Specifications
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 Search Base: This eld is set to a search base sux for the new LDAP directory,
derived from the domain portion of the server’s DNS name. You can enter a dierent
search base sux or leave it blank. If you leave this eld blank, the LDAP directory’s
default search base sux is used.
9 Conrm settings, then click Continue.
10 Conrm that the Open Directory master is functioning by clicking Overview (near the
top of the Server Admin window, with Open Directory selected in the Servers list).
The status of items listed in the Open Directory overview pane should say Running.
If Kerberos remains stopped and you want it running, see “If Kerberos Is Stopped on an
Open Directory Master or Replica” on page 210.
After setting up a Mac OS X Server computer to be an Open Directory master, you
can change its binding policy, security policy, password policy, replication frequency,
and LDAP protocol options. For more information, see “Setting Options for an Open
Directory Server” on page 186.
You can congure other computers with Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server to access the
server’s shared LDAP directory domain. For more information, see “Using Advanced
LDAP Service Settings” on page 13 3.
Instructing Users How to Log In
When a Mac OS X computer is connected to a directory domain and is congured
to display a list of users in the Mac OS X login window, the list can include “Other.”
Instruct users who have never logged in with a network account that they must click
Other and enter an account name and password.
Users can congure their computers to not display a list of users in the login window.
Users change this setting in the Accounts pane of System Preferences by clicking
Login Options.
You can have a computer’s login window show network users in its list, or you can
prevent the list from appearing by managing computer preferences. Use Workgroup
Manager to congure login preference settings for the computer group account that
includes the computer.
To manage computers that are not part of a computer group account, congure login
preference settings for the Guest Computers account.
For more information, see User Management.