Put Panther on Your Server

摘要

As an administrator of a networked workgroup or lab, you have a lot of responsibilities. One way to ease your workload is to start with the strongest possible foundation. Mac OS X Server 10.3 (800/ 692-7753, www.apple.com), also called Panther Server, has impressive workgroup features and agile administrative applications. A ten-client version costs $499, and an unlimited-client version is $999. It's easy to install and configure Panther Server, but if you want to get the most out of it, you'll benefit from advance planning and some hints I've picked up in my job as a senior technical consultant at Cornell Univer- sity. I'll walk you through the process of planning your server hardware and network infrastructure, defining users, creating a master hard-drive image to replicate to individual workstations, and arranging for server-based backups or file synchronization.