Apple Open Directory

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The Open Directory is Apple's implementation of LDAP - directory service in Mac OS X . It stores and organizes information about the users and network resources of a computer network and enables network administrators to manage access to the resources.

The Open Directory was introduced in 2002 with the server version of Mac OS X 10.2 . With Mac OS X 10.6 , Apple provided the Open Directory Framework API , which enables MacOS applications to access the data in the Open Directory.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ How-to: Understanding Mac OS X Open Directory , computerworld , April 16, 2007
  2. ^ What Is Open Directory? , peachpit.com
  3. ^ Gene Steinberg, Pieter Paulson: The Mac OS X.2 Power User's Book. Paraglyph Press, 2003, ISBN 978-1932111804 , page 23.
  4. ↑ Arek Dreyer, Ben Greisler: Apple Training Series: Mac OS X Directory Services v10.6: A Guide to Configuring Directory Services on Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server v10.6 Snow Leopard. Peachpit Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0321685681 , page 4; limited preview in Google Book search.