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NetInfo is the built-in Mac OS X directory system that system and application processes can use to store and find administrative information about resources and users. NetInfo refers to the database that stores this information as well as the processes by which this information is fed to the system. By default, each Mac OS X computer runs client and server processes, but the server only serves to the local client. You can also bind client computers to servers other than the local server. Information is then accessed in a hierarchical scheme. In such a scheme, each client computer accesses the union of the information provided first by its local NetInfo server and then by any higher-level NetInfo servers it is bound to.