Specifications

16 Preface About This Guide
Getting Additional Information
For more information, consult these resources:
 Read Me documents—get important updates and special information. Look for them
on the server discs.
 Mac OS X Server website (www.apple.com/server/macosx/)—enter the gateway to
extensive product and technology information.
 Mac OS X Server Support website (www.apple.com/support/macosxserver/)—access
hundreds of articles from Apple’s support organization.
 Apple Discussions website (discussions.apple.com/)—share questions, knowledge,
and advice with other administrators.
 Apple Mailing Lists website (www.lists.apple.com/)—subscribe to mailing lists so you
can communicate with other administrators using email.
 Apple Training and Certication website (www.apple.com/training/)—hone
your server administration skills with instructor-led or self-paced training, and
dierentiate yourself with certication.
 OpenLDAP website (www.openldap.org)—learn about the open source software that
Open Directory uses to provide LDAP directory service.
 MIT Kerberos website (web.mit.edu/kerberos/www)—get background information
and specications for the protocol that Open Directory uses to provide robust single
sign-on authentication.
 Berkeley DB website (www.sleepycat.com)—investigate feature descriptions and
technical documentation for the open source database that Open Directory uses to
store LDAP directory data.
 RFC3377, “Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): Technical Specication”
(www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3377.txt)—lists a set of eight other Request for Comment
(RFC) documents with overview information and detailed specications for the
LDAPv3 protocol.