Setting Up Services in Directory Access


Directory Access lists the different kinds of services that Mac OS X can access. The list includes directory services, which give Mac OS X access to user information and other administrative data stored in directory domains. The list also includes kinds of network services that Mac OS X can discover on the network.

You can enable or disable access to each kind of service. If you disable a kind of service in Directory Access, Mac OS X no longer accesses services of the disabled kind. However, disabling a kind of service in Directory Access does not affect the ability of Mac OS X to use or provide services of that kind. For example, if you disable Rendezvous, Mac OS X does not use it to discover file services, but you can still share your files and connect to a file server if you know its address.

Other help topics describe the services that are listed in Directory Access.