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Integrating Mac OS X With Active Directory

Overview This white paper describes how one can use the information stored in MicrosoftÂ’s Active Directory to authenticate Macintosh users and provide file services and home directories for them on Mac OS X Server. To do so, users will have to take advantage of the Mac OS X directory services architecture.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Apple Computer	File Format	PDF
Date Published	December 2002	Downloads	2439
Format	White Papers
Topics	Mac OS, Directory Services, File and Network Servers

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Publisher:
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Tags:
mac os

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Publisher:
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Tags:
mac os

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mac os

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Publisher:
Sophos

Tags:
linux - open source

Microsoft Office System Webcast: Tips and Tricks for Office 2008 for Mac: Incredible Documents Made Simple (Level 200)

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Publisher:
Microsoft

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Channel:
LANs

Analysis: Google goes for desktop search

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Channel:
Malware
Tags:
virus,
renepo,
opener,
apple

Free Mac OS X spurned by $100 laptop creators

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Mac OS X exploit in the wild

Computer code that exploits a flaw in Apple's Mac OS X was released over the weekend. The code takes advantage of a weakness in core parts of Mac OS X and could let a user gain additional privileges. Public exploits, while common for Microsoft's...

Channel:
Malware
Tags:
flaw,
apple mac,
mac os x,
apple

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Channel:
Malware
Tags:
f-secure,
adware,
mac os x,
os x

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