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To interactively connect to an additional directory server:
1 Open the Accounts pane of System Preferences on your server.
2 Click Login Options and then click Open Directory Utility.
3 Click the Add (+) button, and then choose the directory server from the pop-up menu
or enter the directory server’s DNS name or IP address.
4 If the dialog expands to show Client Computer ID, User Name, and Password elds,
enter the name and password of a user account on the directory server.
For an Open Directory server, you can enter the name and password of a standard
user account; you don’t need to use a directory administrator account. If the dialog
says you can leave the name and password elds blank, you can connect without
authentication, although this is less secure.
For an Active Directory server, you can enter the name and password of an Active
Directory administrator account or a standard user account that has the “Add
workstations to domain” privilege.
Setting up Servers Interactively
The simplest way to set up a few servers is to use Server Admin’s guided interview
process after establishing a connection with each server in turn. If you have only a
few servers to set up, the interactive approach is useful. You can use the interactive
approach to set up a local server, a remote server, or several remote servers.
Server Assistant will display the Network pane separately for each server you’re setting
up remotely, even if you’re setting up a list of servers. You then enter all network
settings manually, if necessary. You provide server setup data interactively, then initiate
setup immediately.
Set up DNS and DHCP (if used for static IP address allocation) for your servers before
setup. While not strictly mandatory, doing so will simplify the setup and post-setup
processes. For example, if the server’s DNS name is already associated to an IP address
(with reverse lookup), and the IP address will be allocated to the server’s MAC address
by a DHCP server on the network, you will already have needed information for setup
without doing the additional manual conguration work during and after setup.
