Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 461)

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To customize a panel name:
1 In Macintosh Manager, click Computers.
2 Click Log-In and select a computer list.
3 If you want the workgroup’s name to appear on a workgroup documents panel, select “Show
the workgroups name” or click the button next to the text box and type a different name.
4 If you want the user’s name to appear on a user document panel, select “Show the user’s
name” or click the button next to the text box and type a different name.
5 Click Save.
Managing Portable Computers
It is important to plan how you want to manage portable computers that have access to your
network. This section gives suggestions for managing portable computers and tells you how
to use Macintosh Manager’s checkout feature.
Portable Computers With Network Users
You can let users share specific portable computers, such as those in an iBook Wireless
Mobile Lab. An iBook Wireless Mobile Lab contains either 10 or 15 student iBooks
(plus an additional iBook for an instructor), an Airport base station, and a printer, all on a
mobile cart. The cart lets you take the computers to your users (for example, from one
classroom to another).
To manage the mobile lab, first create a computer list containing all of the iBooks. Make sure
users have network accounts and home directories, and then assign sets of users to
workgroups that will use the iBooks. You might want to create different workgroups for
different purposes, such as one for a history class, one for a biology class, and so on. You can
use the Check Out feature to allow these workgroups to use the iBooks.
You can use the All Other Computers account to manage network users who have their own
portable computers. See “Providing Quick Access to Unimported Users” on page 429 for
more information.
Portable Computers With Local Users
Local user accounts cannot be managed using Macintosh Manager. However, you can use the
Multiple Users control panel to set up local user accounts on specific computers in one of
two ways:
m The user does not have administrator privileges, but has a local account.
m The user is the administrator for the computer.