Chapter 5
Controlling Access with Directories and Open Directory
In This Chapter
Getting familiar with account types in a directory
Binding your clients and servers to directories
Authenticating with LDAP and Kerberos
Planning for an Open Directory deployment
Checking DNS and time service
Creating Open Directory masters and replicas
Binding to another directory server
Binding Mac to Open Directory
Shared network directories have features that a local directory does not. For instance, a directory service such as Open Directory or Microsoft’s Active Directory can offer users single sign-on, using Kerberos authentication. With this feature, users need to log in to the directory only once ...
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