System information
110 Chapter 7 Managing Users’ Computers
Setting Up Macs That Join Your Network
If a Mac with Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard isn’t connected to a server yet, and the
Mac ascertains that the user currently logged in matches a user account created on
your server, the Mac displays an invitation, oering to set up connections to your server.
The user can accept the invitation, decline it, or postpone action until the next login.
If the Mac discovers more than one server that the user can connect to, the invitation
oers the user a choice of servers.
The invitation appears only if the Mac has Snow Leopard and detects a server with
Snow Leopard Server on the network. The user’s local account on the Mac must have
the same name or short name as a user account on the server, and the server must
have at least one service turned on. If the user is logged in on the Mac when you add
an account for the user on the server, the user needs to log out and log in again (or
restart the Mac) to see the invitation. If the user’s account on the server is imported
from a directory server, the user gets an email invitation and doesn’t see this invitation
window. If a Snow Leopard user doesn’t see the invitation, the user can manually start
the setup process by using the Accounts pane of System Preferences. For instructions,
see “Setting Up a Mac by Using Accounts Preferences” on page 11 2 .
If the user accepts the invitation, the Accounts pane of System Preferences opens.
It asks for the name and password of the user account on your server.