dspluginhelperd(8)					    BSD System Manager's Manual 					dspluginhelperd(8)

NAME

     dspluginhelperd -- support daemon for legacy DirectoryService plugins

SYNOPSIS

     dspluginhelperd [-v]

DESCRIPTION

     DirectoryService has been replaced by opendirectoryd(8).  dspluginhelperd provides support for 3rd party DirectoryService plugins.

     More information can be accessed from the Darwin Open Directory Page: http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/opendirectory/

OPTIONS

     The options are as follows:

     -v       Display the release version.

DIAGNOSTICS

     See odutil(1) for information on enabling debug logging and various other options introspection of opendirectoryd.

ERRORS

     Error codes are available using dserr(1) or from framework headers <DirectoryService/DirServiceTypes.h>.  DirectoryService.framework is dep-
     recated as of 10.6 and OpenDirectory.framework should be used instead.

OPEN SOURCE

     The source code for dspluginhelperd is available as part of Apple's Darwin open source initiative.  dspluginhelperd is part of the Directory-
     Service project.  More information on Darwin may be found on the Web at

	   http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/opendirectory/

     DirectoryService API and Plug-in API are documented at

	   http://developer.apple.com/referencelibrary/Networking/

     The headers for the deprecated DirectoryService APIs can also be found in the following location:

	   /System/Library/Frameworks/DirectoryService.framework/Headers/

FILES

     /Library/DirectoryServices/PlugIns     location of third party plugins

SEE ALSO

     opendirectoryd(8), odutil(1), DirectoryServiceAttributes(7), dscl(1), dsmemberutil(1), dscacheutil(1), dseditgroup(8), dsenableroot(8),
     dserr(8), pwpolicy(8)

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