| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xxi, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"Inside Mac OS X's core"--Cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-292) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: Getting started -- 1. Where it all came from -- The classic Mac OS -- System 7 -- Copland -- NEXTSTEP -- Rhapsody -- Continued development of the classic Mac OS -- Mac OS X 10.0 -- Mac OS 10.1 -- Mac OS 10.2 jaguar -- Mac OS X panther -- What does the future hold? -- 2. Lay of the land -- Filesystem hierarchy -- The many roots of the finder -- Filesystem domains -- The library -- 3. The terminal and shell -- Terminal overview -- Mac-specific shell commands -- Configuring and using bash -- Using other shells -- Shell scripts -- Getting help -- Editing text files -- Part II: Essentials -- 4. System startup and login -- The hardware boot process -- The operating system boot process -- Logging in -- Monitoring users -- Logging out -- Shutting down the system -- 5. Users and groups -- What is a user anyway? -- Managing users -- Nonhuman users -- 6. Files and permissions -- Finding files -- File ownership -- Type and creator codes -- 7. Monitoring the system -- About this Mac -- System profiler -- Monitoring system activity -- Working with processes -- 8. Scheduling tasks -- Setting the time -- Using iCal to schedule tasks -- Using periodic -- Cron -- Changing periodic's execution time -- 9. Preferences and defaults -- Property lists -- Where preferences are stored -- Reading and writing preferences -- Determining preference keys -- 10. Disks and filesystems -- Filesystems -- Network-based filesystems -- Disk utility -- Erasing and formatting disks -- Partitioning disks -- Disk images -- Creating a RAID -- Part III: Advanced topics -- 11. Open directory -- Open directory in action -- Directory services defined -- Directory domains -- The local domain and NetInfo -- Configuring shared domains -- Kerberos and single sign-on -- Command-line open directory tools -- 12. Printing -- Print system overview -- Managing printers -- Adding and configuring printers -- Anatomy of a print job -- Printing from the command line -- 13. Networking -- The Internet protocol -- Configuring IP addresses -- Naming and DNS -- Private networks and NAT -- Routing -- Active network connections -- Appletalk -- Locations -- Using a dial-up connection -- Virtual private networks -- Firewalls -- Internet connection sharing -- 14. Network services -- File sharing -- Web sharing -- Remote login -- FTP access -- sharing printers -- Mail. |
| Subject |
Mac OS.
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Operating systems (Computers)
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Macintosh (Computer) -- Programming.
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| Added Title |
Mac OS X Panther |
| ISBN |
0596005008 |
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9780596005009 |
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