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<h1 class="head0">Appendix F. Running Samba on Mac OS X Server</h1>
<p><a name="INDEX-1"/>Mac OS X Server is an Apple
operating-system product based on Mac OS X, with the addition of
administrative tools and server software. One area in which it
differs from Mac OS X is in the configuration of Samba-based
services. In this appendix, we'll tell you how to
set up SMB file and printer shares, enable client user access, and
monitor activity. Our specific focus is on Mac OS X Server 10.2.</p>
<div class="sect1"><a name="samba2-APP-F-SECT-1"/>
<h2 class="head1">Setup Procedures</h2>
<p>The first thing to note is that the procedure described in <a href="ch02.html">Chapter 2</a> using System Preferences to enable Samba does
not apply to Mac OS X Server. Unlike Mac OS X, the Sharing pane of
System Preferences does not include an option to turn on Windows File
Sharing. Instead, there is a set of applications to configure,
activate, and monitor services: Workgroup Manager, Server Settings,
Server Status, and Open Directory Assistant, all located in the
directory <em class="filename">/Applications/Utilities</em>.</p>
<a name="samba2-APP-F-NOTE-163"/><blockquote class="note"><h4 class="objtitle">NOTE</h4>
<p>In addition to being installed with Mac OS X Server, these and other
administrative applications are included on a separate installation
CD-ROM sold with the operating system. They can be used to manage Mac
OS X Server systems remotely from any Mac OS X machine.</p>
<p>For more information, refer to the <em class="citetitle">Mac OS X Server
Administrator's
Guide</em><a name="INDEX-2"/>, included as a PDF
file in the <em class="filename">/Library/Documentation/MacOSXServer</em>
directory, and also downloadable from Apple
Computer's web site at <a href="http://www.apple.com/server/">http://www.apple.com/server/</a>.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Briefly, the procedure for setting up SMB file and printer shares is
as follows:</p>
<ol><li>
<p>Designate share points in Workgroup Manager for file sharing.</p>
</li><li>
<p>Set up print queues in Server Settings for printer sharing, and
activate Printer Service.</p>
</li><li>
<p>Configure and activate Windows Services in Server Settings.</p>
</li><li>
<p>Activate Password Server and enable SMB authentication in Open
Directory Assistant.</p>
</li><li>
<p>Enable Password Server authentication for user accounts in Workgroup
Manager.</p>
</li><li>
<p>Monitor file and print services with Server Status.</p>
</li></ol>
<div class="sect2"><a name="samba2-APP-F-SECT-1.1"/>
<h3 class="head2">Sharing Files</h3>
<p><a name="INDEX-3"/><a name="INDEX-4"/>The
first step to enable SMB file sharing is to designate one or more
<em class="firstterm">share points</em>. Share points are folders that
form the root of shared volumes for any of the protocols supported by
Mac OS X Server: Apple Filesharing Protocol (AFP), Network Filesystem
(NFS), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), and SMB.</p>
<p>To designate a share point, launch Workgroup Manager. You will be
prompted for the local or remote server's hostname
or IP address, as well as for a username and password; this process
is required by all the Mac OS X Server administrative applications.
Once Workgroup Manager is open, click the Sharing button in the
toolbar. The list on the left, under the Share Points tab, displays
currently defined share points. To add a new one, click the All tab,
and navigate to the folder you want to share.</p>
<p>On the right, under the General tab, check the box labeled Share this
item and its contents, change the ownership and permissions if
desired, then click the Save button. Next, under the Protocols tab,
select Windows File Settings from the pop-up menu, and ensure that
the box labeled Share this item using SMB is checked. At this point,
you can also decide whether to allow guest access to the share,
change the name of the share displayed to SMB clients, or set
permissions for files and folders created by SMB clients. Click the
Save button when you're finished making changes. See
<a href="appf.html#samba2-APP-F-FIG-1">Figure F-1</a>.</p>
<div class="figure"><a name="samba2-APP-F-FIG-1"/><img src="figs/sam2_af01.gif"/></div><h4 class="head4">Figure F-1. Workgroup Manager: Share Points and Windows File Settings</h4>
</div>
<div class="sect2"><a name="samba2-APP-F-SECT-1.2"/>
<h3 class="head2">Sharing Printers</h3>
<p><a name="INDEX-5"/><a name="INDEX-6"/>Printer shares are set up
differently. First, launch Server Settings; under the File &
Print tab, select Print, then Configure Print Service.... Check the
box labeled Automatically share new queues for Windows printing.
