Migrating from local to network mobile homes?

[PeterC]

We have about 50 users on laptops that we’d like to migrate to mobile network homes. Is there anyway to migrate form local to network homes? All the accounts on the local machines are simple local admin users (with the correct name and shortname that we’d want on the server)
Do I have to do complicated moving of users? Or can I somehow convert local to network home accounts? The computers ARE managed by workgroup manager …

[PeterC]

anyone?

[ingenious7]

We have just begun migrating our Mac notebook users to Mobile Accounts with PHDs. Originally the notebook users had a local account and connected to there network home on our sever to exchange files.

I wasn’t sure how to get the notebook to Sync with the local account at the creation stage of a PHD, so I manually copied everything that was different in the Local Home to the Network Home, and replaced the Network Home Library folder with the Local Home Library folder so all of their settings remained the same on the notebook and they didn’t have to get annoyed at changing their desktop background back to what it should be, etc.

We only have about 15 Mobile Mac users at the moment so it isn’t a big task like yours and I don’t know if their is an easier way for you to do it en mass.

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