Specifications

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Important: If you change a Mac OS X Server computer that was connected to another
directory system to be an Open Directory replica instead, the server remains connected
to the other directory system. The server will search for user records and other
information in its shared LDAP directory domain before searching in other directory
systems to which it is connected.
To configure a server to host a replica of an Open Directory master:
1 Open Server Admin and select Open Directory for a server in the Computers & Services
list.
A server must have Mac OS X Server version 10.3 or later to be an Open Directory
replica.
2 Click Settings (near the bottom of the window), then click General (near the top).
3 Choose Open Directory Replica from the Role pop-up menu and enter the requested
information.
IP address of LDAP master: Enter the IP address of the server that is the Open
Directory master.
root’s password on LDAP master: Enter the password of the Open Directory master
system’s root user (user name System Administrator).
Password Server admin’s name on replica: Enter the name of an administrator
account whose password type is Open Directory.
Password Server admin’s password on replica: Enter the password of the
administrator account whose name you entered.
4 Click OK, then click Save.
5 Make sure the date, time, and time zone are correct on the replica and the master.
The replica and the master should use the same network time service so their clocks
remain in sync.
After you set up an Open Directory replica, other computers will connect to it
automatically as needed. Computers with version 10.3 and later of Mac OS X and
Mac OS X Server maintain a list of all replicas of an Open Directory master to which
they are connected. If one of these computers can’t contact the Open Directory master
for directory and authentication services, the computer automatically connects to the
nearest replica of the master.
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