2.8 Telling OS X Clients & Servers to use a NetInfo Master (10.1) |
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If you have created a NetInfo Master as described in the section "2.1 Setting up an OSX server as a NetInfo Master" or "2.6 Setting up an OSX client as a NetInfo Master" then you must tell the relevant OS X Clients & Servers about it. On every OS X Client & Server that shares user account info with the NetInfo master, do the following... |
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| Launch "Directory Setup". | |
| Click on the lock at the bottom of the screen to indicate that you wish to make changes. | |
| Type in the administrators name and password and click "OK". | |
| Notice that the padlock is now unlocked. | |
| Under the "Services" tab, tick the box next to "NetInfo". | |
| An alert box will appear informing you that you have to restart to make any changes effective... click "OK". | |
| Cick the "Configure..." button. | |
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On the configuartion screen... Untick the box next to "Attempt to connect using Broadcast protocol". Untick the box next to "Attempt to connect using DHCP protocol". Tick the box next to "Attempt to connect to a specific NetInfo server". Enter your server address in the "Server Address:" field. Enter "network" in the "Server Tag:" field. Click the "OK" button. |
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| Quit "Directory Setup". | |
| Restart the machine. | |
| Mac OSX server - tech notes - © 2002 by Mark J Swift - msw AT blackpool.ac.uk | |