Multiple Network Accounts

Hi,
Is it possible to have two network accounts, one with password protection and the other without which I can easily switch between the two in the Airport menu bar?
Regards,
David

User account's on the computer YES
2 Seperate Networks NO not unless you have the actual capability to nave 2 seperate feeds that would allow you to have 2 seperate Networks.
Don

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Cant login multiple network accounts on the same client?

Setup:
I have created a simple Lion Server on a new i7 Mac Mini. I have configured Open Directory in Master mode and have setup 4 user accounts. I have enabled the File Sharing service and checked the "Make available for home directories" option on the "Users" file share. I have configured each of the 4 user accounts to use this location as the home folder. I have connected my client machines (all OSX Lion) to the Network Account Server.
Problem:
I can log one user into the client machine, but when using "Fast User Switching" and logging on as the second user I get the following error:
"You are unable to log in to the user account "guestaccount" at this time. Loggin to the account failed because an error occured"
In the console if I search for that user account the related error message is:
11-07-31 12:30:54.993 PM authorizationhost: ERROR | -[HomeDirMounter mountNetworkHomeWithURL:attributes:dirPath:username:] | PremountHomeDirectoryWithAuthentication( url=afp://inntaserver01.local/Users, homedir=/Network/Servers/inntaserver01.local/Users/guestaccount, name=guestaccount ) returned 16
Any thoughts as to why the Home Folder "mounter" failed in this scenario?

Historically you have never been allowed to use Fast User Switching to log in multiple network logins on the same client machine. This certainly applied with Tiger, Leopard, and Snow Leopard. I have not yet personally tried this with Lion.
I believe that the underlying reason for this not being allowed is down to how AFP volumes are mounted. The AFP mount becomes 'owned' by the user that triggers the login. With a network login the first user becomes the owner and this means subsequent attempted network logins are denied access to that share and hence cannot access their home directories.
With Tiger, Leopard, and Snow Leopard servers, one could configure network home directories to be shared via NFS instead of AFP. NFS gets treated a lot different in terms of mounting, and is done more at a system level than a user level. While again I have not personally tried Fast User Switching with NFS shared home directories, this approach is specifically recommended by the authors of AquaConnect (a Macintosh Terminal Server solution) in order to allow multiple logins on the same Terminal Server. This seems to be for the same underlying reason. Using NFS does certainly work for use with AquaConnect and also works for the competing iRAPP Terminal Server product as well.
Unfortunately, Lion Server while it can be made to run an NFS server, will not let you configure using NFS for sharing home directories. I have actually reported this as a 'bug' in Lion server.
Neither the authors of AquaConnect or iRAPP have actually tested this scenario with Lion server yet, but AquaConnect do plan to investigate it. It could make it considerably more difficult to use their products.
So in summary, using NFS to share network home directories in theory would avoid the problem and can be done with a Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard server, but cannot be done with a Lion server. It is possible however to mix Lion with older server versions. This might for some people be a possible workaround.
PS. A bonus side-effect of using NFS shared home directories was that this allowed badly written software like Adobe's applications which are otherwise notorious for having major issues with network logins and home directories to work without errors. As an example Adobe Acrobat Pro introduced a bug in version 7.0 which prevented it being able to print-to-PDF (one of the major reasons to buy Acrobat Pro). It tooks two years for them to eventually fix this in Acrobat Pro 8.1 (I know because I spent that two years nagging them to fix it and was a beta tester). Unfortunately they then reintroduced the bug in Acrobat Pro 9.0. Fortunately I discovered this side-effect got round the issue although a clunkier workaround was also possible for Snow Leopard clients by redirecting certain folder paths.

Sharing an iTunes Library across multiple user account and a network.

