Specifications

Setting Up a Standalone Directory Service
Using Server Admin, you can set up Mac OS X Server to use only the server’s local
directory domain. The server does not provide directory information to other
computers or get directory information from an existing system. (The local directory
domain can’t be shared.)
If you change Mac OS X Server to get directory information only from its local
directory domain, user records and other information that the server retrieved from a
shared directory domain become unavailable. The user records and other information
in the shared directory domain are deleted.
Files and folders on the server can become unavailable to users whose accounts are in
the shared directory domain.
If the server was an Open Directory master and other servers were connected to it,
the following can occur:
Services can be disrupted on the connected servers when user accounts and other Â
information in the shared directory domain become unavailable.
Users whose accounts are in the shared directory domain might not be able to Â
access les and folders on the Open Directory master and on other servers that
were connected to its shared LDAP directory domain.
You can archive a copy of the Open Directory master’s directory and authentication
data before changing it to an Open Directory standalone directory service. For more
information, see “Archiving an Open Directory Master” on page 19 6.
You can also export users, groups, and computer groups from the Open Directory
master before changing it to a standalone directory service. For more information,
see User Management.
To congure a server to use only its own nonshared local directory domain:
1 Open Server Admin and connect to the server.
2 Click the triangle at the left of the server.
The list of services appears.
3 From the expanded Servers list, select Open Directory.
4 Click Settings, then click General.
5 Click Change.
The Open Directory Assistant opens.
6 Choose from the following:
If your server is an Open Directory master, select “Destroy Master and set up Â
standalone directory,” then click Continue.
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