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This pane appears only if the Mac detects a standard configuration of Leopard Server
on the network. This pane doesn’t allow a user to choose a workgroup configuration of
Leopard Server. (A server is a workgroup configuration if it’s connected to a directory
server. See “Connecting to a Directory Server” on page 136.)
If the user completes this pane:
 A local user account is created on the user’s Mac based on the specified account on
the server. Both accounts have the same long name, short name, and password.
 A home folder is set up on the user’s computer.
 The user’s computer is automatically connected to your server and configured to get
services from it. For information about how the computer gets services, see “Setting
Up Leopard Users’ Macs Automatically” on page 79.
The user may be unable to complete the “Connect to Mac OS X Server” pane for several
reasons. For example:
 The user may not know your server’s name or may not have a user account on the
server. In these cases, the user can skip the “Connect to Mac OS X Server” pane by
deselecting “Use the following Mac OS X Server.”
 The user’s Mac may not be connected to the network during initial setup. In this case,
the “Create Your Account” pane appears instead of the “Connect to Mac OS X Server”
pane, and the user creates a new account not based on a server account.
If the user doesn’t complete the “Connect to Mac OS X Server” pane for any reason, the
user can finish initial setup and then configure the Mac to get services from your
server. For information about how the user does this, see “Setting Up a Mac by Using
Directory Utility” on page 85.