Apple Training Series Mac OS X v10.4 System Administration Reference, Volume 2

Lesson 10. Working with Mobile Accounts

Time	This lesson takes about 1 hour to complete.
Goals	Define a mobile account
	Create mobile accounts
	Synchronize mobile account user data
	Define synchronization parameters

System administrators often have to make many choices and trade-offs when dealing with laptop users, such as how to back up data, what to back up, and how to deploy a directory infrastructure that works on computers that may or may not be continuously connected to the organization’s network.

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to set up and manage accounts that may not always be within your reach. Apple calls these mobile accounts, although they can be used as easily on desktop computers as they can be on laptop computers. ...