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54 Chapter 5 Migrating From Mac OS X Server Version 10.2
To prepare the server to store home directories:
1 Create the folder you want to serve as the home directory share point, if required. You
can use the predefined /Users folder, if you like.
2 Open Workgroup Manager on the server where you want the home directories to
reside.
3 Click Sharing to set up a share point for the home directories.
If the user accounts will reside in a shared Open Directory directory, create a
dynamically automounted AFP or NFS share point for the home directories. Make sure
the share point is published in the directory where the user accounts that depend on it
will reside.
4 In Workgroup Manager on the computer from which you’ll import users, click Accounts,
then open the directory into which you’ll import users.
5 If you’ll restore home directories in locations that won’t exactly match the locations
identified in exported user records, you can define a preset that identifies the restore
location. If you identify the preset when you import users, the new location will replace
the existing location in user records.
You can also use the preset to specify other default settings you want imported users
to inherit, such as password settings, mail settings, and so forth.
Step 6: Import users and groups and other data
You can use Workgroup Manager or the dsimport tool to import users and groups and
other data:
 See the user management guide for details about importing by using Workgroup
Manager.
 See the Open Directory administration guide for information about passwords of
users originally created with Mac OS X Server version 10.1.5 or earlier.
 See the command-line administration guide for dsimport instructions and a
description of Workgroup Manager export format.
To import users and groups using Workgroup Manager:
1 Place the export file(s) you created in Step 1 on page 50 in a location accessible from
your server.
2 You can modify user accounts in an export file if you want to set passwords before
importing users. See the user management guide for instructions.
Alternatively, you can set up the preset you defined in step 5 of Step 5 above so user
passwords are validated using Open Directory authentication and set up the password
validation options so that users are forced to change their passwords the next time
they log in.
3 In Workgroup Manager, click the Accounts button.