Next, click the Print icon again and then Show Print Monitor. Make
sure the printers you want to share are listed. Printers directly
attached to the server should have queues created automatically, but
remote printers you wish to reshare must be added by clicking New
Queue and discovering or specifying the printers. When
you're finished, click Save, select the Print icon
one more time, and select Start Print Service. See <a href="appf.html#samba2-APP-F-FIG-2">Figure F-2</a>.</p>
<div class="figure"><a name="samba2-APP-F-FIG-2"/><img src="figs/sam2_af02.gif"/></div><h4 class="head4">Figure F-2. Server Settings: Print Service</h4>
<a name="samba2-APP-F-NOTE-164"/><blockquote class="note"><h4 class="objtitle">TIP</h4>
<p>Server Settings will make local printers available for sharing only
if they're PostScript compatible. Unfortunately,
many printers, including consumer-grade USB inkjet printers,
aren't. If you want to make one of these printers
available to SMB clients, you can still add the share to
<em class="filename">/etc/smb.conf</em> yourself with a text editor. See
"Rolling Your Own" later in this
chapter for instructions and caveats related to making manual changes
to <em class="filename">smb.conf</em>.</p>
</blockquote>
</div>
<div class="sect2"><a name="samba2-APP-F-SECT-1.3"/>
<h3 class="head2">Configuring and Activating Services</h3>
<p><a name="INDEX-7"/>At this point, neither
the file shares nor the printer shares are available to SMB clients.
To activate them, click the Windows icon in Server Settings, and
click Configure Windows Services.... Under the General tab, you can
set the server's NetBIOS hostname, the workgroup or
Windows NT domain in which the server resides, and the description
that gets displayed in a browse list. You can also specify the code
page for an alternate character set. Finally, you can enable
boot-time startup of Samba. See <a href="appf.html#samba2-APP-F-FIG-3">Figure F-3</a>.</p>
<div class="figure"><a name="samba2-APP-F-FIG-3"/><img src="figs/sam2_af03.gif"/></div><h4 class="head4">Figure F-3. Server Settings: Windows Services</h4>
<p>The Windows Services Access tab offers options to enable guest access
and limit the number of simultaneous client connections; under the
Logging tab, you can specify the verbosity of your logging. With
options under the Neighborhood tab, you can configure your machine as
a WINS client or server or have it provide browser services locally
or across subnets.</p>
<a name="samba2-APP-F-SIDEBAR-1"/><blockquote><table border="1" cellpadding="6"><tr><td>
<h4 class="head4">Password Server</h4>
<p><a name="INDEX-8"/><a name="INDEX-9"/>Password Server is a feature
introduced with Mac OS X Server 10.2. In prior versions of Mac OS X
Server, Windows authentication was handled with Authentication
Manager, which stored a user's Windows password in
the <tt class="literal">tim_password</tt> property of the
user's NetInfo record. This can still be done in
Version 10.2, although it's strongly discouraged
because the encrypted password is visible to other users with access
to the NetInfo domain and can potentially be decrypted.</p>
<p>If you need to use Authentication Manager, use the following
procedure to enable it:</p>
<ol><li>
<p>On every machine hosting a domain that will bind into the NetInfo
hierarchy, execute the command <tt class="literal">tim -init -auto</tt>
<em class="replaceable">tag</em> for each domain, where
<em class="replaceable">tag</em> is the name of the
domain's database.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>When prompted, provide a password to be used as the encryption key
for the domain. This key is used to decrypt the Windows passwords and
is stored in an encrypted file readable only by root,
<em class="filename">/var/db/netinfo/.tag.tim</em>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Set <tt class="literal">AUTHSERVER=-YES-</tt> in
<em class="filename">/etc/hostconfig</em>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Start Authentication Manager by invoking <em class="emphasis">tim</em>.
