Mac OS X Directory Services v10.6

Apple’s Mac OS X Directory Services v10.6 training course is a 4 day leader led course with plenty of hands on labs that provides a really in depth look at directory services on Mac OS X client, Mac OS X Server and cross platform integration. Students will learn how to deploy robust solutions. Understand how Apple’s implementation , Open Directory, functions and integrates with other Apple servers, Active Directory and other LDAP servers.

Who Should Attend?

  • This course is designed for system administrators and IT professionals who need to gain specific knowledge about directory services, how to effectively configure Mac OS X computers to access directory services, and configure Mac OS X Server to provide directory services in a mixed-platform environment.

Prerequisites

Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending this course:

  • Basic troubleshooting experience or Mac OS X Support Essentials v10.6
  • Basic Mac OS X Server experience or Mac OS X Server Essentials v10.6
  • Understanding of basic IP networking, including IP address, subnet masks, ports, and protocols
  • Experience using the command-line interface with Mac OS X

Apple Certified System Administrator (ACSA)

This course covers a portion of the knowledge necessary to become an Apple Certified System Administrator 10.5. ACSA certification is granted upon successful completion of the Mac OS X Server Essentials v10.6, Mac OS X Directory Services v10.6, Mac OS X Deployment v10.6, and Mac OS X Security and Mobility v10.6 exam.

 

Mac OS X Directory Services v10.6

Course Overview

• Accessing the Local Directory Service: Understand and troubleshot local directory service implementations including dslocal and bsd. Learn how to create and edit local users accounts using GUI and command line tools.

• Accessing an Open Directory System: Learn how Apple clients connect to an Open Directory server. Understand how the LDAP connector works in this scenario as well as how to troubleshoot the connection using various tools including dscl.

• Accessing an LDAP Server: As well as Open Directory we can configure the LDAP connector to connect to third party LDAP servers. Here you will learn what attributes are required for a successful login, how to customise the LDAP connector to work with any server and how to propagate your changes.

• Accessing an Active Directory System: Learn how to connect to Microsoft’s Active Directory Servers. Understand the infrastructure required to support Mac clients, what benefits you receive from using Active Directory and how to troubleshoot the Active Directory connector.

• Configuring Open Directory Server: You will configure Mac OS X Server to provide Directory services to Mac OS X clients as well as Windows clients. You will lean how to manage the data stored in Open Directory as well a how to troubleshoot any potential problems.

• Configuring Open Directory Replicas: Learn how to supply redundancy and resilience to Open Directory by using Replicas.

• Connecting Mac OS X Server to an Open Directory System: You will learn how to configure Mac OS X Server to connect to an existing Open Directory server and make use of those hosted directory services.

• Integrating Mac OS X Server with Other Systems: Finally you will learn how to use Mac OS X server to supplement third party directory services such as Active Directory to provide additional services such as managed preferences, You will also learn how to integrate Kerberos between different types of server.