Open Directory and Password Server

  • Adds a Network Information System (NIS) plug-in for Open Directory, allowing Mac OS X Server and clients to better integrate into this traditional Unix directory structure.
  • Import tool (dsimportexport) performance improved when importing users with Password Server passwords.
  • Note: Workgroup Manager is currently the only supported tool for exporting user and group information.
  • LDAP connections now time out, operating more efficiently in high-volume networking environments. The default timeout value is two minutes. (Applies the LDAPv3 plug-in only.)
  • New user accounts that have Password Server passwords and which are created by secondary administrators respect the "Disable login as of mm/dd/yyyy" option.
  • Improved Password Server reliability and performance with DIGEST-MD5 authentication, especially after long server uptime.
  • Improved performance for Password Server authentications.
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