Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 575)

Open Directory Data Requirements 575
UniqueID:
a unique user identifier,
used for access privilege
management
Unsigned 32-bit
ASCII string of
digits 0–9 Range is 100 to 4,294,967,295.
Values below 100 are typically used for system
accounts. Zero is reserved for use by the system.
Normally unique among entire population of
users, but sometimes can be duplicated.
Warning: A non-integer value is interpreted as 0,
which is the UniqueID of the root user.
Password:
the user’s password
UNIX crypt
PrimaryGroupID:
a user’s primary group
association
Unsigned 32-bit
ASCII string of
digits 0–9 Range is 1 to 4,294,967,295.
Normally unique among entire population of
group records.
Comment:
any documentation you
like
ASCII John is in charge of product marketing.
UserShell:
the location of the
default shell for
command-line
interactions with the
server
Path name /bin/tcsh
/bin/sh
None (this value prevents users with accounts in
the directory domain from accessing the server
remotely via a command line)
Non-zero length.
AuthenticationHint:
text set by the user to be
displayed as a password
reminder
ASCII Your guess is as good as mine.
Maximum 255 bytes.
NFSHomeDirectory:
local file system path to
the user’s home
directory
ASCII /Network/Servers/example/Users/K-M/Tom King
Non-zero length. Maximum 255 bytes.
Picture:
file path to a recognized
graphic file to be used
as a display picture for
the user
ASCII Maximum 255 bytes.
Data type Format Sample values