How to Configure Users and Groups in OS X Mavericks Server App 3.X
Part 1 of 2:
Add Users
- Open the Server app. Click on Server App icon from LaunchPad.
- Click on Users in the left pane and click the + button to add your first user.
- Enter user information.
- Enter full name of user.
- Enter account name. This is the short version of the username.
- Enter email address if applicable.
- Enter password. If you would like a random password click on the button that has a picture of a key on it and it will aid you with creating a password. Then verify password.
- Choose whether you want the user to be able to administer the server.
- Choose Home Folder location. This can be locally on each machine, can be located on the server via File Sharing, or the account can only access services.
- Choose if you want to limit disk usage for the user then enter size and either MB or GB.
- Enter any key words that you would like to use for searching for the user.
- Add any notes desired.
- Click Create to finish creating the user.
- Repeat this step for every user you wish to add.
- Edit additional user options by clicking on the gear wheel icon with the desire user highlighted.
- Edit User... will allow you to disable log in privileges, add and remove group association, and edit other information.
- Edit Access to Services... allows you to change which services the user has access to. If you many users, it is suggested that you apply the restrictions to a group instead and add the user to that group.
- Edit Mail Options... allows you to determine where the mail is stored and to limit the amount of space allowed. This is only relevant if you are using a mail server.
- Reset Password... allows you to reset a users password without having to know what the original was then require the user to change the password next time they log in.
- Create Template from User... allows you to create a template from the user you just created. This is very useful if you have a lot of users to add.
- Edit Templates... allows you to edit any templates that you have created.
- Edit Global Password Policy... allows you to specify the requirements for user passwords.
Part 2 of 2:
Add Groups
- Click on Groups in the left pane and click the + button to add the first group.
- Enter the desired Full Name and Group Name.Then click Create to finish the process.
- Add Users to group. Highlight the recently created group and click on the button with a gear wheel on it and choose Edit Group... or double click the group.
- Under members click the + button and start typing usernames to add to the group.
- Click Ok when done editing.
- Edit additional options for a group by highlighting and click on the button with the gear wheel on it.
- Edit Group... allows you to edit group membership and other settings.
- Edit Access to Services... allows you to edit what services members of a group can access.
- Create Template from Group... allows you to create a template from the highlighted group making it easier to create future groups.
- Edit Templates... allows you to edit the settings of previously created groups.
- Repeat steps as necessary.
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