Local Network Users Cannot Login

Unbind and rebind the client to the server directory. Check the settings for the Users share in the File Sharing panel. Have a look in the logs around the time a login attempt happens.

Confirm that /Users is in the list of shared volumes in the 'File Sharing' panel of Server.app

Click its editing button and confirm that 'Home Directories' is checked. I've found AFP works better for network homes than SMB but YMMV.

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Confirm that you are trying to login to the network account on a client that is bound to the server? AFAIK, network users can't login to the server console because the server won't mount its own local volumes as a network share.

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If you login to the client as a local user (e.g. admin), can you successfully mount a network user's home directory using the the

Finder > Go > Connect to Server...

Are the permissions for '/Volumes' on the client correct? i.e.

Mac-67:~ xxxx$ ls -lae@d /Volumes

drwxrwxrwt@ 5 root admin 170 14 Jul 00:19 /Volumes

com.apple.FinderInfo 32

0: group:everyone deny add_file,add_subdirectory,directory_inherit,only_inherit

Mac-67:~ xxxx$

Did you recycle an old OD when you set up your brand new server or can we eliminate that as the source of the problem?

Anything relevant in the system logs for the server and client?

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You can use dscl on the client to inspect the 'as-delivered' values for these parameters.

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