Sharing an iTunes Music Library across multiple user accounts.
Hello Everybody!
Firstly, this was designed to be run in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. It will not work with earlier versions of Mac OS X! Sorry.
Here's a handy tip for keeping your hard drive neat and tidy, it also saves space, what in effect will be done is an iTunes music library will be shared amongst multiple users on the same machine. There are advantages and disadvantages to using this method.
• Firstly I think it might be worthwhile to state the advantages and disadvantages to using this approach.
The advantages include:
- Space will be saved, as no duplicate files will occur.
- The administrator will be able to have complete control over the content of the iTunes library, this may be useful for restricting the content of the Library; particularly for example if computer is being used at and education institution, business or any other sort of institution where things such as explicit content would be less favorable.
- The machine will not be slowed by the fact that every user has lots of files.
The disadvantages to this system include.
- The fact that the account storing the music will have to be logged in, and iTunes will have to be active in that account.
- If the account housing the music is not active then nobody can use the iTunes library.
- There is a certain degree of risk present when an administrator account must be continually active.
- Fast User Switching must be enabled.
Overview:
A central account controls all music on the machine/network, this is achieved by storing iTunes files in a public location as opposed to in the user's directory. In effect the system will give all users across the machine/network access to the same music/files without the possibility of files 'doubling up' because two different users like the same types of music. This approach saves valuable disk space in this regard and may therefore prove to be useful in some situations.
This is a hearty process to undertake, so only follow this tutorial if you're willing to go all the way to the end of it.
Process:
Step 1:
Firstly, we need to organize the host library, I tidied mine up, removing excess playlists, random files, things like that. this will make thing a bit easier in the later stages of this process.
Once the library is tidied up, move the entire "iTunes" folder from your Home directory to the "//localhost" directory (The Macintosh HD) and ensure that files are on the same level as the "Applications", "Users", "Library" and "System" directories; this will ensure that the files in the library are available to all users on the machine (this also works for networks)
Optionally you can set the ownership of the folder to the 'administrator' account (the user who will be hosting the library.), you may also like to set the permissions of 'you can' to "Read & Write" (assuming that you are doing this through the user who will host the library); secondly you should set the "Owner" to the administrator who will be hosting the library and set their "access" to "Read & Write" (this will ensure that the administrator has full access to the folder). The final part of this step involves setting access for the "Others" tab to "Read Only" this will ensure that the other users can view but not modify the contents on the folder.
Overview:
So far we have done the following steps:
1. Organized the host library.
2. Placed the iTunes directory into a 'public' directory so that other users may use it. (this step is essential if you plan on sharing the library across multiple accounts on the same machine. NOTE: this step is only necessary if you are wanting to share you library across multiple accounts on the same machine, if you simply want to share the music across a network, use the iTunes sharing facility.
3. set ownership and permissions for the iTunes music folder.
Step 2:
Currently the administrator is the only user who can use this library, however we will address this soon. In this step we will enable iTunes music sharing in the administrator's account, this will enable other users to access the files in the library.
If you are not logged in as the administrator, do so; secondly, open iTunes and select "Preferences" from the "iTunes" menu, now click the "Sharing" tab, if "share my library on my local network" is not checked, the radio buttons below this will now become active, you may choose to share the entire libraries contents, or share only selected content.
Sharing only selected content may be useful if their is explicit content in the library and minors use the network or machine that the library is connected to.
If you have selected "share entire library" go to Step 3, if you have selected share "share selected playlists" read on.
After clicking "share selected playlists" you must then select the playlists that you intend to share across your accounts and network. Once you have finished selecting the playlists, click "OK" to save the settings.
Overview:
In this step we:
1. Enabled iTunes sharing in the administrator's account, now, users on the local network may access the iTunes library, however, users on the same machine may not.
Step 3:
Now we will enable users on the same machine to access the library on the machine. This is achieved by logging in as each user, opening iTunes, opening iTunes preferences, and clicking "look for shared music". now all users on the machine may also access the library that the administrator controls.
This in effect will mean that the user will not need to use their user library, it will be provided to them via a pseudo network connection.
As a secondary measure, I have chosen to write a generic login script that will move any content from the user's "Music/iTunes/iTunes Music" directory to the trash and then empties the user's trash.
This is done through the use of an Automator Application: this application does the following actions.
1. Uses the "Finder" action "Get Specified Finder Items"
1a. The user's "~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music" folder
2. Uses the "Finder" action "Get Folder Contents"
3. Uses the "Finder" action "Move to Trash"
4. Uses the "Automator" action "Run AppleScript"
4a. with the following:
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Finder"
empty trash
end tell
return input
end run
IMPORTANT: Once the script is adapted to the user account it must be set as a login item. in order to keep the script out of the way i have placed it in the user's "Library" directory, in "Application Support" under "iTunes".
Overview:
Here we:
1. Enabled iTunes sharing in the user accounts on the host machine, in effect allowing all users of the machine to view a single iTunes library.
2. (Optional) I have created a login application that will remove any content that has been added to user iTunes libraries, this in effect stops other users of the machine from adding music and files to iTunes.
Step 4:
If it is not already enabled, open system preferences and enable Fast User Switching in Accounts Options.
Summary:
We have shared a single iTunes library across multiple user account, while still allowing for network sharing. This method is designed to save space on machines, particularly those with smaller hard drives.
I hope that this hint proves to be helpful and I hope everybody will give me feedback on my process.
regards,
Pete.
iBook G4; 60GB Hard Drive, 512MB RAM, Airport Extreme Mac OS X (10.4.6) iWork & iLife '06, Adobe CS2, Final Cut Pro. Anything and Everything!!!

