The Mac OS X.2 Power User's Book,9781932111804

The Mac OS X.2 Power User's Book

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ISBN13: 9781932111804
ISBN10: 1932111808
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-06-01
Publisher(s): Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Summary

The Mac OS X Jaguar Administration Book is focused on system administration. This book uses both Unix commands and AppleScript to show readers how to automate tasks, as well as perform tasks that are difficult without knowledge of Unix commands and scripts. It features topics such as file management, security, managing users, and controlling devices. The book is organized by topic, focusing on those used regularly by power users and administrators. The Mac OS X Jaguar Administration Book contains a summary appendix that presents critical AppleScript features and UNIX commands important to the readers - power users and administrators.

Author Biography

In 1984 Gene Steinberg began to work with the original Apple Macintosh personal computer and never looked back. Over the next few years, Gene finally decided to follow his dream and become a full-time writer, but he also devoted extra time to work as a computer software/systems consultant partly to provide material for his books and magazine articles Pieter Paulson has been working with Macs since they first came out in 1984. He has extensive experience on all computing platforms as a systems administrator and support person

Table of Contents

Introduction xv
An Overview of the Mac OS X Desktop
1(16)
Oh Lord, Won't You Buy Me an Operating System?
2(1)
The New Features: A Curious Mix of the Old and the New
3(12)
Are You Ready to Serve and Protect?
15(1)
The Last Word
16(1)
An Overview of Mac OS X Server
17(14)
System and User Management Features
23(2)
Security Features
25(5)
Some Cold and Hard Advice About Installing Mac OS X Server
30(1)
The Last Word
30(1)
A Guide to Administrator's Setup of Mac OS X Server
31(22)
Apple's Disk Utility Makes RAID Setup Simple
33(1)
Partitioning, the Final Frontier
34(1)
A No-Nonsense, Geek-Free Guide to Installing Jaguar Server
35(1)
Two Installation Strategies
35(8)
Setting Up Open Directory
43(7)
The Last Word
50(3)
Making Sense of Mac OS X Fonts
53(24)
Why Do You Need All those Font Formats?
53(7)
Installing Fonts on Under Mac OS X
60(9)
Checking Available Characters
69(1)
Managing Your Font Library with Font Reserve
70(2)
Managing Your Font Library with Extensis Suitcase
72(2)
Managing Your Font Library with FontAgent Pro
74(1)
Solving Mac OS X Font Problems
75(1)
The Last Word
76(1)
Introduction to AppleScript
77(16)
A Fast Look at AppleScript's Magical Powers
78(2)
Reviewing AppleScript Feature
80(1)
Discovering Apple's Own Script Collection
81(3)
A Basic Guide to AppleScript Commands
84(7)
The Last Word
91(2)
Using AppleScript to Automate Mac OS X
93(8)
Better Living through AppleScripting
93(1)
Making the Most of AppleScript
94(1)
AppleScript Authoring Recap
95(1)
Dissecting AppleScript
95(4)
The Last Word
99(2)
Firewalls and Mac OS X Security Issues
101(24)
In the Beginning...
101(1)
Firewalls: Theory and Practice
101(2)
Planning Your Firewall
103(1)
Configuring Your Firewall
104(7)
Troubleshooting Your Firewall
111(1)
Securing Your Server
112(2)
Securing Your Web Servers Using SSL
114(9)
The Last Word
123(2)
Mac OS X Networking
125(14)
The Internet Equation
126(1)
A Few Choice Words About Bind and DNS
126(2)
Setting Up and Configuring DNS
128(8)
Turning on DNS in Mac OS X Server
136(2)
The Last Word
138(1)
The Weird World of DHCP and File Sharing
139(32)
Introduction to DHCP
139(1)
Our Game Plan
140(1)
Configuring DHCP
141(2)
Setting Lease Time and Other DHCP Options
143(2)
Setting Up an DHCP Server
145(7)
Setting Up File Sharing
152(11)
Setting Up a File Share on Your Mac OS X Server with Workgroup Manager
163(1)
The Last Word
164(7)
The Magic of Samba
171(18)
In the Beginning...
171(1)
Windows File Sharing
172(1)
A Quick Review
172(12)
Automating Setup of Your Windows File Shares
184(1)
Tweaking the smb.conf File to Suit Your Needs
185(2)
The Last Word
187(2)
Setting Up Mail and Web Servers Under Mac OS X Server
189(30)
A No-Nonsense Introduction to the World of E-mail
190(1)
Configuring E-mail
190(16)
Introduction to Web Servers and Apache
206(11)
The Last Word
217(2)
Secrets of Network Booting
219(22)
A Brief NetBoot Overview
220(1)
Configuring and Starting NetBoot on Your Mac OS X Server
221(3)
Creating a NetBoot Image
224(1)
Building a NetBoot Image with Network Image Utility
225(3)
Building a NetBoot Image Using Disk Copy
228(6)
Updating an Existing Mac OS X NetBoot Image
234(2)
Installing the Mac OS 9 NetBoot Image
236(1)
Installing Mac OS Classic on a Mac OS X NetBoot Image
236(1)
Updating and Modifying Your Mac OS 9 NetBoot Image
237(2)
Troubleshooting NetBoot
239(1)
The Last Word
240(1)
Installing Software Over the Network
241(22)
Enabling NetBoot: A Quick Refresher Course
244(10)
Using a Network Install Image
254(1)
Installing Packages Upon Login
255(6)
The Last Word
261(2)
The Nuts and Bolts of Mac OS X Administration
263(30)
Managing Your Users: An Overview
264(1)
Managing Your Users with Workgroup Manager
265(15)
Backing Up Your Data
280(11)
The Last Word
291(2)
How to Administer Mac OS X Like an Expert
293(38)
How to Pull a Rabbit out of Your Hat...
293(1)
Making Your E-Mail Readable over the Web
293(5)
Speeding Up User and Group Creation Using Presets
298(4)
Configuring Servers and Workstations to Use Domain Authentication
302(6)
Integrating Mac OS X Directory Services with Windows 2000 Active Directory
308(3)
Managing Mac OS 8 and 9 Macs with Macintosh Manager
311(10)
An Ultra-Short Introduction to the Journaling File System
321(2)
Making Sure Your Xserve Is Happy...
323(1)
A Fast Look at a New Type of Mac
323(1)
Hooking Up Your Xserve
324(1)
Adding and Removing Hard Drives from Your Xserve
325(2)
Adding More Memory to Your Xserve
327(1)
General Xserve Maintenance Tips
328(1)
The Last Word
329(2)
Comprehensive System Troubleshooting
331(24)
Mac OS X Server's Crash-Resistant Features
332(1)
Using Software Update
333(1)
Solving Jaguar Server Installation Problems
334(3)
Sidebar: Diagnosing Open Directory Problems
337(16)
The Last Word
353(2)
Glossary 355(30)
Index 385

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