Apple Open Directory
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Open Directory is the directory service and network authentication services architecture at the core of Mac OS X Server from Apple Computer. It is based on OpenLDAP and is optionally secured by Kerberos. As with other directory service environments, it stores and organizes information about a computer network's users and network shares, and that allows network administrators to manage users' access to the shares.
Open Directory communicates with Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, and Unix computers, as well as with external LDAP servers. It can interoperate with proprietary environments such as Microsoft’s Active Directory and Novell’s eDirectory.
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