Checking for Successful Client Binding

You can enter the Terminal Application (Applications > Utilities) and check for a successful client binding.

Type the following:

$ lookupd -d > userWithName: albert 

Enter the username of any user in your central directory. In this case, albert. If you are not bound, you will get a return of "nil." If your binding was successful, you will see the following:

Dictionary: "DS: user albert" _lookup_agent: DSAgent _lookup_validation: 1108602456 gid: 1026 home: /Users/albert name: albert Albert passwd: ******** ******** realname: Albert shell: /bin/bash uid: 1025 + Category: user + Time to live: 43200 + Age: 0 (expires in 43200 seconds) + Negative: No + Cache hits: 0 + Retain count