This is also executed during the boot sequence by the AuthServer
startup item.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Reset the password of each user requiring SMB client access. In Mac
OS X Server 10.2 or later, make sure the user is set up for Basic
authentication, not Password Server authentication.</p>
</li></ol></td></tr></table></blockquote>
<p>When you've finished configuring Windows Services,
click the Save button, then click the Windows icon in Server
Settings, and select Start Windows Services. This starts the Samba
daemons, enabling access from SMB clients.</p>
</div>
<div class="sect2"><a name="samba2-APP-F-SECT-1.4"/>
<h3 class="head2">Activating Password Server</h3>
<p><a name="INDEX-10"/><a name="INDEX-11"/>Now that
you've set up file and printer shares, you need to
make sure users can properly authenticate to access them. In Mac OS X
Server, this is accomplished with the <a name="INDEX-12"/>Open Directory
Password Server, a service based on the <a name="INDEX-13"/>Simple Authentication and Security
Layer (SASL) standard and usable with many different authentication
protocols, including the LAN Manager and Windows NT LAN Manager
(NTLM) protocols. This section describes how to support SMB client
authentication, but for more information on what Password Server does
and how it works, see the Mac OS X Server
Administrator's Guide.</p>
<p>To enable Password Server or merely check its settings, start the
Open Directory Assistant. Unless you wish to change any of the
settings, just click the right arrow button in the lower-right corner
of the window until you get to the first Security step. At this
point, activate Password Server by selecting the option marked
Password and authentication information will be provided to other
systems. The next step displays the main administrative account, and
the one after that gives you a choice of authentication protocols to
enable (see <a href="appf.html#samba2-APP-F-FIG-4">Figure F-4</a>). Make sure that SMB-NT is
checked, and check SMB-Lan Manager if you have Windows 95/98/Me or
older clients. The final step saves the Password Server configuration
and prompts you to reboot.</p>
<div class="figure"><a name="samba2-APP-F-FIG-4"/><img src="figs/sam2_af04.gif"/></div><h4 class="head4">Figure F-4. Password Server authentication protocols</h4>
</div>
<div class="sect2"><a name="samba2-APP-F-SECT-1.5"/>
<h3 class="head2">Enabling Password Server</h3>
<p><a name="INDEX-14"/><a name="INDEX-15"/>To enable the
use of Password Server for a user account, launch Workgroup Manager,
and click the Accounts button in the toolbar. Under the Users tab on
the far left (with the silhouette of a single person), select the
account, and under the Advanced tab on the right, select Password
Server for the User Password Type (see <a href="appf.html#samba2-APP-F-FIG-5">Figure F-5</a>).
You are prompted to enter a new user password to be stored in the
Password Server database. After saving the account configuration, the
user can authenticate and access shares from an SMB client.</p>
<div class="figure"><a name="samba2-APP-F-FIG-5"/><img src="figs/sam2_af05.gif"/></div><h4 class="head4">Figure F-5. Workgroup Manager: Enabling Password Server authentication</h4>
</div>
<div class="sect2"><a name="samba2-APP-F-SECT-1.6"/>
<h3 class="head2">Monitoring Services</h3>
<p><a name="INDEX-16"/>Once you've got
everything working, you'll want to keep an eye on
things. The Server Status application gives you views into the
various services provided by Mac OS X Server. For Windows Services,
you can see the current state of the service, browse the logs
(located in the directory
<em class="filename">/Library/Logs/WindowsServices</em>), display and
terminate individual connections, and view a graph of connections
over time (see <a href="appf.html#samba2-APP-F-FIG-6">Figure F-6</a>). Similar information is
provided for Print Service.</p>
<div class="figure"><a name="samba2-APP-F-FIG-6"/><img src="figs/sam2_af06.gif"/></div><h4 class="head4">Figure F-6. Server Status: Windows Services</h4>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1"><a name="samba2-APP-F-SECT-2"/>
<h2 class="head1">Configuration Details</h2>
<p><a name="INDEX-17"/>Underneath the GUI, a lot of activity
takes place to offer Windows Services. In the non-Server version of
Mac OS X, selecting Windows File Sharing sets the
<tt class="literal">SMBSERVER</tt> parameter in
<em class="filename">/etc/hostconfig</em> and triggers the Samba startup
item. In Mac OS X Server, under normal circumstances the Samba
startup item and the <tt class="literal">SMBSERVER</tt> parameter are never
used.</p>
<p>Instead, a process named <em class="emphasis">sambadmind</em> generates
<em class="filename">/etc/smb.conf</em> from the configuration specified
in Server Settings and Workgroup Manager and handles starting and
restarting the Samba daemons as necessary. The
<em class="emphasis">sambadmind</em> process is in turn monitored by
<em class="emphasis">watchdog</em>, which keeps an eye on certain
processes and restarts those which fail. The
<em class="emphasis">watchdog</em> utility is configured in
<em class="filename">/etc/watchdog.conf</em>, a file similar to a System V
<em class="filename">inittab</em>, which specifies how the services under
<em class="emphasis">watchdog</em>'s purview are to be
treated. For example, the line for <em class="emphasis">sambadmind</em>
