User`s guide

Chapter 4 Initial Server Setup 87
Specifying Initial Open Directory Usage
When you set up a server initially, you specify its directory services configuration.
Choices are:
 No change, available only when upgrading from Mac OS X Server version 10.3.9 or
10.2.8.
 Standalone Server, used to set up only a local NetInfo directory domain on the
server.
 Open Directory Master, used to set up an LDAP directory on the server for other
computers to share.
 Connected to a Directory System, used to set up the server to obtain directory
information from a shared directory domain that’s already been set up on another
server.
In all these cases, Open Directory authentication is set up on the server and used by
default for any new users added to domains that reside on the server.
If you’re setting up multiple servers and one or more of them will host a shared
directory, set up those servers before setting up servers that will use those shared
directories.
Note: If you connect Mac OS X Server version 10.4 to a directory domain of Mac OS X
Server version 10.2 or earlier, be aware that users defined in the older directory domain
cannot be authenticated with the MS-CHAPv2 method. This method may be required
to securely authenticate users for the VPN service of Mac OS X Server version 10.4.
Open Directory in Mac OS X Server version 10.4 supports MSCHAPv2 authentication,
but Password Server in Mac OS X Server version 10.2 doesn’t support MS-CHAPv2.