
Defining Automatic Search Policies
Using Directory Access, you can configure a Mac OS X computer's authentication and contacts search policies to be defined automatically. An automatically defined search policy includes the local directory domain. It can also include an LDAP directory server specified by DHCP service and shared NetInfo domains to which the computer is bound. This is the default configuration for both the authentication and the contacts search policy.
Note: Some applications, such as Mac OS X Mail and Address Book, can access LDAP directories directly, without using Open Directory. To set up one of these applications to access LDAP directories directly, open the application and set the appropriate preference.
- In Directory Access, click Authentication or click Contacts.
Authentication shows the search policy used for authentication and most other administrative data.
Contacts shows the search policy used for contact information in applications such as Address Book.
- If the lock icon is locked, click it and type the name and password of an administrator.
- Choose Automatic from the Search pop-up menu, then click Apply.
- In System Preferences, make sure the computer's Network preferences are configured to use DHCP or DHCP with manual IP address.
- If you want the DHCP service of Mac OS X Server to supply its clients with a particular LDAP server's address for their automatic search policies, you need to configure the LDAP options of DHCP service.