That's the file dscl would be reading for the user hmungall. It's created
whenever a user permanently exists on a system. Not knowing the
architecture of your setup, I could be way off, but it sounds like the user
exists solely on the directory server. If not configured to create an
account on the fly at first login (select user > Preferences tab > Mobility
pane in Workgroup Manager), the user would generally still be able to login,
but a home directory would be generated at whatever location is set in the
homeDirectory attribute.
If you run (as root) on the system in question: su hmungall -c "/bin/ls -ld
~"
If the user is set to a valid shell (like /bin/bash or /bin/tcsh) you should
get the an inode info for their home directory. Otherwise it'll say "ls:
/path/to/hmungall: No such file or directory"
In that case, you'd just need to create the user. Assuming you're using
mobile accounts, you could do this remotely (as root) with the command
/System/Library/CoreServices/ManagedClient.app/Contents/Resources/createmobileaccount
Brandt
