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Chapter 4 Migrating From Mac OS X Server Version 1.2 69
10 Make sure all the user home directories exist. Use Workgroup Manager or the
createhomedir tool to create them.
11 On the remote Macintosh Manager 2.2 administrator computer, open the Macintosh
Manager 2.2 administration application. Once the correct server is found by Macintosh
Manager, log in as an administrator.
Note: Allow the application to locate the server on its own. If the server can’t be found
or if another server is selected by default, quit the application, move the Old MM Items
folder to the Desktop, and go back to the first step in this procedure.
12 Click Yes when asked whether you want to convert previous Macintosh Manager
settings.
13 Choose a password creation option.
“Use a randomly generated password” creates a unique password for each user. The
password appears in the log file.
“Use this password” lets you specify one password for all users.
14 Click Update. The migration utility starts migrating data, displaying a progress bar
during the process.
If two user documents with identical file names are found on separate volumes, both
documents are copied to the home directory and the name of one of the documents is
modified.
If two sets of user settings are stored on separate volumes, the settings with the most
recent data are copied to the home directory.
When the migration utility finds a managed client user that already exists in a
Mac OS X Server directory, the action it takes depends on the user login setting and
whether the user has a home directory:
15 Quit the Macintosh Manager administration application after migration is complete so
that information is written to the Macintosh Manager database.
If login is The migration utility
Enabled Assumes it is the same user and copies the user documents to the
home directory.
If the user account resides in a shared Open Directory directory on
a different server, user documents are copied to the home
directory if the volume with the home directory can be mounted.
Disabled Enables login for the user, sets a password, and copies user
documents to the home directory.
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