Essential Mac OS X Panther Server Administration
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| Essential Mac OS X Panther Server Administration | 
 enlarge | Authors: Michael Bartosh, Ryan Faas
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 379581
Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 846
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.9 x 1.8
ISBN: 0596006357
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.446
EAN: 9780596006358
Publication Date: May 24, 2005
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 Caution: Authorized IT personnel only November 15, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a book that should be read only by seasoned IT professionals. As the director of a small academic lab I don't have the luxury of having adequate IT support, so I, like many others, have to wing it. With its rave reviews I thought this book would help, but it didn't. Another 50-100 pages (a relatively small increment in this tome) to compactly introduce and define some of the jargon would have helped immensely and expanded the intended audience to those familiar with IT, but as a sideline, not a career. That being said, I appreciated the author's candor and attention to "gotchas" that official documentation doesn't mention.
 No other OS X server book comes close February 8, 2006
Even with 10.4 out this is still the number one book on Mac OS X server there is. Period. Bartosh goes deep in to all areas of OS X server and provides excellent examples for you to follow. This book has saved my hide on a number of occasions and I can't wait to see what he comes up with next. If you only buy one OS X server book this is it.
This is a "must-have" book for all level users related to Apple systems administration. February 3, 2006
This book is organized into seven parts and one appendix: from new system installation to remote management and different kind of clients supported.
Inside the first part, there is a chapter about planning system deployment reviewing different scenarios as first task to take care of. The author exposes some basic ideas about system administration as well as strategies and tools to resolve a large number of common problems.
One of the key points of this book is its better organization centered around system deployment phases than Apple documentation. Continuous explanations and small tricks to monitor and tune the system are made across the entire book sections. There is exhaustive information about installation with graphical tools, command line and network setup. The most appreciated resource can be screenshots: it allows to follow all the explanations without any problem to new Apple system administrator.
Authors, as advanced users, describe in an easy but deeply enough way all management tools of all system services either graphical or command line versions. Some other Open Source or even propietary tools are described when they are good alternatives to Apple ones.
All the chapters contain "best practices" sections and background knowledge to really understand their functions.
This is a "must-have" book for all level users related to Apple systems administration. I'm really impatient waiting for Tiger revision.
Best MacOS X Server book December 22, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For those who are familiar with MacOS X and would like to learn the server-side of the equation, this book is it. Apple's documentation has been sparse and this book covers that deficiency with great aplomb. This is the best Mac OS X Server book on the market right now. Too bad O'Reilly just cancelled the Tiger version because I would have first in line for the next edition.
http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=20051221121321676
I hope they change their minds because it will certainly leave a big void in future MacOS X Server documentation.
Not for Web Server help October 14, 2005
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
If you are looking for OS X web server inside information, this is not it. Only about 15 pages, out of 800, discuss the web server. And the information on those pages mostly just covers the already intuitive interface. It would not be fair for me to dis the whole book based on this one gaping whole - but since that was the information I was looking for more information on, I was sorely tempted.
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