Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 158)

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1 Retrieving user information. When the user logs in, the Mac OS X computer retrieves the
user’s account from Active Directory and authenticates the user. Home directory information
in the user’s record indicates that the home directory resides on the network, so a mount
record for the home directory is retrieved from Active Directory. The mount record identifies
the home directory share point and its access protocol—AFP in this case.
In this example, the user and mount records reside in the search bases indicated in Active
Directory on the Windows 2000 Server. A search base is like a directory you use to access
particular kinds of records.
2 Requesting authorization to mount the home directory. The Mac OS X client computer then
sends the user’s information to the Mac OS X Server hosting the home directory to request
authorization to mount the home directory.
The home directories, named using the user short names, reside under the share point
named “Homes” on Mac OS X Server.
Windows 2000 server
hosting Active Directory
10.43.12.172
supergirl.corp.apple.com
user: jdm
Mac OS X
client computer
ou=mounts,dc=supergirl,
dc=corp,dc=apple,
dc=com
Users
cn=Users,dc=supergirl,
dc=corp,dc=apple,
dc=com
Mounts
10.43.12.40
bigmac.corp.apple.com
/Homes/jdm
Mac OS X
client computer Mac OS X Server
hosting home directories