
Enabling or Disabling LDAP Directory Services
You can use Directory Access to enable or disable access to directory services that use Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) versions 2 and 3. A single Directory Access plug-in named LDAPv3 provides access to both LDAP versions 2 and 3. (The LDAPv2 plug-in of Mac OS X version 10.2 is not needed with Mac OS X version 10.3.)
Mac OS X Server version 10.3 and later provides only LDAPv3 directory service to other computers, including Mac OS X computers. Mac OS X Server version 10.2 can provide LDAPv3 directory service to other computers (and it can provide NetInfo directory service). Many other servers also provide LDAPv3 directory service; LDAPv3 is an open standard common in mixed networks of Macintosh, UNIX, and Windows systems. Some servers also use the older version, LDAPv2, to provide directory service.