looks like this:</p>
<blockquote><pre class="code">sambadmin:respawn:/usr/sbin/sambadmind -d # SMB Admin daemon</pre></blockquote>
<p>Using a <em class="emphasis">watchdog</em>-monitored process such as
<em class="emphasis">sambadmind</em> to start the Samba daemons, instead
of a one-time execution of a startup item, results in more reliable
service. In Mac OS X Server, if a Samba daemon dies unexpectedly, it
is quickly restarted. (Examples of other services monitored by
<em class="emphasis">watchdog</em> are Password Server, Print Service, and
the Server Settings daemon that allows remote management.)</p>
<p>There's another wrinkle in Mac OS X Server: the
Samba configuration settings are not written directly to
<em class="filename">/etc/smb.conf</em>, as they are in the non-Server
version of Mac OS X. Instead, they're stored in the
server's local Open Directory domain,<a name="FNPTR-1"/><a href="#FOOTNOTE-1">[1]</a> from which <em class="emphasis">sambadmind</em> retrieves them
and regenerates <em class="filename">smb.conf</em>. For example, the Samba
global parameters are stored in
<em class="filename">/config/SMBServer</em> (see <a href="appf.html#samba2-APP-F-FIG-7">Figure F-7</a>). Share point information is also kept in Open
Directory, under <em class="filename">/config/SharePoints</em>, while CUPS
takes responsibility for printer configuration in
<em class="filename">/etc/cups/printers.conf</em> (also creating stub
entries used by Samba in <em class="filename">/etc/printcap</em>).</p>
<div class="figure"><a name="samba2-APP-F-FIG-7"/><img src="figs/sam2_af07.gif"/></div><h4 class="head4">Figure F-7. NetInfo Manager: SMBServer properties</h4>
<p><a href="appf.html#samba2-APP-F-TABLE-1">Table F-1</a> summarizes the association of Windows
Services settings in the Server Settings application, properties
stored in Open Directory, and parameters in
<em class="filename">/etc/smb.conf</em>.</p>
<a name="samba2-APP-F-TABLE-1"/><h4 class="head4">Table F-1. Samba configuration settings in Mac OS X Server</h4><table border="1">
<tr>
<th>
<p>Server Settings graphical element in Windows Services</p>
</th>
<th>
<p>Open Directory property in <em class="filename">/config/SMBServer</em></p>
</th>
<th>
<p>Samba global parameter in<em class="filename">/etc/smb.conf</em></p>
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>General → Server Name</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">netbios_name</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">netbios name</tt></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>General → Workgroup</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">workgroup</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">workgroup</tt></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>General → Description</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">description</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">server string</tt></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>General → Code Page</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">code_page</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">client code page</tt></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>General → Start Windows Services on system startup</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">auto_start</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Access → Allow Guest Access</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">guest_access</tt>, <tt class="literal">map_to_guest</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">map to guest</tt></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">guest_account</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">guest account</tt></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Access → Maximum client connections</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">max_connections</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">max smbd processes</tt></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Logging → Detail Level</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">logging</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">log level</tt></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Neighborhood → WINS Registration →
Off</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">WINS_enabled</tt>, <tt class="literal">WINS_register</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">wins support</tt></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Neighborhood → WINS Registration →
Enable WINS server</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">WINS_enabled</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">wins support</tt></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Neighborhood → WINS Registration →
Register with WINS server</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">WINS_register</tt>, <tt class="literal">WINS_address</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">wins server</tt></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Neighborhood → Workgroup/Domain Services
→ Master Browser</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">Local_Master</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">local master</tt></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Neighborhood → Workgroup/Domain Services
