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Glossary
Glossary
Active Directory The directory service of Microsoft Windows 2000 and 2003 servers.
administrator A user with server or directory domain administration privileges.
Administrators are always members of the predefined “admin” group.
administrator computer A Mac OS X computer onto which you have installed the
server administration applications from the Mac OS X Server Admin CD.
AFP (Apple Filing Protocol) A client/server protocol used by Apple file service on
Macintosh-compatible computers to share files and network services. AFP uses TCP/IP
and other protocols to communicate between computers on a network.
authentication The process of proving a user’s identity, typically by validating a user
name and password. Usually authentication occurs before an authorization process
determines the user’s level of access to a resource. For example, file service authorizes
full access to folders and files that an authenticated user owns.
authentication authority attribute A value that identifies the password validation
scheme specified for a user and provides additional information as required.
authorization The process by which a service determines whether it should grant a
user access to a resource and how much access the service should allow the user to
have. Usually authorization occurs after an authentication process proves the user’s
identity. For example, file service authorizes full access to folders and files that an
authenticated user owns.
BSD (Berkeley System Distribution) A version of UNIX on which Mac OS X software
is based.
child A computer that gets configuration information from the shared directory
domain of a parent.
class See object class.
computer account A list of computers that have the same preference settings and are
available to the same users and groups.
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