Directory Services Framework
In a more general sense, Open Directory can describe the plugins model used by Directory Utility and the directory services framework in Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server. This could be thought of as analogous to the Name Service Switch systems of some other Unix-like operating systems. When connected to a directory system, a Mac OS X client or Server can authenticate users, lookup contacts, perform service discovery and name resolution with the following types of directories:
- Authentication and contacts
- Microsoft Active Directory
- LDAPv3, including an Open Directory domain or RFC 2307-compliant system
- Apple/NeXT NetInfo domains
- BSD flat files and NIS
- Service discovery and name resolution
- AppleTalk
- Windows (NetBIOS and WINS)
- Service Location Protocol (SLP)
- Multicast DNS (Bonjour/Zeroconf)
Read more about this topic: Apple Open Directory
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