On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 1:14 PM, R.L. Grigg
<email@hidden> wrote:
> The odd thing is that (on my system, at least) the user accounts created by
> one of these apps are _not_ seen by the other apps! So I have to create the
> same account 3 times if I want it to appear in each of these apps. Which one
> takes precedence? Why do they all exist?
I've never used Server Preferences before, but here's the difference.
1) Workgroup Manager is the Advanced-mode application for managing
Open Directory. It can connect to any Directory Services plugin. For
example, you can edit both the DS Local domain and the OD domain using
WGM.
2) Server Preferences is the Standard and Workgroup-mode application
for managing all aspects of the server.
3) The Users & Groups System Preference pane manages only local
accounts, as well as login/logout on the server.
Typically, you won't use System Preferences much, if it all, to define
users on OS X Server. If you installed your server as a Standard or
Workgroup installation, you'll use Server Preferences. If you chose
Advanced, or upgraded an old install, you'll use WGM. Of these three,
WGM is the most versatile, but also the "rawest". It's the only one
that gives you access to all entities stored in OD -- including Users,
Groups, Computer Lists, and Computer Groups, but requires you have a
good understanding of just what's going on in your server.
Depending on what you're using Leopard Server for, you may never
encounter WGM. Most of us on this list started prior to Leopard, so
WGM is our tool of choice. It really all depends on what you need to
do with your network and your server.
--Kyle Sluder
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