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     DirectoryService has been replaced by opendirectoryd(8).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 Dar-
     win open source initiative.  dspluginhelperd is part of the DirectorySer-
     vice 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)

MacOSX                           Jun 23, 2010                           MacOSX