Specifications
If you see an Edit button, your computer has at least one connection to a
directory server.
4 Click the Add (+) button.
5 From the “Add a new directory of type” pop-up menu, choose Open Directory.
6 In the “Server Name or IP Address” eld, enter the server name or IP address.
7 (Conditional) Before you select the “Encrypt using SSL” checkbox, ask your Open
directory administrator if SSL is needed.
Important: If you change the IP address and computer name of your Mac OS X server
using changeip while you are connected to a directory server, you must disconnect
and reconnect to the directory server to update the directory with the new computer
name and IP address. If you do not disconnect and reconnect to the directory server,
the directory will not update and will continue to use the old computer name and
IP address.
Removing a Directory Server Connection
Before removing a directory server from Account preferences, make sure you are
not using its services for other applications.
For example, if Mail is congured to use the directory server to search for people
and you delete the directory server, you can’t search for anyone that was on that
directory server.
To delete a Directory server:
1 Open System Preferences and click Accounts.
2 If the lock icon is locked, unlock it by clicking it and entering the name and password
of an administrator.
3 Click Login Options, then click Edit.
4 From the list of directory servers, select the directory server you want to delete.
5 Click the Delete (–) button.
6 If you are sure you have selected the correct directory server, click Stop Using Server.
If a user disconnects themselves from a directory server, the directory administrator
must manually remove the computer record from the directory server. Users can
also request to have the network administrator disconnect their computer from the
directory server using Directory Utility and an account that has directory administration
permission, which removes the computer record from the directory server.
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