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Contents

Introduction	Introduction 7
	Organization of This Document 7
	See Also 7
Chapter 1	Concepts 9

Open Directory Overview		9
Nodes 10
Search Policies and Search Nodes 12
Record Types 12
Standard Attribute Types 14
Native Attribute Types		15
Authentication	15
Directory Proxy	21

	Open Directory, lookupd, and NetInfo			22
	Directory Service Command Line Utility			24
	Debugging 24
Chapter 2	Working with Nodes	25
	Listing Registered Nodes	25
	Finding a Node 27
	Opening and Closing a Node		28
	Authenticating a User to a Node 29
	Directory Native Authentication 30
Chapter 3	Working with Records		33
	Listing Records 33
	Getting Information About a Record’s Attribute 35
	Setting the Name of a Record		37
	Creating a Record and Adding an Attribute 39
	Deleting a Record 41

Document Revision History 43

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Contents Open Directory Programming Guide Apple Inc Contents N T E N T S Figures, Tables, and Listings G U R E S , T a B L E S , a N D L I S T I N G S See Also Organization of This DocumentIntroduction See Also Open Directory Overview Concepts1Flow of an Open Directory request Nodes2An Open Directory request over a network Record Types Search Policies and Search NodesConstant Description Standard attribute for storing a unique ID commonly found Standard Attribute TypesNative Attribute Types AuthenticationBasic Authentication Open Directory Overview Local Windows Hash Authentication Local Cached User Authentication Disabled User Authentication Directory Proxy Directory Native AuthenticationOpen Directory, lookupd, and NetInfo 3lookupd and NetInfo interaction when using SSH Debugging Directory Service Command Line UtilityListing Registered Nodes Working with NodesWorking with Nodes Finding a Node Opening and Closing a Node Authenticating a User to a Node Authenticating using directory native authentication Directory Native AuthenticationWorking with Nodes Working with Nodes Authenticating a User to a Node Listing Records Working with RecordsListing Records Working with Records Getting Information About a Record’s AttributeGetting Information About a Record’s Attribute Setting the Name of a Record Working with Records Listing 3-3Setting the name of a record Creating a Record and Adding an Attribute Void CreateRecord const tDirNodeReference inDirNodeRef Deleting a Record Working with Records Document Revision History Document Revision History

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