• Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server,  Mac Security

    Starting OpenLDAP on Mac OS X Client

    LDAP is included, by default, installed on every copy of Mac OS X. For Mac OS X Servers its easiest to get LDAP up and running, given that you have a nice handy graphical means of manipulating LDAP in the Open Directory features of Server Admin and Workgroup Manager. But what about Mac OS X Client. It may be easier than you think… To setup OpenLDAP in Mac OS X, we’ll do three quick tasks. The first is to set a password and the second is to put the password into the configuration file and the third is to start the daemon. To create that password, we’re going to use…