Data is valuable only if it can be stored and accessed. With multiple vendors of directory services solutions competing for your business, you may worry that their disparate systems will not be able to interoperate and that it will be difficult for clients to support multiple vendors. This chapter will help you to store and access data on Mac OS X server.
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This is the industry standard, good work by Apple in implementing Directory service using LDAPv3 plug-in.
As mentioned in the article, all the connections are using DHCP, that makes this possible.
“Administrators can use network home directories to provide users with a consistent, controlled interface while providing access to their documents from any computer. You can control permissions on mobile computers and reserve certain resources for specific groups or individuals”
Overall, good implementation of a good technology.