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41Chapter 2 Getting Ready for Mac OS X Server
Your server will also provide its own directory service as an Open Directory master, and
thus can have its own user and group accounts. After setup, you can create groups for
teams or projects within the workgroup, and you can create a user account for anyone
who doesn’t have one from the organization’s directory server.
After setup, you’ll manage users and groups, congure basic service settings, and
monitor server status with the easy-to-use Server Preferences application. You can
also use the Server Admin Workgroup Manager applications if you need to change
advanced settings or set up advanced services.
Conguring Manually
If you’re an experienced system administrator setting up one or more servers for a
medium or large organization, and you need complete control of service conguration,
you can choose to congure manually. This choice accommodates a wide variety of
business needs.
During initial setup, you’ll be able to bind your server to a directory server or make your
server a directory server by creating an Open Directory master. You can also choose to
congure directory services after initial setup.
After initial setup, you can congure services and manage users by using either
advanced applications such as Server Admin and Workgroup Manager or command-
line tools. You can also use the Server Preferences application if you only need to
congure basic service settings and manage basic user and group settings.