Mac OS X Administration Basics: Exam 9L0-500,9781588802347

Mac OS X Administration Basics: Exam 9L0-500

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ISBN13: 9781588802347
ISBN10: 1588802345
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-02-01
Publisher(s): Coriolis Group
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Summary

Essential study guide for the Mac OS X Administration Basics Exam 9L0-500. Designed to appeal to both Macintosh and Unix Administrators who are looking for a concise preparation guide for achieving exam success. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Introduction xv
Mac OS X Administration Basics Certification Exam
1(8)
Assessing Exam-Readiness
2(1)
The Testing Situation
3(1)
The Anatomy of the Test
4(1)
Using Prometric's Test Software Effectively
4(1)
Taking Testing Seriously
5(1)
Question-Handling Strategies
6(1)
Mastering the Inner Game
6(1)
Coping with Change on the Web
7(2)
Introduction to OS X
9(10)
Under the Hood of OS X
10(4)
Darwin
11(1)
Quartz
12(1)
OpenGL
12(1)
QuickTime
12(1)
Aqua
12(1)
Classic
13(1)
Practice Questions
14(3)
Need to Know More?
17(2)
Installation of Mac OS X
19(16)
Hardware Requirements of OS X
20(1)
Preparing for the Installation of OS X
20(1)
Installation Strategies for OS X
21(3)
Single Partition
22(1)
Separate Partitions
22(1)
Mac OS X Only
23(1)
Installing OS X
24(7)
The Mac OS X Installation CD
24(2)
Setup Assistant
26(5)
Practice Questions
31(3)
Need to Know More?
34(1)
Mac OS X's File System and Application Environments
35(16)
Paths
36(1)
Mac OS X File System Structure
36(6)
System
37(1)
Library Folders
37(1)
Users' Home Folders
38(2)
Shared Folder
40(1)
Applications Folder
40(1)
Invisible Items
40(1)
Aliases and Symbolic Links
40(1)
Search Paths
41(1)
File Forks and Extensions
42(1)
Mac OS X's Application Environments
42(3)
Cocoa
42(1)
Carbon
43(1)
Java
44(1)
BSD
44(1)
Practice Questions
45(4)
Need to Know More?
49(2)
Users and Privileges
51(16)
Identifying Types of Users
52(1)
Root
52(1)
Administrator (Admin)
52(1)
Normal User
53(1)
Groups
53(1)
Managing Accounts Via the Users Preferences Pane
53(2)
Privileges/Permissions
55(2)
Read
56(1)
Write
56(1)
Execute
56(1)
Setting Privileges Using the Info Window
57(1)
How to Read Permissions and Ownership from the Command Line
58(4)
Practice Questions
62(4)
Need to Know More?
66(1)
Administration and Resources
67(22)
The System Preferences Application
68(6)
Configuring Languages
70(3)
Setting up Login Items
73(1)
Managing Fonts
74(1)
NetInfo Manager Utility
75(2)
Configuring Printers via the Print Center
77(3)
AppleTalk-Based Printers
79(1)
LPR-Based Printers
79(1)
USB-Based Printers
79(1)
Directory Services
79(1)
Implementing FireWire and USB Peripherals
80(1)
Practice Questions
81(5)
Need to Know More?
86(3)
Networking and File Sharing
89(26)
Administering the Network Preference Pane
90(12)
Ports
91(2)
Protocols
93(7)
Locations
100(2)
AFP File Server Connectivity
102(1)
Administering the Sharing Preference Pane
103(4)
File Sharing
104(3)
Web Sharing
107(1)
Remote Login
107(1)
FTP
107(1)
Mail
107(2)
Practice Questions
109(4)
Need to Know More?
113(2)
Classic
115(12)
The Classic Preference Pane
117(2)
Start/Stop
117(1)
Advanced
118(1)
Mac OS 9 Control Panels
119(2)
Practice Questions
121(3)
Need to Know More?
124(3)
Troubleshooting and Support
127(30)
Switching between OS X and OS 9
128(2)
Reselecting a File's Parent Application
130(1)
Force-Quitting Applications
131(1)
Killing Processes
132(1)
Information Gathering
133(4)
Apple System Profiler
133(1)
CPU Monitor
134(1)
Console
135(1)
Verbose Mode
136(1)
Grab
136(1)
Kernel Panic
137(1)
The Mac OS X Install CD
137(4)
Disk Utility
138(2)
Reset Password
140(1)
Network Utility
141(3)
Info
141(1)
Ping
141(1)
Lookup
142(1)
Traceroute
142(2)
The Command Line
144(3)
Command-Line Essentials
144(1)
The Anatomy of the Command Prompt
145(2)
Software Updates
147(1)
Reinstallation
147(2)
Apple Troubleshooting Methodology
149(1)
Split-Half Search
149(1)
Practice Questions
150(5)
Need to Know More?
155(2)
Sample Test
157(29)
Answer Key
186(19)
Glossary 205(8)
Index 213

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