
Preparing a Read-Only LDAP Directory for Mac OS X
If you want a Mac OS X computer to get administrative data from a read-only LDAP directory, the data must exist in the read-only LDAP directory in the format required by Mac OS X. You may need to add, modify, or reorganize data in the read-only LDAP directory. Mac OS X cannot write data to a read-only LDAP directory, so you must make the necessary modifications by using tools on the server that hosts the read-only LDAP directory.
- Go to the server that hosts the read-only LDAP directory and configure it to support LDAP-based authentication and password checking.
- Modify the LDAP directory's object classes and attributes as necessary to provide the data needed by Mac OS X.
For detailed specifications of the data required by Mac OS X directory services, refer to "Mac OS X Server Open Directory Administration For Version 10.3 or Later" (available at www.apple.com/server/documentation/).