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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.

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  1. 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

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  2. 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.

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