Specifications

164 Appendix A Mac OS X Directory Data
AuthenticationAuthority:
Describes the user’s
authentication methods, such as
Open Directory or crypt
password; not required for a
user with only a crypt password;
absence of this attribute
signifies legacy authentication
(crypt with Authentication
Manager, if it is available).
ASCII text Values describe the user’s
authentication methods.
Can be multivalued (for
example, basic and
ShadowHash).
Each value has the format vers;
tag; data (where vers and data
may be blank).
Crypt password: ;basic;
Open Directory
authentication: ;ApplePassword
Server; HexID, server’s public key
IPaddress:port
Shadow password (local
directory domain
only): ;ShadowHash;
AuthenticationHint:
Text set by the user to be
displayed as a password
reminder
UTF-8 text Your guess is as good as mine.
Maximum 255 bytes.
FirstName:
Used by Address Book and other
applications that use the
contacts search policy
LastName:
Used by Address Book and other
applications that use the
contacts search policy
EMailAddress:
An email address to which mail
should be automatically
forwarded when a user has no
MailAttribute defined; used by
Address Book, Mail, and other
applications that use the
contacts search policy
Any legal RFC 822 email address
or a valid “mailto:” URL
[e-mail]
mailto:[e-mail]
PhoneNumber:
Used by Address Book and other
applications that use the
contacts search policy
AddressLine1:
Used by Address Book and other
applications that use the
contacts search policy
Mac OS X
user attribute
Format Sample values
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