System information
40 Chapter 2 Getting Ready for Mac OS X Server
After setup, you’ll manage users and groups, congure basic service settings, and
monitor server status with the easy-to-use Server Preferences application. You can also
use the Server Admin and Workgroup Manager applications if you need to change
advanced settings or set up advanced services.
Importing Users and Groups for a Workgroup
If you’re setting up a server for a department or workgroup in an organization with an
existing directory server, you can choose to import users from that directory server.
This allows people to use your server with their existing user names and passwords.
You’ll need to know the following information:
The directory server’s DNS name or IP address Â
Whether you need to authenticate to the directory server, and if so, the type of Â
directory server and the name and password of a user account on the directory
server
 For an Open Directory server, you can use a standard user account; you don’t need a
directory administrator account.
 For an Active Directory server, you can use an Active Directory administrator
account or a standard user account that has the “Add workstations to domain”
privilege.
Your server uses the account name, password, and other attributes that already exist in
imported user accounts. Your server can augment the existing attributes with attributes
needed for its services. For example, imported users can be members of a group you
create on your server.