Offering Apple's legendary ease of use plus everything one would expect from a Unix-based operating system-preemptive multitasking, symmetric multiprocessing, and support for networking and security standards-Mac OS X Server has revolutionized the world of network administration. Mac OS X Tiger server continues that tradition by offering more than 200 new features that make the server even easier to deploy and manage.

    Here to ensure that network administrators don't endure a minute of downtime while getting up to speed on it is a thoroughly updated edition of everyone's favorite Mac OS X Server guide. In these pages, veteran Mac trainer Schoun Regan shows readers how to manage their local networks, navigate the Unix file system permission architecture (including the brand-new Access Control Lists, which let users set up collaborative environments without compromising security), and manage Internet and Web services. Along the way they'll also learn about all of Tiger Server's newest features: improved email services, Internet Gateway Setup Assistant, QuickTime Streaming Server, site-to-site VPN, and much more.

Chapter 1: Planning and Installation
Chapter 2: Server Tools
Chapter 3: Open Directory
Chapter 4: User and Group Management
Chapter 5: File Sharing
Chapter 6: Network Services Options
Chapter 7: Printing Services
Chapter 8: Enabling Mail Services
Chapter 9: Web Technologies
Chapter 10: Security
Chapter 11: Running a NetBoot Server
Chapter 12: Quicktime Streaming Server
Chapter 13: Client Management