how to share music between different accounts on a single computer

Multiple .Mac accounts, on one Admin account on one computer

Hello all,
I am trying to have multiple .Mac accounts to publish independent iWeb websites on unique domains (the apple iweb provided ones) but it appears I can only have one .Mac account on my computer's network user to do the easy one click Publish button to.
I don't want to use multiple user accounts on my computer as I'd like to have access to all my photos, music, videos and everything else and easily do so without logging out from my main account.
What am I missing?
Many thanks,
Michael

The only safe and easy method is multiple user accounts.
You can easily store your iPhoto and music Libraries on an external drive and share them between accounts.

How can I share only the same music with multiple iTunes accounts

Hello
I hope someone can help. [I am using Windows Vista (Unfortunately J) and iTunes 10]
I am trying to share the same music library with multiple iTunes accounts. Basically, I want to know if there is a way to automatically upload to other libraries when importing new music into my library, vice versa. [Better information below]
Me, my sister and my dad all use iTunes (on different iTunes accounts), and before now we used to have are own music on our own windows user. Due to many duplicates and a loss of hard drive space I have brought an external hard drive and organised all the music.
It was all going well - I first populated all the music onto my iTunes, exported the library, and then imported it on both the other users. However! Because this is only a copy of the library, when I try to import a new CD, it will not show up on there’s until I “Add File to Library”! Originally I thought about using the same library however we each have are own apps etc, that we don’t want to share.
If you need anymore information please ask!
Matt

Hello roaminggnome
Unfortunately the support is down at the moment, I will have a better look later. I did go though the Apple support previously, however I found nothing that worked.
The first thread I came across was “Home Sharing” however no mater what I did, it did not appear in the iTunes sharing list (I did go though the “Show Sharing Networks” support as well)
Secondly, I saw “Using A Single Library With Multiple Accounts On The Same PC” (Something like that) but all this did was let us share the same music location, if I was to rip extra music, it will not show in there library
Matt

Apple TV G2 and Multiple iTunes Accounts

In our household we have multiple iTunes accounts so that everybody can purchase and download their own content for the various computers and devices that we own.
In the old Apple TV each persons iTunes account could be setup to allow streaming from their computer ( while only one could be setup for syncing and purchasing )
In the new Apple TV it would appear that you can only setup Home Sharing to a single iTunes account and that there is no way to see the other iTunes accounts on our network.
Is there something I am missing here? How can we stream content from more then one iTunes account to the new Apple TV.

