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Changing your server’s IP address may disrupt the connections of users’ computers
that have Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard. If this happens, users need to use Directory Utility to
disconnect their computers from the server, and then use Directory Utility to connect
to the server again.
Connecting to a Directory Server
If your organization has a directory server but you didn’t connect your server to it
during setup, you can connect your server to it now. Then you can import user
accounts from it for people in your workgroup. You can also give other user accounts in
the directory server access to the services of your workgroup by making them external
group members. For information, see “Importing Groups of Users Automatically” on
page 63 and “Adding or Removing External Members of a Group” on page 99.
You use the Directory Utility application (located in /Applications/Utilities/) to connect
to a directory server. For information about connecting to a directory server, open
Directory Utility and then use the Help menu.
Your server is considered a workgroup configuration if it’s connected to a directory
server.