Sharing user profiiles over the network

I am trying to host all users accounts on one machine and share that information with other macs across the network. This would allow me to administer all accounts on one machine but still have all the information available to all machines.
I have been able to find enough information to tell me that I need to create a parent netinfo domain that all machines would pull in. The problem is I have not found any information to tell me how to do this in MacOSX 10.4.8.
I am doing this at my home, so MacOSX Server is too much money (but probably easier).
Please help.
Brian
Mac Pro G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

External HD's can be "shared", but to get them available and 'out on the network' you need to manage them in Samba settings.
Sharepoints is a GUI to the Samba Configuration.
You'll be pleasantly surprised, I hope.
good luck

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I have two Macs behind a firewall connected to the internet. I have a USB 2.0 HD connected to my Mac mini. I want to share this drive over the network so my old Mac cube can access it. I have set up sharing so that I can move files from my cube to the mini’s HD but that is sub-optimal.

External HD's can be "shared", but to get them available and 'out on the network' you need to manage them in Samba settings.
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good luck

Printing to a shared Epson r1900 Over The Network

I'm considering an Epson R1900 printer as a replacement for my old Epson Stylus Photo 870. My printer will be set up in the basement though and hooked to a Linux box as print server. With the 870 I mostly use a CUPS raw queue on the Linux box and everything works fine. My Mac with OS X 10.5.6 prints just fine as do the Windows machines in the house. But in this case the Mac is using Gutenprint drivers since the printer is so old.
While I'm sure I can just use the Gutenprint drivers for the R1900 in the same way, what I want to know is how well the Epson drivers for the R1900 will integrate in this environment. Will they accept the fact that I'm passing the print commands through CUPS to a remote printer or do they need me to hook the printer up locally? If they're designed for a local printer can I fool them by hooking the printer up locally on installation and then redirecting the printer settings to point to a CUPS raw queue post installation?
Also, does anyone have experience with Gutenprint vs. Epson print results for the R1900? I'll mostly be printing from Aperture 2.1.

The problem is that the Epson driver(s) on OS X are based on Carbon and bypass the CUPS backends. Mac-to-Mac print sharing uses this fact and redirects USB comm output to the other Mac. If you could duplicate this on linux, you'd be a Mac and linux legend!
The More Printers > Epson USB drivers require USB connection; the Gutenprint (CUPS) drivers don't.

I want to share my external hard drive over the network

I found a lot of threads and discussions about this, but no answers.
I have a WD My Book External Hard Drive that I'm looking to share over the network. However, when I add the volume to the "Shared Folders" or even a folder within the volume and the "Users:" are grayed out.
When getting info on the volume, Sharing & Permissions says, "You can read and write"
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Hi Keith,
Thanks for your response; however, the first screenshot is through the Sharing settings in the System Preferences.

Is posible restart a engine over the network whith DSC?

is posible restart a engine over the network whith DSC?

You can stop/launch the DSC Engine from a remote application using the VI Server.
A remote VI can launch the engine using the Launch Engine.VI or stop it using the Engine Shutdown.VI.
They are located at
C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 6.1\vi.lib\lvdsc\_engine\User\
If you are going to use VI Server, just make sure that you enable the VI Server on the Computer that has the Engine.
There is also an executable that launches the engine called DSCEngine.exe located at
C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 6.1\
that you could access remotely if you share the LabVIEW 6.1 directory. This executable can be used to launch the engine also.
I would recommend using the VI Server, since sharing the LabVIEW directory might not be a good idea.

Printing to shared windows printer over wireless network

Hi,
I just bought my wife a MacBook and recently updated it to Leopard (OS X 10.5). I have a Lexmark X5150 printer connected to a desktop PC running Windows XP. I can share files between the two computers no problem either wirelessly or through an ethernet connection through my router. But, I'm having troubles accessing the shared printer through the Macbook wirelessly. If I connect the printer directly to the Macbook, I can add the printer with appropriate drivers no problem. However, when I try to add the printer as Windows shared printer, the appropriate driver doesn't show up in the drop down list. I can navigate to and find the printer over the network fine, but I just can't find the right driver. I'm a newbie to Mac and was wondering if there is anyway to find the driver using Finder or something similar to determine where it physially resides on the Mac. I know it's there because it is automatically selected when I directly connect the printer to the Macbook and add the printer. Any thoughts??

Couldn't figure things out, so I'll just stick with connecting the printer directly to the macbook.

HP Laserjet M1132 MFP is too slow over the network!

