Detailed Information for,
Advanced User Account Managment for Leopard CLIENT.

You may think you have lost all advanced user managment control when Apple took away the
"Netinfo Manager" application in Leopard. Well you haven't, read on.

R.I.P.

To do BASIC changes to a users account:

• Start by using the SECRET "Advance Options" trick that is already in the Accounts Prefs Pane.
• To access it, highlight the user name and RIGHT MOUSE CLICK to see the the words "Advanced Options" and then select it, or just hold down the CONTROL key while clicking on the user name.
• Here is where you can easily change the users shell and home directory.
  
  
  

To enable and dis-able the root account, you now need to use the tool called,
open "/Applications/Utilities/Directory Utility.app"

Which has been MOVED to /System/Library/CoreServices/ in 10.6.x
open "/System/Library/CoreServices/Directory Utility.app"

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But if you want to:

1. Manage a lost or forgotten root password.
2. See and manage all the "hidden" accounts and groups.
3. Totaly mess up your Mac, see below....
4. You will need to DOWNLOAD and use the FREE server tool called Workgroup Manager.
   - Which is part of the Server Admin Tools package.
   
   

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USAGE:

THIRD, you will see a lot of stuff, use the SEARCH box to find "ClamAV" etc.

• I find the user called "ClamAV Daemon" very interesting, don't you ?
  - This "user" has been present since 10.4 you know....
  
  
• This tool is only useful for managing user accounts and groups,
  most of the advanced features will NOT work on your CLIENT.
  
  

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NOTES:

• Here is a link to the FREE Server Admin Tools for 10.4 Tiger.
  
• Do NOT use the "Workgroup Manager" for 10.4 Tiger.
  

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