I too suffer from the same problem.
My wife, son, and I maintain separate iTunes accounts/libraries on our individual Macs. I just purchased the new 2nd Generation Apple TV to replace my 1st Generation one. We set up Shared Libraries on each of our Macs, which we were able to browse/play on our 1st Gen Apple TV. My wife's account was set up on the device for the purpose of renting/purchasing content.
Now with the 2nd Gen Apple TV I no longer see any option for associating Shared Libraries, or browsing anything other than a single iTunes library because of it's reliance on the Home Sharing feature. Also, I can't easily pair up my iPhones/iPod Touch/iPad copies of the Remote App unless they too are set up using Home Sharing on a single iTunes account. Sure, with the promise of AirPlay we may one day be able to stream video (we can do audio now) from all our Macs, but without the ability to browse all our libraries from one simple interface (like we could on the 1st Gen) the newest Apple TV has limited usefulness for our family.
I don't suppose someone out there might know of a hidden method to re-enable this feature, or if it might be released in a patch in the not-too-distant future. I'm going to give it a few days, but this device will likely find its way back to the Apple Store it came from (minus the re-stoking fee).

Using multiple iCloud accounts on iPhone

Can I have multiple icloud accounts for my iPhone? Iwant my wife to be able to sync with our network at home without changing her Apple ID

lcke wrote:
Can I have multiple icloud accounts for my iPhone?
NO
Iwant my wife to be able to sync with our network at home without changing her Apple ID
Have nothing to do with icloud.

Lion Server network accounts not working on some computers.

Hello all -
I'm currently having an issue with network accounts working on some Macs but not others. I have a Mac Mini and a MacBook Pro. The Mac Mini works fine and I can login and sync my network account with the server just fine. However, I cannot connect to it from my MBP.
When I try and connect I get an error that says "You are unable to log in to the user account "xxxx" at this time. Logging in to the account failed because an error occurred."
If I login through console (by typing in ">console" in the username field) I get an error that says the user does not have a home directory...
I have searched numourous other forums but I have not found a solution that seems to solve this problem. I have unbound and re-bound my client to the open directory and I have restarted file sharing. Neither has solved the problem. I have a feeling the issue originates somewhere on the MBP since I can log in to the Mac Mini without any problems.
Anymore suggestions?

Thanks for your suggestion, SolidWood. Unfortunately it didn't help.
After a 90 minute phone call with AppleCare, this issue has finally been resolved. Here is what the solution was. Turns out it was pretty simple but it took a while to find it.
First we created a test user and left the home folder set to Local Only in the Server App. I was successfully able to login with the test user on both clients but since there were no mobility preferences set, it was pretty basic.
Then, we removed the Users sharepoint from file sharing, turned off file sharing to disconnect any users, and restarted the server. Then we created a new folder on the Server HD with a random name. We chose Darron. We created a new sharepoint in file sharing (with it still turned off), and shared the new folder called Darron. Double click on the sharepoint and scroll to the bottom and check the box that says "Make available for home directories over AFP". Then we restarted file sharing.
Then we opened Workgroup Manager, clicked on the problem user in the left sidebar, clicked on the Home option at the top, and there were three things listed:
     (None)
     afp://servername.com/Users
     afp://servername.com/Darron
Then we removed the Darron sharepoint from file sharing, and found that it was still listed as a home directory under the problem user.
This was the root of the problem. The system didn't know which path to use as the home directory.
Sooooo...
In the server app, we opened the Directory Utility (Tools in the menubar, Directory Utility). Clicked on Directory Editor. Authenticate to the directory using the diradmin login. Changed view settings to match this below:
In the left column, there were two paths listed for home mounts. We deleted both of them, saved changes, and closed directory editor.
Then, we restarted workgroup manager and both paths had been deleted from the users home listings. This was begining to solve the problem.
In the Server App, we recreated the users sharepoint, made it available for home directories, and restarted file sharing and workgroup manager. Now only one path is listed for the home folder for all the users.
This solved my problem of not being able to login on the MBP. The system synced the home folder and all was well. On the Mac Mini, I had to delete the problem account, un-bind from the network server, re-bind, and recreate the account. Now both clients are sycning perfectly and all is well.
Thank God I bought AppleCare! Thanks to everyone else for their help and suggestions.
As a recap, the problem of not being able to login to the MacBook Pro was caused by having multiple paths to the multiple home folders. These rogue paths were added somewhere in the troubleshooting process to try and recreate the home directories before I called AppleCare. To solve this, we had to remove the directory listings from accounts using Directory Editor, remove and recreate the users sharepoint in file sharing. The syncing problem on the Mac Mini was also created when multiple paths were introduced. The system didn't know which files to use.
Taylor

