply using the interface:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1251475&tstart=45
Depending on your network environment it might not be appropriate for you? However stick with it as it is a long post and you may find it useful?
Tony

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                              else if the button_pressed is "Off" then
                                        do shell script "/bin/launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.InternetSharing.plist" with administrator privileges
                              end if
                    else if the button_pressed is "File Sharing" then
-- Commands for Sharing Settings
                              display dialog "File Sharing" buttons {"On", "Off", "Cancel"} default button 3
                              set the button_pressed to the button returned of the result
                              if the button_pressed is "On" then
                                        do shell script "/bin/launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.AppleFileServer.plist" with administrator privileges
                              else if the button_pressed is "Off" then
                                        do shell script "/bin/launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.AppleFileServer.plist" with administrator privileges
                              end if
                    else
                              set done to ""
                    end if
          end repeat
-- Confirm Quit/Hide
          display dialog "Really quit? You will have to reenter admin info next time." buttons {"Quit", "Hide", "Resume"} default button 1
          if the button returned of the result is "Quit" then
                    set quitapp to ""
          else if the button returned of the result is "Hide" then
                    tell application "System Events"
keystroke "h" using command down
                    end tell
          else
                    set done to "n"
                    set quitapp to "no"
          end if
end repeat

with respect to general improvements, a couple of points:
If I'm reading this script correctly, it looks like you're putting up an applescript alert and leaving it hanging until it's dismissed. This is an atypical approach (applescripts aren't really meant to hang around indefinitely waiting for a respons). If I were doing this I would either go whole-hog and create an applescript application in XCode with a proper interface, or remove the hanging dialog and create a set of toggle scripts that I could use from the script menu. if you really want to keep the hanging dialog, though, you can streamline it by absorbing the secondary dialogs into the main dialog. that's like so:
set netSharingStatus to checkService("com.apple.InternetSharing")
set fileSharingStatus to checkService("com.apple.AppleFileServer")
display alert "Current Settings" message "Click to change settings" buttons {"Internet " & netSharingStatus, "File Sharing " & fileSharingStatus, "Exit"} default button 3
-- choose next action based on the button clicked and the status vairable
on checkService(service)
          do shell script "launchctl list"
          if the result contains service then
                    return "On"
          else
                    return "Off"
          end if
end checkService
using handlers like the above can also streamline the rest of your script. the following construction means you only have to write the do shell script line once, rather than the four times you currently do, and makes for much cleaner reading.
if the button_pressed starts with "Internet" then
          toggleService("com.apple.InternetSharing", netSharingStatus)
else if the button_pressed starts with "File Sharing" then
          toggleService("com.apple.AppleFileServer", fileSharingStatus)
else
--exit routine
end if
on toggleService(service, currentState)
          if currentState in "On" then
                    set action to "unload"
          else
                    set action to "load"
          end if
          set command to "/bin/launchctl " & action & " -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/" & service & ".plist"
          do shell script command user name "adminusername" password "password" with administrator privileges
end toggleService

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Hi Chris
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~ Tammy

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