Specifications

Appendix A Mac OS X Directory Data 167
HomeDirectory:
The location of an AFP-based
home directory for the group
Structured UTF-8 text <home_dir>
<url>afp://server/sharept</url>
<path>grouphomedir</path>
</home_dir>
In the following example, the
Science group’s home directory
is K-M/Science, which resides
beneath the share point
directory, Groups:
<home_dir>
<url>afp://example.com/
Groups</url>
<path>K-M/Science</path>
</home_dir>
Member:
Same data as GroupMembership
but each is used by different
services of Mac OS X Server
ASCII characters A–Z, a–z,
0–9, _,-
bsmith, jdoe
Can be an empty list (normally
for users’ primary group).
HomeLocOwner:
The short name of the user that
owns the group’s home
directory
ASCII characters A–Z, a–z, 0–9,
_,-
MCXFlags:
If present, MCXSettings is
loaded; if absent, MCXSettings
isn’t loaded; required for a
managed user
UTF-8 XML plist, single value
MCXSettings:
The preferences for a workgroup
(a managed group)
UTF-8 XML plist, multivalued
Mac OS X
group attribute
Format Sample values
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