10.5 server, 10.4 clients getting multiple mobile accounts - weird results

I would like to reopen this discussion:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1664772&tstart=7
What happens visually is that the user appears to log in to a network account, but the Macintosh HD icon changes to the "house" used for the home directory, and all the mobile account data (which is naturally in /Users/<login>) is not accessible. If you use Netinfo Manager or System Preferences, you can see multiple accounts for the user.
We have been getting many laptops randomly succumbing to this bug. 10.5.8 server, 10.4.11 clients. I ran nicl on one that was affected today, with "nicl . -list /users", and found 3 user account records with the same login. I then used the "directory IDs" from the nicl -list commands and compared the data for each account with "nicl -v . -read <dirID>" replacing <dirID> with the numeric directory IDs for the accounts.
One of the accounts had no "home" attribute, so I deleted it using "sudo nicl . -delete <dirID>". The only difference between the other accounts is the value of the "copy_timestamp" attribute (it differed by 20 seconds or so). I blindly removed the record with the later copy_timestamp value, after which I was able to login to the mobile account normally.
Interestingly during the login, I pinged the machine rapidly over ssh, running the "nicl . -list /users" command. I could see the original directory ID. Then for a while a new directory ID appeared and the old one was gone. Then both the old and the new appeared. Finally, after the successful login, the old directory ID was back. I guess the mobile account login process is constantly banging on Netinfo.
Another thing to note is that when I go to Workgroup Manager (10.5) and bring up the Mobility > Acount Creation preferences, they show up with the "Never" and "Always" buttons half-selected ("-"), as well as the one for the "Show "Don't ask me again" checkbox" setting. Guess the com.apple.MCX.plist file schema changed from 10.4 to 10.5. I will research the differences. Maybe I'll get lucky and stop this behavior from happening...

The thing that causes the "-" half-slected buttons on the Account Creation tab is the absence of a value for the (new in 10.5?) attribute in the com.apple.MCX plist file. You can find this by using the Inspector in Workgroup Manager, getting the user account and editing the MCXSettings attrbute:
cachedaccounts.WarnOnCreate.allowNever
otherwise known as "Show Mobile Account Dialog's Never Option" if you look in the Details tab of Workgroup Manager,
otherwise known as "Show "Don't ask me again" checkbox" if you look in the Account Creation tab of Workgroup Manager.
Pet peeve -- three different terms for the same thing?

