Can I restore OD user data from Time Machine

Hi,
I accidentally deleted some users from Open Directory Master, can I restore these from Time Machine?
Where are OD files stored?
Thanks!!

The OD is a database, you can't simply restore records to it from TimeMachine, nor any other backup which makes a block copy of it. All these types of backups will restore the whole database or nothing. It's a good idea to always every now and then export a list of data (users, groups, etc) from the database and store that separately on another backup media. The exported data is usually xml and can be edited if you wanna grab/edit a particular user (or any other data contained in the xml file).

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