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Chapter 1, “Administering Your Server,” highlights the major characteristics of Mac OS X Server’s services and takes you on a tour of its administration applications.Chapter 2, “Directory Services,” describes the services that Mac OS X computers use to find information about users, groups, and devices on your network. Chapter 3, “Users and Groups,” covers user and group accounts, describing how to administer settings for server users and collections of users (groups), including Open Directory Password Server and other password authentication options. Chapter 4, “Sharing,” tells you how to share folders, hard disks, and CDs among network users, as well as how to make them automatically visible after logging in to Mac OS X computers. Chapter 5, “File Services,” describes the file services included in Mac OS X Server: Apple file service, Windows services, Network File System (NFS) service, and File Transfer Protocol (FTP) service. Chapter 6, “Client Management: Mac OS X,” addresses client management for Mac OS X computer users. Client management lets you customize a user’s working environment and restrict a user’s access to network resources. Chapter 7, “Print Service,” tells you how to share printers among users on Macintosh, Windows, and other computers. Chapter 8, “Web Service,” describes how to set up and administer a Web server and host multiple Web sites on your server. Chapter 9, “Mail Service,” describes how to set up and administer a mail server on your server. Chapter 10, “Client Management: Mac OS 9 and OS 8,” addresses client management for Mac OS 8 and 9 computer users, describing how to use Macintosh Manager to manage their day-to-day working environments. Chapter 11, “DHCP Service,” describes Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) service, which lets you dynamically allocate IP addresses to the computers used by server users. Chapter 12, “NetBoot,” describes the application that lets Macintosh Mac OS 9 and X computers boot from a network-based system image. Chapter 13, “Network Install,” tells you how to use the centralized network software installation service that automates installing, restoring, and upgrading Macintosh computers on your network. Chapter 14, “DNS Service,” describes Dynamic Name Service (DNS), a distributed database that maps IP addresses to domain names. Chapter 15, “Firewall Service,” addresses how to protect your server by scanning incoming IP packets and rejecting or accepting these packets based on filters you create. Download free ebook for mac os: Mac OS X Server Administrators Guide
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Chapter 1, “Administering Your Server,” highlights the major characteristics of Mac OS X Server’s services and takes you on a tour of its administration applications.