Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 580)

580 Appendix A
Standard Data Types in Group Records
The following table specifies the standard data types found in Open Directory group records.
Data type Format Sample values
RecordName:
name associated
with a group
ASCII characters A-Z, a-z,
0-9, _,-,. Science
Science_Dept
Science.Teachers
Non-zero length, maximum 255 characters
(127 double-byte characters).
RealName:
usually the group’s
full name
ASCII Science Department Teachers
Non-zero length, maximum 255 characters
(127 double-byte characters).
PrimaryGroupID:
a user’s primary
group association
Unsigned 32-bit ASCII
string of digits 0–9 Range is 0 to 4,294,967,295.
Normally unique among entire population of
group records.
GroupMembership:
a list of short names
of user records that
are considered part
of the group
ASCII characters A-Z, a-z,
0-9, _,-,. bsmith, jdoe
Can be an empty list (normally for users
primary group).
HomeDirectory:
the location of an
AFP-based home
directory for the
group
Mac OS X
property list <homeDir>
<url>afp://server/sharepoint</url>
<path>grouphomedirectory</path>
</homeDir>
In the following example, the Science group’s
home directory is K-M/Science, which resides
beneath the share point directory, Groups:
<homeDir>
<url>afp://example.com/Groups</url>
<path>K-M/Science</path>
</homeDir>
MCXSettings:
stores preferences
for a workgroup (a
managed group)
Mac OS X
property list