Here are the combinations I tried for synchronized mobile homes:

There are many synchronization errors or wrong file permissions.it is incredibly slow (2 Minutes for 3MB are nothing special, and this on a Gigabit-LAN!).Here, the user home is copied locally and upon the user logging out, the changes are written to the server. General Issue: Some applications do not work well with network homes (for example the mac built-in unzipper)īecause of those problems, I decided to try to get it working with synchronized mobile homes. Additionally, many other files do not get saved correctly or with incorrect permissions. same issue as with 'pure OD': Keychain does not get synced.Other files get synchronized (but the keychain-not-syncing is a showstopper)Īctive Directory, userhome-location on the OS X Server or on a synology file server (AFP or SMB) or on the windows server: Issue: The keychain-items do not get synchronized.Open Directory server on OS X Server and userhome-location on the OS X Server Here are the different ways I tried it (for both: OS X 10.10 and 10.11): I now tried (in different configurations) to get it working in OS X 10.10.X and OS X 10.11.X but never really got it working in a stable way.

I remember that this worked relatively well in OS X 10.6.X and wasn't so hard to set up. Some of them have more users than computers, so they need some form of 'movable' home directory (so the user's bookmarks, settings and so on stay while he changes computers). I work in a company which manages IT for several customers (mainly for Apple OS X deployments).

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