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Subject: Re: NetInfo
From: Marc Majka <email@hidden>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:45:34 -0800
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NetInfo is on the way out, and won't be supported in Mac OS X for much longer. We haven't really provided support for setting up a parent NetInfo domain for the last couple of releases. What you want to do can be done, but if you proceed you are taking a big leap into the past, and will probably need to switch to a different solution in a future Mac OS X release.

The best way to go is to set up an LDAP server to host your shared user accounts. Mac OS X includes the OpenLDAP "slapd" server, which you can set up using command line tools even if you don't have X Server. I would imaging that there are a number of people on this list who could help with advise on setting up an LDAP server.

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Marc Majka


On 12 Mar, 2006, at 20:09, Wes Groleau wrote:

How do I (or where are the instructions?) take an existing
"local" NetInfo DB and make it the root for two machines?
I created an empty domain, but
(1) The niload (etc.) man pages give syntax examples that do not work
(2) The NetInfo Manager is unable to access it (though nidump and
    nidomain both can read it).
I found a very readable PDF from Apple, but all its procedures
assume that I want to use OS X Server apps to create and build
the configuration for a brand new large intranet.
I have a working system; I'd just like to have it share accounts
and apps with the new Mac I have added.
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Wes Groleau
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