Add users and groups for Profile Manager

Before you can distribute apps, books, configuration profiles, and manage user’s devices using Profile Manager, users must be registered with the server.

You can also organize users into groups, such as field sales personnel, students by grade, or contractors, making it easy to manage several users at once.

Note:  If your server is bound to a supported directory service and you plan to manage users and groups from that directory, you can’t complete this task.

If you enabled device management in Profile Manager or turned on Open Directory service, you enabled the Open Directory “local network” directory. If you choose to create Local Users/Groups, they can only be administered on the server itself. If you choose to create Local Network Users/Groups, they can be managed by a different OS X Server that’s bound to your server.

  1. In the Server app, select Users or Groups in the Server app sidebar.

  2. Select the directory where you want to create your users and groups:

    • Local users

    • Local network users (recommended)

  3. Click Add add, then fill in the information requested.

After you add users and groups, you can use Profile Manager to assign configuration profiles.

See also
Start Profile Manager
Configure devices to use OS X Server services
View the Profile Manager log
About Profile Manager
Navigate Profile Manager