Setup of mac os xserver

I am trying to setup Mac OS xserver in my home so that the machines in my house can authenticate to the server and share resources such as hard disks attached to the server.
I have OS Xserver 10.4 installed on an intel laptop
! have five client machines (running 10.4) that I want to authenticate to server.
All machines have IP addresses manually configured
what services will I need to configure and in which order. Where can I find configuration advise for these services.

You can search through this discussion, there's lots more detail that I'm willing to re-write
The basics, install the server OS, run setup assistant, make it a standalone server turn on DNS (no other services yet) configure DNS (you can use the serveradmin GUI for your purposes). Once DNS is set you would make it an OD master, turn on AFP, and you can then create users and shares.
As a note, you may be able to skip setting up DNS and making it an OD master if you just want to share files.
You'll need to setup the LDAP plugin in DirectoryAccess on the clients to force them to authenticate via the server.
You really ought to have a static IP for your server, so let your router do NAT for you - this will simplify your configuration on the laptop/server.
I've been a bit fuzzy, because I'm sure exactly what you want to do, but this shoud be enough info to get you in the right direction, and searching through the info that's already on this board.
And I don't mean to imply that you shouldn't post more questions here - I'm just trying to get you pointed in the right direction so you can ask more specific questions.
hth
Jeff
Message was edited by: Jeff Kelleher

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