Directory Services (Mac OS 335)

Prerequisites
Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending this course:
Completion of Mac OS X Support Essentials v10.4 and Mac OS X Server Essentials v10.4, or equivalent knowledge
Understanding of basic IP networking, including IP address, subnet masks, ports, and protocols
Working familiarity with the command line interface

Who should attend?
This class is for system administrators who are tasked with configuring computers running Mac OS X to access directory services and providing directory services in a multiplatform environment.

 

Day 1 Introduction
Overview of topics covered in the course.
  Understanding Directory Services
Understand the benefits of implementing effective organizational directory services.
  Accessing Local Directory Services
Understand the architecture of Open Directory in Mac OS X and its process architecture to customize Open Directory's behavior.
  Accessing Mac OS X Server Directory Services
Configure Mac OS X computers to access directory services provided from Mac OS X Server.
  Accessing Third-Party Directory Services
Configure Mac OS X computers to access directory services provided from third-party directory services.
 Day 2 Integrating With Kerberos
Understand how to configure Mac OS X to authenticate using a Kerberos server.
  Accessing Active Directory
Configure Mac OS X to access configuration data provided by Active Directory servers.
  Providing Directory Services with Open LDAP
Use Open Directory server to provide user account information with LDAPv3 directory services. Populate Open Directory to contain contact information for use with Address Book or other standard LDAP clients.
Day 3 Single Sign-On
Configure Open Directory server's LDAP, Kerberos, and SASL password server to provide an integrated network authentication solution.
  Integrating Kerberos
Configure Mac OS X Server to work with third- party Kerberos services.
  Replication
Replicate Open Directory data and passwords for redundancy and load-balancing.
  Planning and Deploying Directory Services Combining skills learned to create a directory services deployment solution.