→ Domain Master Browser</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">Domain_Master</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">domain master</tt></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Print → Start Print Service</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">printing</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">lprm_command</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">lprm command</tt></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">lppause_command</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">lppause command</tt></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">lpresume_command</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">lpresume command</tt></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">printer_admin</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">printer admin</tt></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">encryption</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">encrypt passwords</tt></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">coding_system</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">coding system</tt></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">log_dir</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">smb_log</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">log file</tt></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">nmb_log</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">samba_sbindir</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">samba_bindir</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">samba_libdir</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">samba_lockdir</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">samba_vardir</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>N/A</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><tt class="literal">stop_time</tt></p>
</td>
<td>
<p>N/A <a name="INDEX-19"/></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="sect1"><a name="samba2-APP-F-SECT-3"/>
<h2 class="head1">Rolling Your Own</h2>
<p><a name="INDEX-20"/>When making manual changes to the Samba
configuration file, take care to block changes initiated from
graphical applications by invoking this command:</p>
<blockquote><pre class="code"># <tt class="userinput"><b>chflags uchg /etc/smb.conf</b></tt></pre></blockquote>
<p>From that point on, the GUI will be useful only for starting,
stopping, and monitoring the service—not for configuring it.</p>
<p>If you install your own version of Samba, you can still manage it
from Server Settings by changing some of the Open Directory
properties in <em class="filename">/config/SMBServer</em>.</p>
<p>To do this, open NetInfo Manager and modify the
<tt class="literal">samba_sbindir</tt> and <tt class="literal">samba_bindir</tt>
properties to match the location of your Samba installation.
Optionally, you can modify <tt class="literal">samba_libdir</tt>,
<tt class="literal">samba_vardir</tt>, and
<tt class="literal">samba_lockdir</tt>. Assuming a default Samba
installation, you can also change these at the command line with the
following commands:</p>
<blockquote><pre class="code"># <tt class="userinput"><b>nicl . -create /config/SMBServer samba_sbindir /usr/local/samba/bin</b></tt>
# <tt class="userinput"><b>nicl . -create /config/SMBServer samba_bindir /usr/local/samba/bin</b></tt>
# <tt class="userinput"><b>nicl . -create /config/SMBServer samba_libdir /usr/local/samba/lib</b></tt>
# <tt class="userinput"><b>nicl . -create /config/SMBServer samba_vardir /usr/local/samba/var</b></tt>
# <tt class="userinput"><b>nicl . -create /config/SMBServer samba_lockdir /usr/local/samba/var/locks</b></tt></pre></blockquote>
<p>You can check your settings with this command:</p>
<blockquote><pre class="code"># <tt class="userinput"><b>nicl . -read /config/SMBServer</b></tt></pre></blockquote>
<p>In Server Settings, select Stop Windows Services, then run this
command:</p>
<blockquote><pre class="code"># <tt class="userinput"><b>killall sambadmind</b></tt></pre></blockquote>
<p>The <em class="emphasis">watchdog</em> utility restarts
<em class="emphasis">sambadmind</em> within seconds. Finally, go back to
Server Settings, and select Start Windows Services.</p>
<p>If you don't modify Open Directory properties to
match your active Samba installation (because you wish to manage your
configuration another way), be sure never to activate Windows
Services from the Server Settings application, or
you'll wind up with two sets of Samba daemons
running concurrently. <a name="INDEX-21"/></p>
</div>
<hr/><h4 class="head4">Footnotes</h4><blockquote><a name="FOOTNOTE-1"/>
<p><a href="#FNPTR-1">[1]</a> In versions of Mac OS X prior to 10.2, Open Directory domains
were called NetInfo domains. NetInfo Manager (located in
<em class="filename">/Applications/Utilities</em>) provides a graphical
interface to view and modify the contents of Open Directory
databases. For more information, see the <em class="citetitle">Mac OS X Server
Administrator's Guide</em>, as well as
<em class="citetitle">Understanding and Using NetInfo</em>, downloadable
from the Mac OS X Server resources web page at <a href="http://www.apple.com/server/resources.html">http://www.apple.com/server/resources.html</a>.</p>
</blockquote>
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