Hi,
My HP Laserjet M1132 MFP is too slow over the network!
I have connect the printer to a windows XP 32bit SP3 using UBS port. The printer works fine on the local computer but when sharing it over the network it works too slow, for example with print test page it takes about 45 seconds to print and for other documents it takes much longer time.
I have installed the latest driver form HP website and upgrade the firmware it the latest version.
It happens on other Windows XP machines as well.
I connected the printer to my laptop (Windows 7 64bit) and it works fine (No delays over the network) and it seems that this problem have some relations with the windows XP Driver.
I have used local port trick on remote machines (instead of regular method) like this:
''add a local printer;
'new port'
'localport'
\\XPcomputer\HPPrinterName as port name
but still nothing!
There is nothing wrong with the network, we use to use a Samsung printer on the same machines over the network with no problem.
I Really appreciate your HELP!
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BEHZAD_T, how is the printer connected to the network (wireless or Ethernet)? If it is slow wirelessly, I would suggest trying to connect the printer to your router with the Ethernet cord and install it to the networked computer that way.
Another question is, relatively speaking, how close to your router are the Samsung printer and the HP printer? Depending on the distance (and what stands between the devices) there can be a lag between sending a print job and it being received by the printer.
Let me know!

Unable to print to USB printer over the network

Hi all,
I have an iMac and an Macbook Air, both running 10.6.4, and I've got an HP LaserJet 1200 printer connected to the iMac by USB. Both machines are on my home wireless network (Linksys, FWIW).
I seem to be unable to print to the LaserJet over the network from my Air. I've tried all manner of permutations of printer setup on the Air: IPP/LPD/HP JetDirect; entering the hostname (*.local) and the IP address of the host; leaving the queue blank and not; and leaving "Print Using" as generic vs selecting the LaserJet drivers. The printers appear in the "Default" Add Printer menu as Bonjour Shared, but this doesn't seem to work either.
Following other threads, I've tooled around with CUPS (resetting the configuration file, etc.), with no success. The other threads I've found on the subject seem to be more specifically addressed to folks trying to use an AirPort.
Any suggestions for what to try next?

In that case, let me elaborate on what happens when I try to set up the printer via Bonjour, in case there are any clues in the behavior that I'm seeing. The printer seems to appear twice in the "Default" pane, with Kind as 'Bonjour Shared' and Printer Names as follows:
HP LaserJet 1200 @ (hostname)
HP LaserJet 1200 @ (hostname) @ (hostname)
Selecting the first, it displays "Gathering printer information..." for a few minutes, then strikes out, suggesting Generic PostScript Printer rather than the correct driver. Whether I stick with that or select the correct driver manually and then try to print, it hangs on 'Copying print data..." (in the print queue).
Selecting the second, it gathers printer information only for a second or two before settling on Generic PostScript Printer. If I stick with Generic PostScript Printer, it hangs on 'Connected to printer...' but if I select the correct driver, it hangs on 'Copying print data...' again.

HP photosmart C4700 cannot be connected over the network.

my printer was recently unplugged and refuses to print. i have reinstalled all drivers and software but still cannot connect over the network. please help soon as i desperatley need to print off college work. this has happened before but reinstalling the drivers worked.

Hi..
try this one....
Uninstall any remaining Hp printer program from your system..
1. Click windows logo or start button- on the search box or run - type in %temp%, press enter
2. look for the 7z folder on the TEmp folders.
3. Open &z folder and look for util- open util look for ccc folder- open ccc folder loofk for uninstall3.
4. Procedd to Uninstall level 3- restart the computer -go back to %temP% trhen delete tye 1st 7z folder-- to the same process for the remaining 7z folders- open util-ccc-uninstallL3- restart Pc and delete te 7z folder
5. Once your'e done- go to add or remove programs or programs and features to uninstall remaining Hp printer software.. then restart you pc again..
Follow these steps before re-installing the printer:
Click Start , and then click Run . The Run dialog box opens.
In the Run dialog box, type msconfig , and then press Enter .
If the User Account Control window opens with the message 'Windows needs your permission to continue ,' click Continue to close the window.
In the System Configuration window, click the Startup tab, and then click Disable All .
Click the Services tab, click the Hide all Microsoft services checkbox, and then click Disable All .
Click Apply , and then click OK .
When prompted to restart the computer, click Restart later .
Restart the network devicesFollow these steps to restart all the devices on the network.
These steps include turning off the computer. Consider bookmarking this page for ease of reference.
Press the Power button to turn off the product.
Click Star, click Shut Down , and then click Shut Down from the drop-down list.
Turn on the wireless access point (router).
Press the Power button to turn on the product.
Press the power button on the computer to turn it on.
When the computer turns on, a System Configuration Utility message opens on the computer. Select the Do not show this message again check box, and then click OK .
proceed to the installation.......then prove functionality...if successful continue these steps
Re-enable startup programs and services
Click Start ( ), and then click Run . The Run dialog box opens.
In the Run dialog box, type msconfig , and then press Enter .
If the User Account Control window opens with the message 'Windows needs your permission to continue ,' click Continue to close the window.
In the System Configuration window, click the Startup tab, and then select the check box next to each program that should run when you turn on the computer. If a program should not run when the computer is turned on, leave the check box clear.
CAUTION:Do not disable any Microsoft services.
If no changes should be made to startup programs or services, click the General tab, and then select the Normal Startup checkbox.
Click Apply , and then click OK .
When prompted to restart the computer, click Restart .
Although I am working on behalf of HP, I am speaking for myself and not for HP.
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Time Machine over the Network: Terribly Slow

