User Manual

Setting Up AppleShare IP 43
4 Save any changes you make and close the User window.
5 Choose Web & File Server Settings from the Server menu.
The Web & File Server Settings window appears.
6 Select “Get Users & Groups from another server.”
7 Type the primary server’s DNS name or IP address in the Server Address text box.
8 Type the number of hours in which you want the users and groups information on the
secondary server to expire. (The default number of hours is 12.)
When users and groups information expires, users cannot log on to a secondary server using
old settings. (The secondary server will contact the primary server for updated users and
groups information.)
9 Click Save.
10 Repeat steps 1–9 on any other servers you want to designate as secondary servers.
Setting Up the Primary Server
For extra security, use TCP Filter software on the primary server to allow access only for the
secondary servers on port 687 (the port used for sharing users and groups information).
Block access to other computers on this port. For information on using TCP Filter software,
see AppleShare IP Help.
Important When you designate a secondary server to share users and groups, existing
users and groups information on that server is deleted and replaced with the new
information from the primary server. You cannot make changes to users and groups on a
secondary server. (However, you can make server-specific user settings, such as privileges for
File Server share points, on a secondary server.)