OD group nested in local client admin group

[doctorwho92]

Is it possible to allow all users in an Open Directory group to be administrators of a client machine when logging in with network home folders, without having to check the box for each individual user in System preferences/Accounts? Something like nesting the od group in the local admin group.

Thanks,

Alan.

[doctorwho92]

Since the demise of netinfo, will the same dseditgroup command work in Leopard?

[doctorwho92]

As root, I ran the command dseditgroup -o edit -a design -t group -n /NetInfo/DefaultLocalNode admin but when I hit return there was no response in the terminal, instead giving me a new command line. I logged out of Root and logged in as network user jimmy who is a member of OD group design, and tried to unlock a system preference padlock. Entering that user’s credentials would not unlock the padlock. I opened Terminal and ran dseditgroup -o checkmember admin and dseditgroup -o checkmember -n . admin and both returned jimmy is NOT a member of admin.

Any help would be appreciated.

[doctorwho92]

That did it. Here’s what I got:

OurMacPro2:~ root$ dseditgroup -o edit -a design -t group -n /Local/Default admin
Upgraded admin to new group format to support GUID membership.
OurMacPro2:~ root$

Thanks for al your help. Time for a Leopard footnote on the original article perhaps?

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