Hello,
I've been using Time Machine for over 3 years now with no issues over the network; the destination being a 2TB external Seagate connected to another iMac connected through gigabit ethernet. Everything has been working flawlessly: Every hour Time Machine would MOUNT the sparseimage it created on the disk, BACKUP the data and UNMOUNT the disk image when finished.
Until I upgraded to Lion. The above process is still working per se, however it is PAINFULLY slow! A 50MB backup can take up to AN HOUR! Searching around on the net, advised that there could be an issue with Spotlight as well, however this is not the case for me, since Spotlight finished a new index in under 30 mins. Followed every tutorial I could find on the issue, to no avail..
I then upgraded to Mountain Lion with the hope that the issue will clear itself. Cleared my old backups, resetted Time Machine by erasing its .plist file, restarted my iMac just to make sure and connected Time Machine to the network share anew, creating a "sharing only" account on the host iMac, i.e. the one that has the external HD connected through USB. Still no luck.
I painfully realize that I still have the same issue. While backing up, network traffic is under 100KB, and activity monitor does not show any backupd or mds or any similar processes taking anything over 3% of CPU time.
What could be wrong?

Hello again,
Tries on the other iMac (also running 10.8.2) and things are exactly the same: Image creation takes almost half an hour, and copying crawls at under 1MB/min. While time machine image is mounted and Time Machine is "backing up", accessing ANY disk on the host Mac is VERY slow. Seems like something hogs up appleshare when Time Machine is in use. Mind you, there is insignificant network traffic as seen by Activity Monitor, as well as insignificant CPU usage while backing up.
Stopping backup and using tmutil to set the Time Machine destination to the mounted image as mounted by Finder, solves the issue again, revving up Time Machine throughput to over 20MB/sec! There is also no issues acessing the other Mac as well, under this scenario.
Up to this point, the only way I have managed to use Time Machine over a networked external HD is through the NAS server. Both configurations where I am using a Mac running 10.8.2 as a server of the external disk have failed with very low throughput while backing up. Something must be wrong in 10.8.2's afp when Time Machine is mounting the image by itself.
I may need to remind you that I have been successfully backing up to the external HD for 4 years now; something broke a few months after the client iMac was upgraded to Lion and at the time when the host iMac was upgraded to Mountain Lion. Will try to locate a Mac running some later OS X version to do some more testing.
Also reminding that I have used two distinctive iMacs and two external HD drives for my tests so far. The client iMac has remained the same, however 10.8.2 has been reinstalled on it a couple of times. Have also used an afp-enabled NAS server which worked fine with Time Machine.

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Hello,
Here are some good articles for you to read. I think you'll know what to do when you're done with these:
https://webserver.brandeis.edu/pages/view/Bio/MacOSXWakeOnLAN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050118192723153
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I have a client who asked me to set up a Lion email server for 20 users. It is running open directory for the user accounts and has a wiki set up on it as well. I have been researching backup solutions for it. The server runs in a remote data center environment and it is the only mac on the network. There are other Linux and windows machines on the same network as well. I would like a backup solution for the email and open directory database that doesn't require stopping the email service (if possible), and I would like to back up over the network (if possible).
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As the server is in a (remote) data center the first more normal approach for backing up over the network would require you to have access to a second computer in the same data center this would require additional hosting costs.
The next (network) approach would involve backing up from the server in the data center over the Internet to perhaps a machine at your own office, or another site, or a third option to use a commercial Internet based backup service.
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Mozy - http://mozy.com/
Backblaze - http://www.backblaze.com/
Carbonite - http://www.carbonite.co.uk/
Crashplan - http://www.crashplan.com/
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Installing an app from DVD-ROM on an iMac, over the network, to an iBook G4

I have a rather broad question: my in-laws want to install Office 2008 onto an iBook G4. Unfortunately, the G4 only has a CD-ROM drive (ie, read-only), and the Office 2008 install media is DVD-ROM.
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Anyone have any guidance on how to use the DVD drive on one machine as a way to install on another over the network?
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Don't worry, no licensing issues as it's the Student/Home edition of Office 2008; you're entitled to install it on up to three machines.

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