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Administrator's Guide - Kerio Software Archive

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Chapter 30<strong>Kerio</strong> Open Directory Extensions<strong>Kerio</strong> Open Directory Extensions is an extension to Apple Open Directory service that allowsmapping of the accounts to <strong>Kerio</strong> MailServer (<strong>Kerio</strong> MailServer items are added to the LDAPdatabase scheme). When user accounts are created, edited or deleted in Apple Open Directorydatabase, the changes are also made in <strong>Kerio</strong> MailServer.Warning:• If an account is created in <strong>Kerio</strong> Administration Console, it will be created only locally, itwill not be copied into Open Directory database.• Warning 2: If Open Directory server is unavailable, logging in to <strong>Kerio</strong> MailServer will beimpossible. It is therefore recommended to create at least one local account with read/writepermissions.• When creating a user account in Apple Open Directory, ASCII must be used to specify username.If the username includes special characters or symbols, it might happen that theuser cannot log in.30.1 <strong>Kerio</strong> Open Directory Extensions installationThe installation package with <strong>Kerio</strong> Open Directory Extensions can be downloaded from productweb pages of <strong>Kerio</strong> Technologies.A standard wizard is used for installation of <strong>Kerio</strong> Open Directory Extensions.When using configurations of Mac OS X servers of Master/Replica type, <strong>Kerio</strong> Open DirectoryExtensions must be installed to the master server, as well as to all replica servers, otherwisethe account mapping will not work.System requirements<strong>Kerio</strong> Open Directory Extensions since version 6.1 can be installed to Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther)and later versions.30.2 Apple Open DirectoryApple Open Directory is a directory service shipped with Mac OS X Server systems. This directoryservice is an equivalent to Active Directory created by Microsoft. As in Active Directory,it allows to store object information in a network (about users, groups, workstations, etc.),authenticate users, etc.The information about users and groups in Apple Open Directory are stored in Open LDAPdatabase. When mapping accounts to <strong>Kerio</strong> MailServer, all user accounts are stored in one311

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