network users without OS X Server

[Anonymous]

Is it possible to set up networked users without having OS X server?

From Directory Access Help:
[quote:818c15a247]Shared domains generally reside on Mac OS X Servers because servers are equipped with the tools, such as Workgroup Manager and Server Settings, that facilitate managing network resources and network users.[/quote:818c15a247]

This seems to suggest it can be done, but I can find no help on how to do it.

thanks in advance

[db]

[quote:e338a81013=”man-page for nidomain”]
The nidomain utility will allow one to create multiple
levels of NetInfo hierarchy, but it is not a particularly
easy way to do it. One should use the NetInfo Manager
application for setting up multilevel hierarchies.
[/quote:e338a81013]

Any HOWTO:s for setting up a Netinfo hierarchy with _Netinfo Manager_ on a Mac OS X client-box?

[Cabbage]

It’s out there somewhere. I remember reading it.

[db]

[quote:721c775d65=”Cabbage”]It’s out there somewhere. I remember reading it.[/quote:721c775d65]

Is it possible for you to be a little more specific?

Thanks

[Cabbage]

Not really. I know I have seen it somewhere. Try googling. It walked you thru how to setup a “network” domain in NetInfo on the OS X client. And then you just had to setup Directory Access like you normally do with OS X Server and it worked.

[db]

[quote:8256ff94e2=”Cabbage”]Not really. I know I have seen it somewhere. Try googling. It walked you thru how to setup a “network” domain in NetInfo on the OS X client. And then you just had to setup Directory Access like you normally do with OS X Server and it worked.[/quote:8256ff94e2]

Thanks. I believe I can find the way myself now when you gave me some keywords, I had been searching for “distributed netinfo domains” etc, so just knowing the terminology makes it probably easier to find what I look for.

I have also found this link

http://www.channelu.com/NeXT/NeXTStep/3.3/nsa/

which looks promising.

[Cabbage]

Here i found a couple things that might help

maybe this was it
http://is.rice.edu/~lanceo/netinfo/netinfo.html

this will probably help a little
http://deaddog.duch.udel.edu/~frey/darwin/ncutil.html/

Get OSX User Utils 1.3 FIX at
http://www.osxgnu.org/
This will allow you to add users and groups from the command line, and delete them to with less commands than the built in tools that apple gives you.

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