7.3. User Home Folders
In a standard desktop computing environment, in order for a user to be able to do anything useful and have the merits of their work persist, they must have a non-volatile place to store that work. Most modern day multi-user operating systems provision a specific directory, typically called a home folder, on the file system for this purpose.
In OS X, there are two different types of home directory storage. A Local home folder is the most common type, and simply means that a user's home folder resides on a local disk of the machine that they are using. A Network home folder, on the other hand, resides directly on remote storage accessed via a network file system while data appears to reside on local disk. In actuality, all ...
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