Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 83)

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If the local domain does not contain the user’s record, Open Directory goes to the next
directory domain in the search policy.
If the second directory domain also does not contain the user’s record, Open Directory
searches the remaining directory domains in the search policy one by one until it searches
the last shared domain.
The Automatic Search Policy
Initially, every computer with Mac OS X version 10.2 is set to use an automatic search policy.
It consists of three parts, two of which are optional:
m local directory domain
m shared NetInfo domains (optional)
m shared LDAPv3 domains (optional)
A computer’s automatic search policy always begins with the computer’s local directory
domain.
Graduates
domain
Local domain
Is the user
defined here?
No
Is the user
defined here?
Campus domain
Students domain
Graduates domain
Local domain
No
No
No