Specifications

Appendix A Mac OS X Directory Data 171
Standard Attributes in Config Records
The following table specifies facts about the standard attributes, or data types, found in
config records of Mac OS X data services.
Mac OS X Server version 10.2 and later uses the following two types of config records:
• The mcx_cache record always has the RecordName of mcx_cache. It also uses
RealName and DataStamp to determine whether the cache should be updated or
the server settings ignored. If you want managed clients, you must have an
mcx_cache config record.
• The passwordserver record has the additional attribute PasswordServerLocation.
Use these facts when mapping LDAP or Active Directory domains to Mac OS X
directory services.
Mac OS X
config attributes
Format Sample values
RecordName:
Name associated with a config
ASCII characters A–Z, a–z,
0–9, _,-,.
mcx_cache
passwordserver
Non-zero length, maximum 255
bytes (85 triple-byte to 255
single-byte characters).
PasswordServerLocation:
Identifies the host of the
Password Server that’s
associated with the directory
domain
IP address or host name 192.168.1.90
RealName For the mcx_cache config
record, RealName is a GUID
DataStamp For the mcx_cache config
record, DataStamp is a GUID
LL2352.Book Page 171 Friday, August 22, 2003 3:12 PM