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How a Computer Finds Its Managed Network Views

When a Mac OS X computer starts, it searches through the directories in its search path. If it detects a computer record for itself in one of the directories and the computer record has a managed network view associated with it, it uses that view and stops searching.

If the computer doesn't find a computer record with an assigned network view, it searches through the directories in its search path for a network view whose name matches one of the following criteria, in the order listed:

• The computer's Ethernet address
• The computer's IP address
• The computer's subnet string

If a network view matching one of these criteria is found, the computer uses that view and stops searching. But if no network view has been found so far, the computer searches through directories in its search path for a view named Default. The first Default view found is used.

After the client's search-path explorations are done, the client computer searches through all directories a client computer has been configured to access, on and off its search path. For each directory, if it finds a Public network view, it displays it in a folder named after the server hosting the directory. If it doesn't find a Public view but does find a Default view in the directory, the Default view is displayed in a named folder.