Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 110)

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Select GroupMembership in the Data Type column. Then edit the “Maps to” value to identify
the LDAPv2 attribute that stores a list of users associated with the group. Users should be
identified using their short names.
If other items in the Data Type column will be retrieved from the LDAPv2 server, select them
one by one. When you select an item, edit the “Maps to” value to identify one or more
LDAPv2 attributes that store the appropriate information.
7 Click OK, then close the window and click Save.
Using NetInfo Domains
Your Mac OS X Server can be part of a hierarchy of shared NetInfo domains. If you create a
shared directory domain on your server, other Mac OS X computers can access it via the
NetInfo protocol (as well as the LDAPv3 protocol). This makes your server a NetInfo parent,
and the other computers that bind to it are NetInfo children. Instructions for creating a
shared NetInfo domain are next.
You can also configure your Mac OS X Server to bind to a shared NetInfo domain on another
Mac OS X Server. This makes your server a NetInfo child of a NetInfo parent. For instructions,
see “Configuring NetInfo Binding” on page 111.
Expert system administrators can manage NetInfo domains as follows:
m Create machine records for broadcast binding to a shared NetInfo domain. For
instructions, see “Adding a Machine Record to a Parent NetInfo Domain” on page 113.
m Configure a shared NetInfo domain to use a particular port number instead of a
dynamically assigned port number. For instructions, see “Configuring Static Ports for
Shared NetInfo Domains” on page 113.
m View the contents of any NetInfo domain. For instructions, see “Viewing and Changing
NetInfo Data” on page 114.
m Perform other operations by using the Terminal application. For more information, see
“Using UNIX Utilities for NetInfo” on page 114.
Creating a Shared NetInfo Domain
Your Mac OS X Server can host a shared NetInfo domain. Then other Mac OS computers can
access the shared NetInfo domain for information about users and resources. The server that
hosts a shared NetInfo domain is called a parent, and a computer that accesses it is known as
a child.
The shared domain is actually a shared Open Directory domain that other computers access
using the NetInfo protocol. You set it up with the Open Directory Assistant application.