User`s guide

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Additional Setup Tasks

After your initial setup of software, you may need to perform some other tasks.

Set NetInfo Hierarchies and Search Policies

NetInfo is the built-in directory service for Mac OS X. User information needed by directory

services is stored on Mac OS X Servers in NetInfo databases known as domains. You use

Remote Directory Setup on your admin computer to specify whether your server uses the

NetInfo or LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) directory for User and Group

accounts.

Use Remote NetInfo Domain Setup to create NetInfo hierarchies and set the search policy for

your server.

Note: If you are setting up your server locally, use the local versions of these applications:

Directory Setup and NetInfo Domain Setup.

For information about setting up NetInfo domains and using LDAP, read Chapter 2 in the

Mac OS X Server Administrator’s Guide. The documents Understanding and Using NetInfo

and Integrating Mac OS X With Active Directory have more information about these topics,

and are available for downloading at www.apple.com/macosx/server/

Configure Services

Use the administration software you’ve installed to set up User and Group accounts and

conﬁgure services such as WebObjects, NetBoot, Macintosh Manager, and QuickTime

Streaming Server.

Read Chapter 8, “Administration Software,” for information about these applications. They

are also described in detail in the Mac OS X Server Administrator’s Guide.

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