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P R E F A C E
How to Use This Guide
What’s Included in This Guide
This guide consists primarily of chapters that tell you how to administer individual Mac OS X
Server services:
m 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.
m Chapter 2, “Directory Services,” describes the services that Mac OS X computers use to
find information about users, groups, and devices on your network. The Mac OS X
directory services architecture is referred to as
Open Directory.
m 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.
m 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.
m 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.
m 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.
m Chapter 7, “Print Service,” tells you how to share printers among users on Macintosh,
Windows, and other computers.
m Chapter 8, “Web Service,” describes how to set up and administer a Web server and host
multiple Web sites on your server.
m Chapter 9, “Mail Service,” describes how to set up and administer a mail server on
your server.
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