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Network wide accounts

#1486
From: Dale Swanston
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 19:13
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We have just recently received 2 NeXTs and I have been thrown the job of  
administrating with no real prior experience.  So needless to say I have   
a couple questions.  I've managed to get most things figured out but still  
see a couple things going on that don't make any sense.

I would like to make a network-wide account.  I have followed the  
procedures layed out in the documentation.  Fine.  The account's home  
directory first of all does not come up with the proper icon (just the  
folder not the house) and the owner of the home directory is not itself (I  
made it so the owner is dale not john as it should be).  Any attempt to  
chown to the proper user name does not work (even as root).  

Am I just totally out to lunch or what?  I apologize if this is a FAQ but  
I went through all the comp.sys.next.announce FAQs and couldn't find  
anything.

If the answer is so obvious (which it may be) please tell me and if you  
need more info just email me and I'll be more complete.

Thanks in advance.

Dale Swanston	
Queen's University 	 
Kingston, Ontario
dale@hecate.phy.queensu.ca
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Subject: Network wide accounts
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