IMovie w/ Network Accounts

Server : XServer Running 10.6.8 hosting Worgroup Manager for user management
Clients : 2010 MacBooks running 10.6.8
Software : iMovie 11
I work for a school district and teachers are starting to want their students to create iMovie projects. All students log in with network only accounts (local accounts are not created). Obviously I am not going to strore the iMovie footage on the network for the students to work off of. Instead iMovie Events.localized needs to be created on the local hard drive. That would not be very time consuming but creating individual folders for student events and setting file permissions for those folders is what is problematic. I do not want other users to see a students work since they will be sharing the iMovie Events folder.
The research I have done is suggesting a login hook. So here is what I have attempted with no success.
1) I create a script that looks like this :
#!/bin/bash
mkdir /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/iMovie\ Events.localized/$1
chown -R $1 /Volumes/Macintsoh\ HD/iMovie\ Events.localized/$1
chmod 700 /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/iMovie\ Events.localized/$1
I name is imovie.sh
2) I place it in a folder on the local drive at :
/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/LOSD
3) I then go into terminal, as suggested by Apple support article HT2420 and run the following command:
sudo defaults write com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook /Library/Application\ Support/LOSD/imovie.sh
4) From workgroup manager I set the computer group to allow login hooks :
Workgroup Manager > Computer Group > Preferences > Login > Scripts, Select "Always", Check "Also execute the client computer's LoginHook script"
5)I log out and log in as a student
Results :
iMovie Events folder is not created
If I attempt to run the script while logged in as admin it will create the iMove Events folder but not the user's sub folder and in the terminal window it acts as though I have not entered an argument for chown. By that I mean it says:
usage : chown [-fhv] [-R [-H | -L | -P owner [:group] file ...
At least that is what I think that means. I am fairly new to scripting. So if anyone can help me out I would appreciate it, as will the teachers and students.
Thank you

cirillo.k mentioned:
"We ended up just using local, managed accounts, which kind of defetes the purpose of having individual network accounts for the students but doing it with network accounts just caused too many problems. So now students just have to remember which computer they were using and in some cases we created multiple local, managed accounts for students who use the same computer. Hope that explanation helps."
Agreed. Have been deeling with this. It was a chaotic fall semester in the lab due to this
limitation. Multi-user/multi-lab situations are still very much a standard working environtment in
education.
Hopefully Apple will reconsider this for future versions (soon). Most of the time Apple has been
the one who solves problems, and problems that are specific to certain markets (including
education for many years). At the moment, students in my class learned that
iMovie would not work for them in their labs at their current and future schools.
cpm

Cannot ping ibook with multiple admin accounts

i am trying to set up remote control across a LAN, and have had success with two iMac G5's controlled from my dual G5. the problem is that i can't connect to an iBook with exactly the same settings and firewall config.
in trying to troubleshoot, i have noticed that i can't ping the iBook, and the only thing i can think of that is different is that the iBook has two user accounts, both of which have admin privileges. could this be causing the problem?
if not, what else could i try? any suggestions, please?

I doubt very much that the problem is caused by having two user accounts with administrator privileges. I have several systems with multiple admin accounts and have never had them cause a problem with the network.
Since you can't even ping the iBook, that would seem to make it a problem with the OS or the network, not with Apple Remote Desktop, so you might have more luck getting suggestions if you ask in the networking forum in the appropriate Mac OS X area.
Good luck.

IPad / iOS - Multiple User Accounts

I (and countless others) would love it, if the iPad could set up multiple user accounts, just like the Mac OS; multiple user and guest accounts in iOS, is such an obvious need.
The iPad is so meant for multiple users in a household, guests etc. I don't want to hand someone, a friend or anyone my iPad with access to all my email, pictures, bank info, game scores, etc., etc. when they just want to surf the web or DJ some music from my music library on the home network.
Please, please Apple, add multiple user accounts to the iPad, just like the native Mac OS.
While you're at it, add this to the iPhone—sometimes I want to let a friend or relative play games or whatever on a roadtrip, withouth them digging through my personal info, a guest account with specified app access and premissions would resolve this.
Apple, I know you're trying to sell devices, but look back to see why you implemented this in the Mac OS to discover why you'd do it for portable devices too, it's a no-brainier.
Thanks!!

