I'm setting up a Web Server with OS X Server (10.2), and have been having problems with creating users with directories accessible from FTP. In the provided Workgroup Manager, you can set the home directory of a new user but nothing is created initially. Instead, it waits for the user to log in through AFP before creating it, which for a web server, is not exactly convenient.
Fortunately, Apple thought of this problem ... after several days of researching various materials, I found that you can run a program called "createhomedir" in Terminal and all the home directories will be created for you. Here's the steps I took:
Fortunately, Apple thought of this problem ... after several days of researching various materials, I found that you can run a program called "createhomedir" in Terminal and all the home directories will be created for you. Here's the steps I took:
- Open Workgroup Manager and go to the Users section
- Create a new user
- Click on the "Home" tab, and select the "local" radio button
- Click save, then launch Terminal
- In Terminal, type "sudo createhomedir --a"
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