Chapter 7. Connecting Mac OS X Server to Open Directory

Time

This chapter takes approximately 4 hours to complete.

Goals

Configure a Mac OS X Server computer to connect to an existing Open Directory master

Configure a service to use Open Directory network users and groups

Troubleshoot binding issues

Troubleshoot authentication issues

In the last chapter you learned how to set up Open Directory replicas in order to provide high availability for identification and authentication services.

In this chapter you will learn how to bind a Mac OS X Server computer to your Open Directory system and configure it to offer services to Open Directory network users. You will learn how to configure file system access control lists (ACLs) and service access control ...

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