- Perfect Paperback: 900 pages
- Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (June 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 032155261X
- ISBN-13: 978-0321552617
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,396,207 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- See Complete Table of Contents
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Product Description
Administering & Managing Mac OS X Leopard Server provides a comprehensive introduction to supporting and managing Mac OS X and Windows (XP and Vista) clients in a network environment. The book focuses primarily on the use of Mac OS X Leopard Server as a platform for providing file and print services, network-based collaborative tools, system deployment option, client and user management, network services such as DNS and DHCP, and directory services. The book is designed to address real-world situations as well as provide theoretical understanding of systems and server processes involved in serving a Mac or cross-platform network.
Although this book focuses on performing systems and server administration tasks using Mac OS X Leopard Server, it also includes comprehensive information about how to design and manage an environment that includes Windows Server machines. Windows Server will be looked at in two contexts: as the sole server platform in a network that must be used to manage Mac clients and in environments where Windows Server and Mac OS X Server are both present. In my experience, there is a great desire on the part of Windows systems administrators for such comprehensive coverage.
Unlike other books on the market that just discuss Mac OS X Server, this book focuses on Mac OS X Server as a component in the larger scheme of system administration tasks. As a result, it focuses on how setup and manage a server as well as how to work with client technologies. It also covers Mac OS X Server's ability to integrate with other technologies, such as Windows Server and Microsoft's Active Directory to achieve the best possible client support and management experience.
Note: The author is presently revising this book to cover Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server, and we will publish revised material in Rough Cuts as soon as Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server is publicly released. For customers who have already purchased the Rough Cuts edition of this book, please note that the material currently available in Rough Cuts does not cover the Snow Leopard release (v 10.6), and only covers Mac OS X Leopard Server (v 10.5), which is the current publicly available release. If you have already purchased the Rough Cuts edition for Mac OS X Leopard Server, your purchase will be carried forward, and you will have access to the Snow Leopard edition as soon as we are able to release that to the public.
About the Author
Ryan Faas is a freelance technology writer and consultant specializing in Mac and multi-platform network design and administration. He began his career as the Mac Hardware correspondent for About.com in 1997, a position he held until 2001. After leaving About.com, Ryan worked in educational IT for several years at the secondary and post-secondary level. His experience at Bethlehem Central School District and SUNY Ulster Community College (both in upstate New York) provided an opportunity to work with both Macs and Windows clients, Mac OS X Server and Open Directory, and Windows Server an Active Directory. He also worked as a Windows systems and network administrator for Transitional Services Association, a non-profit human services agency in Saratoga Springs, NY.
During his years as a full-time IT professional, Ryan continued to accept consulting jobs in both education and business environments and continued writing about Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server. In early 2006, Ryan embarked on a full time writing and consulting career. As a consultant, he has worked with organizations ranging from home-based businesses to multi-national media outlets.
As mentioned before, Ryan spent four and half years as a full-time correspondent covering Mac-related technologies for About.com. During that time, his first book Troubleshooting, Maintaining, and Repairing Macs was published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill. More recently, Ryan has been a frequent contributor to both Computerworld and the Peachpit Press website (content that was formerly located at InformIT.com) covering both Mac use and Mac OS X Server topics. In 2005, he contributed five chapters as co-author of Essential Mac OS X Panther Server Administration, published by O'Reilly Media, Inc.
During the spring and summer of 2007, Ryan wrote an in-depth series of articles for Computerworld's Servers and Data Centers channel regarding Open Directory, Mac OS X Server's native directory service. The series was widely syndicated and extremely well received. Ryan was pleased to receive praise from fellow Mac writes for this series including the following quote, published by John Martellaro of the Mac Observer website: "The article, one more in a notable series of articles by the Mr. Faas, is a good refresher for Apple network administrators." He was also proud to receive positive feedback regarding the series from members of Open Directory development team at Apple.
During his years as a full-time IT professional, Ryan continued to accept consulting jobs in both education and business environments and continued writing about Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server. In early 2006, Ryan embarked on a full time writing and consulting career. As a consultant, he has worked with organizations ranging from home-based businesses to multi-national media outlets.
As mentioned before, Ryan spent four and half years as a full-time correspondent covering Mac-related technologies for About.com. During that time, his first book Troubleshooting, Maintaining, and Repairing Macs was published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill. More recently, Ryan has been a frequent contributor to both Computerworld and the Peachpit Press website (content that was formerly located at InformIT.com) covering both Mac use and Mac OS X Server topics. In 2005, he contributed five chapters as co-author of Essential Mac OS X Panther Server Administration, published by O'Reilly Media, Inc.
During the spring and summer of 2007, Ryan wrote an in-depth series of articles for Computerworld's Servers and Data Centers channel regarding Open Directory, Mac OS X Server's native directory service. The series was widely syndicated and extremely well received. Ryan was pleased to receive praise from fellow Mac writes for this series including the following quote, published by John Martellaro of the Mac Observer website: "The article, one more in a notable series of articles by the Mr. Faas, is a good refresher for Apple network administrators." He was also proud to receive positive feedback regarding the series from members of Open Directory development team at Apple.
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