James Duncan Davidson’sRunning Mac OS X Pantherprovides solid insight into the inner workings of Mac OS X and is an excellent reference for system administrators and power users looking to enhance their understanding of this excellent operating system.
Running Mac OS X Pantherfills a void in the current crop of titles about Mac OS X by focusing on the Unix-side of Panther where it differs from other Unixes in areas such as user authentication and property lists.
To this end, there’s very little basic Terminal handholding; Davidson clearly expects his readers to already feel comfortable with the command line (or be epically brave).
There really isn’t very much "new" in this title. If you have the time and inclination, you can find the information presented here somewhere on Apple’s site, oftentimes buried in some 1,000 page PDF in some nook and cranny of the Developer section. By culling the most important of this material and presenting it in an interesting and coherent way, Davidson has provided the Mac OS X community with an excellent guide to Panther, one that is useful to anybody who administers a Mac OS X system.
Posted by Nic Lindh at May 24, 2004 03:48 PM |TrackBack