Specifications

Appendix A Mac OS X Directory Data 165
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 various services expect to find in user records of directory domains. Note
that “All services” in the far-left column include AFP, SMB, FTP, HTTP, NFS, WebDAV, POP,
IMAP, Workgroup Manager, Server Admin, the Mac OS X login window, and Macintosh
Manager.
PostalAddress:
Used by Address Book and other
applications that use the
contacts search policy
PostalCode:
Used by Address Book and other
applications that use the
contacts search policy
OrganizationName:
Used by Address Book and other
applications that use the
contacts search policy
Mac OS X
user attribute
Format Sample values
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, file permissions and
mail accounts)
All services PrimaryGroupID Required for authorization (for
example, file permissions and
mail accounts)
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