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Chapter 2

While local domains reside on their respective servers, a shared domain can reside on any
Mac OS X Server accessible from the local domain’s computer. In this example, the shared
domain can reside on any server accessible from the departmental servers. It can reside
on one of the departmental servers or—as shown here—on an entirely different server on the
network:

When an instructor logs in to any of the three departmental servers and cannot be found in
the local domain, the server searches the shared domain. In this example, there is only one
shared domain, but in more complex hierarchies, there may be many shared domains.

Faculty Mac OS X

Server

English department’s

computer

Math department’s

computer

Local

domain

Shared

domain

Local

domain

Science department’s

computer

Local

domain

Local

domain

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