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Contents 9 Chapter 1: Introducing Mac OS X Server 10 What’s New in Leopard Server 11 Simple Setup 13 Server Preferences and Server Status 14 iCal Server 15 Group Services with Wikis and Blogs 16 Directory 17 Podcast Producer 18 Spotlight Server 19 UNIX Compliance 19 64-Bit Computing 20 Server Configurations 22 Leopard Server in Action 24 Leopard Server in a Workgroup 26 Services 28 Applications and Utilities 29 Advanced Tools and Applications 3 31 Chapter 2: Installing Mac OS X Server 32 What You Need to Install Leopard Server 34 Installing Locally 36 Preparing an Administrator Computer 37 Installing Remotely 41 Chapter 3: Setting Up Mac OS X Server 42 Setting Up a Server Locally 43 Keeping Your Server Secure 44 Protecting the System Administrator (root) Account 44 Setting Up a Server Remotely 47 Chapter 4: Managing Your Server 47 Using Server Preferences 49 Using the Server Status Widget 51 Finding Settings in Server Preferences 51 Connecting Server Preferences to a Remote Server 52 Closing a Server Preferences Connection 53 Backing Up and Restoring the Server 54 Keeping Leopard Server Up to Date 55 Chapter 5: Managing Users 56 About User Accounts 58 About Administrator Accounts 60 Adding a User Account 62 Importing Users 4 Contents 63 Importing Groups of Users Automatically 65 Deleting a User Account 66 Changing a User’s Account Settings 68 Changing a User’s Contact Info 69 Controlling a User’s Access to Services 70 Changing a User’s Group Membership 71 Changing a User’s Name or Password 73 Changing a User’s Picture 74 Customizing the Welcome Email 75 Customizing the Server Invitation Email 76 Customizing the Group Invitation Email 79 Chapter 6: Managing Users’ Computers 79 Setting Up Leopard Users’ Macs Automatically 82 Setting Up Services for New Leopard Users 84 Setting Up Leopard Users with an Invitation Email 85 Setting Up a Mac by Using Directory Utility 86 Setting Up Users’ Computers Manually 87 Setting Up a Mac User’s VPN Connection 89 Setting Up a User’s VPN Connection Manually 90 Working with Directory Information on Leopard Users’ Macs 93 Chapter 7: Managing Groups 94 Creating a New Group 96 Deleting a Group 97 Adding or Removing Members of a Group Contents 5 99 Adding or Removing External Members of a Group 101 Changing Group Settings 102 Changing a Group’s Name 102 Setting Up a Group File Sharing Folder 103 Setting Up a Group Mailing List 103 Setting Up a Group Wiki Website 105 Setting Up a Group Calendar 106 Setting Up a Group Mailing List Archive 107 Chapter 8: Customizing Services 107 Managing File Sharing Service 108 About File Sharing Service 108 Adding a Shared Folder 109 Removing a Shared Folder 109 Controlling Access to a Shared Folder 110 Finding a Server’s File Sharing Address 111 Managing iCal Service 112 About iCal Service 113 Managing iChat Service 113 About iChat Service 114 Making All Users Buddies 115 Chatting with Users of Google Talk and Other XMPP Services 115 Saving and Archiving Instant Messages 116 Managing Mail Service 116 About Mail Service 6 Contents 117 Specifying a Mail Relay Server 118 About Junk Mail and Virus Filtering 118 Scanning for Incoming Junk Mail and Viruses 119 Managing Web Services 120 About Web Services 121 Finding the Server’s Website Address 121 Hosting a Conventional Website 122 Setting Up Group Wiki Service 123 Setting Up Webmail Service 123 Setting Up User Blogs 124 Managing VPN Service 124 About VPN Service 125 Changing the VPN Shared Secret 126 Creating a VPN Configuration File 127 Changing the IP Address Range for VPN 129 Providing VPN Service Through an Internet Router 130 Customizing Services Using Advanced Applications 131 Chapter 9: Managing Server Information 131 Managing Server Information 132 Changing the Serial Number or Site License Details 132 Changing the Notification Settings 133 Changing Your Server’s Name 134 Changing Your Server’s IP Address Contents 7 135 Connecting to a Directory Server 136 Changing Firewall Settings 137 About the Firewall 138 Checking Server Logs 141 Monitoring Server Graphs 143 Chapter 10: Learning More 143 Using Onscreen Help 144 Mac OS X Server Administration Guides 147 Viewing PDF Guides Onscreen 147 Printing PDF Guides 148 Getting Documentation Updates 148 Getting Additional Information 149 Appendix A: Preparing Disks for Installing Mac OS X Server 150 Erasing with the Installer 151 Erasing with Server Assistant 151 Erasing with Disk Utility 152 Partitioning a Hard Disk 152 Creating a RAID Set 153 Appendix B: Configuring an Internet Router 153 Configuring Port Mapping on an AirPort Extreme Base Station 155 Manually Configuring Port Mapping on an Internet Router 157 Index 8 Contents 1 Introducing Mac OS X Server 1 Mac OS X Server has everything you need to provide standards-based workgroup and Internet services, making it ideal for education, small businesses, and large enterprises. Mac OS X Server version 10.5 Leopard blends a mature, stable UNIX foundation with open standards and Macintosh ease of use. It provides an extensive array of services that support Macintosh, Windows, and UNIX client computers over a network. With Leopard Server, small organizations and workgroups without an IT department can take full advantage of the benefits of a server. Even a nontechnical user can set up and manage Leopard Server for a group. Other users in the group can automatically configure their Macs to get services from Leopard Server. Leopard Server has advanced configuration options and management tools for IT professionals as well. 9 What’s New in Leopard Server Mac OS X Server v10.5 Leopard offers major enhancements in several key areas:  Simple setup  Server Preferences and Server Status  iCal Server  Group services with wikis and blogs  Directory application  Podcast Producer  Spotlight Server  UNIX compliance and 64-bit computing Leopard Server also has significant performance and scalability improvements for key services, such as file sharing and mail services, compared to earlier versions. If you’re an experienced server administrator and want to set up an enterprise server or have other advanced needs, you’ll find enhancements to file sharing services, web technologies, media streaming, instant messaging, mail service, directory and network authentication, system imaging, and client management. Server Admin, Workgroup Manager, and System Image Utility are all improved. For more information, see Server Administration and the other advanced administration guides described in “Mac OS X Server Administration Guides” on page 144. 10 Chapter 1 Introducing Mac OS X Server Simple Setup Using Mac OS X Server is easier than ever. Server Assistant eliminates the complexities of configuring a server. It walks you through the setup process and the configuration of essential services. It automatically configures your AirPort Extreme Base Station (802.11n) and runs a built-in network health check to verify local network and Internet connectivity. In a few clicks, Leopard Server readies file sharing, email, group websites, instant messaging, personal calendars, and remote access. Chapter 1 Introducing Mac OS X Server 11 Users can quickly and easily set up Macs with Mac OS X Leopard to get services from the server. They click a button in an invitation email or open the Directory Utility application to open an assistant that connects to the server and sets up applications to use its services. In no time, Mail, iChat, iCal, and a VPN network connection are all ready to use. iChat users see other users in their iChat buddy lists.