Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Mac OS X Books for Unix Admins?

Posted by Cliff on from the more-generic-than-the-last-time dept.

ikioi asks: "There seem to be plenty of books to help long time Macintosh users acclimate to the new details of Aqua, but does anyone know of a good 'Mac OS X for Unix-Heads' type book? I'd love to have one aimed at unix-admins. Maybe something that talks about netinfo, boot up process/scripts, filesystem details, Apple's GCC extensions, and so forth." For those interested in OSX who may have missed it the first time around, Ask Slashdot has handled a question on books about programming under OS X.

12 comments

  1. Re:First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    And another!

    Forgot sig on last one.

    -Metrollica

  2. Re:First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    You can't claim this one.

    http://www.wcbackstab.com

  3. Best bet is to look on Amazon by Metrollica · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just do a search on Amazon Books and find the one right for you.

    The best ones I have found are

    Mac OS X: The Missing Manual
    Mac OS X Unleashed
    Mac OS X Server Administrator's Guide
    Mac OS X Power User's Guide
    Macworld Mac OS X Bible

    --



    --Metrollica
    1. Re:Best bet is to look on Amazon by b_pretender · · Score: 3
      From the Macworld Mac OS X Bible review:
      There are few stones left unturned, including such important new concepts as the "superuser" account, the NetInfo Manager, and access rights and privileges.

      I don't think that the story submitter is looking for a book that explains the concepts of "superuser". He probably wants a less bulky O'reilly-ish book that gets directly to the point and doesn't waste time with "Opt-Shift-Drag use preset icon sizes"

  4. Apple Documentation and Training by hotsauce · · Score: 4, Informative

    Fatbrain publishes Apple Mac OS X documentation, a couple of which are relevant to administration:

    Mac OS X System Overview
    OS X Server Administrator's Guide

    There is also a document on understanding Netinfo and info on administrator training.

    --
    Lies about crimes
  5. Re:First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    and another!

  6. How to benchmark a book by smartin · · Score: 3

    What I did when trying to find a decent OS X book was figure out an advanced topic (in my case mounting NFS file systems) and then find a book that provides the best detail on this. In my case it was Unleashed. Obviously picking a couple of things to sample may give better results.

    Now if one of those books would tell me how to lower a window i'd be dancing.

    --
    The difference between Canada and the USA is that in Canada healthcare is a right and gun ownership is a privilege.