New mac linked to existing xsereve account

Our xserve was set up by someone who no longer works for the company. We had a break in the other night and 2 of our macs were stolen. When the replacements arrive how do I set them up to log in to the existing xserve user accounts?

Hello, markfromhuddersfield, and welcome to the AppleBoards,
There's no easy way to answer that question without knowing a lot about your current set-up.
Do user's home directories reside on the server?Then the new computers need to be bound to the server using Directory
Are files simply being shared over AFP or other methods?Then new users simply need to connect to the server via Connect to Server
Is your server handling DHCP and DNS?New machines will need to have the networking set correctly to function in your environment
Is your server handling SSO/Kerb over OD, printing management or other services?
You really need someone to examine the computers currently attached to the network and then replicate that to the new computers. It should be pretty straightforward for someone who knows what they're looking for to determine proper set-up from your remaining computers.
Good luck,
=Tod
PS General OS X Server questions can go in that discussion group and you'll probably get more people reading it rather than in the Xserve/Server group which is often about the things particular to servers themselves.

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