Apple Mac OS X Server (version 10.2.3 or later) - Manual (Page 80)

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6 Advance to the Security step and select “Password and authentication information will be
stored and accessed locally in user records.”
7 In the onscreen Finish Up step, click Go Ahead to configure the server with the displayed
settings.
Using a Non-Shared Local Directory Domain With a Password Server
Using the Open Directory Assistant application, you can set up a Mac OS X Server to use only
its local directory domain, while the server provides authentication information to other
systems. The Mac OS X Server provides authentication information by hosting a Password
Server. The server does not provide directory information to other computers or get
directory information from an existing system. (The local directory domain cannot be
shared.)
If your Mac OS X Server currently gets directory information from another server and you
change to getting directory information only from the local directory domain, user records
and other information that is stored in the other server’s shared directory domain will no
longer be available. The user records and other information will still exist in the other shared
directory domain, but your Mac OS X Server will not access them.
To configure a server to use only its own non-shared local directory domain
with a Password Server:
1 Open the Open Directory Assistant application.
It is located in the /Applications/Utilities folder.
2 Enter the connection and authentication information for the Mac OS X Server that you want
to configure, then click Connect.
For Address, enter the DNS name or IP address of the server that you want to configure.
For User Name, enter the user name of an administrator on the server. This user account will
become an administrator of the Password Server.
For Password, enter the password for the user name you entered.
3 Click the right arrow to get to the Location step, and then select the setting that indicates the
server is at its permanent network location.
If a server is in a temporary location, you can’t configure the server to provide authentication
information to other systems.
Important If you are changing a Mac OS X Server to no longer use an existing Password
Server, first change the password validation strategy of the Password Server administrator to
basic. You should also make the same change to any ordinary users whose passwords are
validated using the Password Server. Doing so ensures that these users can continue to log in
to Mac OS X Server. For instructions, see “Resetting Passwords Before Discontinuing Use of a
Password Server” on page 203 of Chapter 3, “Users and Groups.”
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