Nobody from Apple here. Just other users like yourself.
You are not the first person to ask for this and I'm sure you will not be the last. But, if you really want to get the message across... Try here.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

Network accounts instead of Mobile accounts

All of a sudden with any of our images and fresh build form CD, once joined machines are placed on the domain. When a network account logs in to them they get netowrk accounts instead of mobile accounts. Not sure what caused it but looking for an swer to why. Anyone have any ideals? Running Snow Leopard in an Active Directory environment.
Thanks,
Indiana

you set up rules that control the syncs so you can decide when, how often and what gets synced.
The time it takes to sync at login/log out is the only real frustration with mobile homes.
Basically you have two types of sync: login/logout and background
Login/Logout happens when you log in or log out (obviously!) and is meant to be used to sync the library and other files that can't sync while they are in use.
Background sync happens on a schedule that you can set, and is meant to sync the rest of your home folder except Library and microsoft user data
You can adapt the rules however you like though, and exclude individual files, folder or sets of folders from either or both of the syncs
Its best not to be logged in to the same user at the same time on multiple macs, cos it could get into a real mess, you would log out of Mac A then log into Mac B and because Mac A completed its sync on log out then Mac B will have all the upto date files.
If you did log into the same account on different macs at the same time it would show you syncing conflicts and you would be given the choice of saying the correct file is on This Mac or the Network Home

One network account cannot access BPC 7

We are using BPC 7 on Microsoft. We have one user that is having trouble accessing BPC, we'll call her J. Everything used to work fine for her. Recently it stopped working. She is still in the appropriate network security groups. Here is what happens now.
Whenever J is logged in to a computer, you cannot connect to BPC in the wizard using any account. The error is "The system cannot connect to the (HTTP://Server) Application server. Verify that you have specified a valid Application server name, or see if the Application server is unavailable at this time." However, when you log in to the same computer as a different user, you can then connect to BPC in the wizard using J's account or anyone else's. We have replicated this on multiple computers.
I don't think it's a server issue because everyone else works. I don't think it's a computer issue because you can log on as someone else and it works. I don't think it's a desktop profile issue, because it happens on multiple computers. I don't think it's a BPC account issue, because if you log on to the computer as someone else, you can then connect to BPC using her account. That just leaves the network account, but I am not sure what to check.
Any ideas?
Thanks.

Hello,
This has been a common issue for customers, and we are working diligently to resolve this issue. It usually occurs when a user attempts to acces an appset while offline or in the process of modifying an application or processing a dimension.
Regards,
Jason

Mixing mobile account and network account.

Is it possible to have mobile account on some computers and network account on others and having the same user logging in (only one login at a time) without sync issues ?
I have tested it with account preferences set on computers and it is working nice until I have been logged in on a computer with networked account, then I experience sync issues. Every time I log in mobile account I got a dialog window asking me to select "Sync Later" , "Mobile" or "Networked". It does not matter what I select, the dialog comes back everytime I log off and on with the mobile account. I have only managed get rid of it by deleting mobile account and sync it again.
Message was edited by: kenguru

Again, thanks for taking your time explaining this for me.
After been reading the User Management documentation from apple about Managing Portable Computers (Chapter 8), I got the opposite impression about running Mobile Account on multiple computers. From this text, as I read it, it is a common thing to do, as long as we are aware of sync issues that might occur and know how we shall deal with it.
So I'm a little confused about this topics, as it seem to make sense what you are saying, but the documentation says something different.
I have tried setting sync preferences on the user instead, so that every login is made with a mobile account on every computer. That seems to work ok. Off course sync issues may arise, but here the the file sync can be fixed through the dialogs windows that pops up. Unlike under the mix of network logins and mobile account logins where it doesn't matter which location I set to be the place containing the most recent files. This only occurs after a network account login. If I have been logged on another computer set up with mobile account everything syncs nicely. I think
So for now, I think I will stick with setting up users with mobile account preferences and skip the networked account.
Does this make any sense or am I still mistaking here?
Ok, thanks for all you help.
Bernt

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