Apple Computer Tablet x User Manual download pdf (Page 9)

CHAPTER

What Is NetInfo?

NetInfo is the built-in Mac OS X directory system. A directory system is software that system

and application processes can use to store and ﬁnd administrative information about

resources and users.

The Mac OS X login process, for example, consults user information in NetInfo to determine

whether the name and password entered in the login window are those of a valid user. Other

processes need information about the location of such resources as home directories,

printers, ﬁle servers, and other devices available from a particular Mac OS X computer.

NetInfo: A Service for Mac OS X Processes

NetInfo stores information about users and resources and makes it available to Mac OS X

processes that want to use it.

Processes running on Mac OS X computers can save information in NetInfo, and processes

that need the information can retrieve it from NetInfo. For example, when you set up a user

account, the application you use to do so stores information about the user in NetInfo:

On a computer running Mac OS X,

you use the Users pane of System Preferences to

set up user accounts.

On Mac OS X Server,

use the Users & Groups module of Server Admin, which lets you

set up additional user attributes, such as the user’s home directory.

Printers

Groups

Servers

Users

Processes

Mounts

NetInfo

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