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If you don’t import some user accounts from the connected directory server, you can
make them external members of groups. You can also give them access to your server’s
private wikis. For more information, see “Importing Users” on page 91, “Adding or
Removing External Members of a Group” on page 123 , and “Setting Up Web Services” on
page 140.
To connect to a directory server:
1 Open the Accounts pane of System Preferences on your server.
2 Click Login Options and then click Edit.
If you don’t see an Edit button but do see a Join button, you need to congure your
server to have its own users and groups before you can congure it to import users
from an existing directory server. For instructions, see “Setting Up Users and Groups
Management” on page 88.
3 Click the Add (+) button, and then choose the directory server from the pop-up menu
or enter the directory server’s DNS name or IP address.
4 If the dialog expands to show Client Computer ID, User Name, and Password elds,
enter the name and password of a user account on the directory server.
 For an Open Directory server, you can enter the name and password of a standard
user account; you don’t need to use a directory administrator account. If the dialog
says you can leave the name and password elds blank, you can connect without
authentication, although this is less secure.
 For an Active Directory server, you can enter the name and password of an Active
Directory administrator account or a standard user account that has the “Add
workstations to domain” privilege.