Contents
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Chapter 1: Introducing Mac OS X Server
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What’s New in Snow Leopard Server
18 Snow Leopard Server in Small Business
24 Snow Leopard Server in a Workgroup
26 Basic Applications and Utilities
27 Advanced Tools and Applications
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Chapter 2: Getting Ready for Mac OS X Server
30 What You Need to Install Snow Leopard Server
31 Preparing Your Network and Internet Connection
39 Deciding How to Manage Users and Groups
42 Deciding Which Basic Services to Provide
46 Providing More Services
49 Preparing Disks for Mac OS X Server
51 Preparing an Administrator Computer
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Chapter 3: Installing Mac OS X Server
55 Installing Locally
57 Installing Remotely
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Chapter 4: Setting Up Mac OS X Server
63 Setting Up a Server Locally
65 Setting Up a Server Remotely
69 After Setting Up a Server
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Chapter 5: Managing Your Server
74 Using Server Preferences
75 Using the Server Status Widget
77 Connecting Server Preferences to a Remote Server
78 Backing Up and Restoring the Server
79 Keeping Snow Leopard Server Up to Date
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Chapter 6: Managing Users
82 About User Accounts
84 About Administrator Accounts
88 Setting Up Users and Groups Management
89 Adding a User Account
91 Importing Users
93 Importing Groups of Users Automatically
95 Deleting a User Account
96 Changing a User’s Account Settings
97 Changing a User’s Contact Information
98 Controlling a User’s Access to Services
99 Changing a User’s Group Membership
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100 Customizing the Welcome Email
101 Customizing the Server Invitation Email
102 Customizing the Group Invitation Email
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Chapter 7: Managing Users’ Computers
105 Setting Up Users’ Macs Automatically
113 Setting Up Users’ Computers Manually
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Chapter 8: Managing Groups
120 Creating a New Group
122 Adding or Removing Members of a Group
123 Adding or Removing External Members of a Group
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Chapter 9: Customizing Services
125 Managing Address Book Service
127 Managing File Sharing Service
130 Managing iCal Service
132 Managing iChat Service
134 Managing Mail Service
138 Managing Web Services
145 Managing VPN Service
152 Customizing Services Using Advanced Applications
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Chapter 10: Managing Server Information
154 Managing Server Information
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158 Using an SSL Certificate
162 Managing Users’ Backup Storage
163 Changing Security Settings
167 Checking Server Logs
169 Monitoring Server Graphs
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Chapter 11: Learning More
171 Using Onscreen Help
172 Getting Documentation Updates
173 Getting Additional Information
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Appendix: Services and Ports
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Index
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