Chapter 8. Integrating Mac OS X Server with Other Systems

Time:

This chapter takes approximately 2 hours to complete.

Goals:

Configure Mac OS X Server to supplement a third-party directory service

Configure Mac OS X Server to authenticate in a third-party Kerberos realm

Configure a third-party service to use an Open Directory Key Distribution Center

Because Mac OS X Server uses industry standards such as LDAP and Kerberos, you can easily integrate Mac OS X Server with other directory services.

In this chapter you will learn how to configure Mac OS X Server to supplement directory data provided by another directory service, use another directory service’s Key Distribution Center (KDC), and provide KDC services to other servers.

Configuring Mac ...

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