System information

86 Chapter 6 Managing Users
Feature Primary administrator Directory administrator
Name and short name Specied during setup Directory Administrator and
diradmin (or specied during
setup)
Password Specied during setup Same as primary administrator
Stored in the server’s directory No Yes
Can be used from an
administrator computer
Yes Yes
Administrators on an Upgraded Server
If your server was upgraded or migrated from a standard or workgroup conguration
of Mac OS X Server v10.5 Leopard, you have dierent administrator accounts.
Your primary administrator account is in your server’s directory. This is a directory
administrator account, and it has the name and short name specied during Leopard
Server setup. You also have an administrator account stored on your server, and it has
the name Local Administrator and short name localadmin. For more information about
these accounts, see Getting Started for Mac OS X Server v10.5. It’s available on the Apple
Manuals website at support.apple.com/manuals/.
Additional Administrator Accounts
When you create a new user account, you specify whether the user is an administrator
or a standard user. You can also make an imported user account a server administrator.
If you don’t want a user to be able to use Server Preferences or install software on the
server, don’t make the user an administrator.