User's Manual

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If you want to share information among Mac OS X computers, you need to set up at least a
root domain.
Hierarchies this simple may be completely adequate when all your network computer users
share the same resources, such as printers or share points that contain home directories or
applications.
Larger, more complex organizations can benefit from a deeper NetInfo hierarchy.
NetInfo hierarchies that contain at least one shared domain between the local and root
domains let you make NetInfo information visible to only subsets of a network’s computers.
In this example hierarchy, the administrator can tailor the users and resources visible to the
community of Mac OS X computers by distributing them among six shared domains.
Local
NetInfo
domain
Local
NetInfo
domain
/
domain
Log in to
Mac OS X
Connect to
Mac OS
X Server
Under-
graduates
domain
Graduates
domain
Faculty
domain
Employees
domain
Students
domain
/
domain