System information

77Chapter 5 Managing Your Server
Connecting Server Preferences to a Remote Server
You can connect Server Preferences to a server over the network and manage users,
groups, services, and system information remotely.
Mac OS X
administrator
computer
Mac OS X
Server
To manage a server remotely:
1 Open Server Preferences on an administrator computer and choose Connection >
New Connection.
For information about administrator computers, see “Preparing an Administrator
Computer” on page 51.
2 Enter the remote server’s DNS name or IP address and the name and password of an
administrator account on the remote server.
When Server Preferences is connected to a remote server, the server’s name or IP
address is displayed in the title bar of the Server Preferences window.