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Network Install
Network Install is a centralized network software installation service. It lets you
selectively and automatically install, restore, or upgrade network-based Macintosh
systems anywhere in the organization. You use PackageMaker, which is accessed via
Xcode, to create Network Install packages. Installation images can contain the latest
release of Mac OS X, a software update, site-licensed or custom applications, and
configuration scripts.
• Network Install is an excellent solution for operating system migrations, installing
software updates and custom software packages, restoring computer classrooms and
labs, and reimaging desktop and portable computers.
• You can define custom installation images for various departments in an
organization, such as marketing, engineering, and sales.
With Network Install you don’t need to insert multiple CDs to configure a system.
All the installation files and packages reside on the server and are installed on the
client computer at one time. Network Install also includes pre- and post-installation
scripts you can use to invoke actions prior to or after the installation of a software
package or system image.
For more information about using Network Install, read the system image and software
update administration guide.
Accounts
There are three kinds of accounts you can set up with Workgroup Manager: user
accounts, group accounts, and computer lists.
When you define a user’s account, you specify the information needed to prove the
user’s identity: user name, password, and user identification number (user ID). Other
information in a user’s account is needed by various services—to determine what the
user is authorized to do and perhaps to personalize the user’s environment. Along with
accounts you create, Mac OS X Server has some predefined users and group accounts,
some of which are reserved for use by Mac OS X.
Administrator Accounts
Users with server or directory domain administration privileges are known as
administrators. An administrator can be a server admin, domain admin, or both. Server
administrator privileges determine whether a user can view info about or change the
settings of a particular server. Domain administrator privileges determine the extent to
which the user can view or change the account settings for users, groups, and
computer lists in the directory domain.
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