Specifications

280 Appendix B Mac OS X Directory Data
User Data That Mac OS X Server Uses
The following table describes how your Mac OS X Server uses data from user records
in directory domains. Consult this table to determine the attributes or data types that
your server’s services expect to nd in user records of directory domains.
In the far-left column, “All services” include AFP, SMB, FTP, HTTP, NFS, WebDAV, POP,
IMAP, Workgroup Manager, Server Admin, the Mac OS X login window.
Server component Mac OS X user attribute Dependency
All services RecordName Required for authentication
All services RealName Required for authentication
All services AuthenticationAuthority Used for Kerberos, password
server, and shadow password
authentication
All services Password Used for basic (crypt password)
or LDAP bind authentication
All services UniqueID Required for authorization (for
example, le permissions and
mail accounts)
All services PrimaryGroupID Required for authorization (for
example, le permissions and
mail accounts)
FTP service
Web service
AFP service
NFS service
Mac OS X login window
Application and system
preferences
HomeDirectory
NFSHomeDirectory
Optional
Mail service MailAttribute Required to log in to mail
service on your server
Mail service EMailAddress Optional