Mac OS X Managed Client: Computers Do Not Show Full List of Users

Workgroup Manager client computers that are set up to get their configuration from a Managed Client Server (Mac OS X Server 10.2 or later) and show a list of users, may not show all the user accounts that exist in the server's database if the preferences are not defined.
Symptom

Workgroup Manager client computers that are set up to get their configuration from a Managed Client Server (Mac OS X Server 10.2 or later) and show a list of users, do not show all the user accounts that exist in the server's database.


Solution

The list of computers in Workgroup Manager must be set to "Define" for the affected group of computers. By default, Workgroup Manager only has a Guest computer list, and preferences are not defined.


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012