System information
85Chapter 6 Managing Users
Primary Administrator Account
The server always has a primary administrator account, whose name and password you
entered while setting up the server. The primary administrator account is stored on
the server along with any user accounts you might create using the Accounts pane of
System Preferences. You can use this administrator account on the server itself, and you
can use it to manage your server over the network from another Mac.
Directory Administrator Account
If your server hosts users and groups in its own directory, the server also has a directory
administrator account. This account has the password you entered for the primary
administrator during setup, but its name is Directory Administrator and its short
name is diradmin. You can enter a dierent name and short name if you choose the
“Congure manually” option during setup.
The directory administrator account is in your server’s directory, along with the
standard user accounts you create in the Users pane of Server Preferences. However,
the directory administrator account isn’t shown in the User pane of Server Preferences.
If a malfunction makes the primary administrator account unusable, you can use the
directory administrator account on the server itself, and you can use it to manage the
server over the network from an administrator computer.
Primary and Directory Administrator Accounts Compared
The following table summarizes similarities and dierences between the primary
administrator account and the directory administrator account.