Apple Training Series Mac OS X Directory Services v10.6: A Guide to Configuring Directory Services on Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server v10.6 Snow Leopard

Part of the only Apple-certified series on administering Mac OS X, updated for Snow Leopard. In-depth technical reference provides the details users need to become expert Mac OS X system administrators. Author is an Apple-certified trainer and expert in system administration. Covers advanced Mac OS X system administration topics and is the companion to Apple Training Series: Mac OS X Deployment v10.6. This reference provides in-depth technical information on Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server's directory services architecture. System administrators and IT professionals will learn the details of how to deploy Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server within a multiplatform, heterogeneous environment, with an emphasis on integrating user accounts and authentication processes. This book is a perfect study aid for the Directory Services exam, and also serves as an indepth technical reference for experienced system administrators and engineers. This reference follows the learning objectives of the Directory Services exam, which is one requirement toward the Apple Certified System Administrator (ACSA) certification, Apple's highest level of IT certification. Chapter tests reinforce the knowledge gained along the way.

Arek Dreyer has been an Apple Certified Trainer since 2002. President of Dreyer Network Consultants Inc., Dreyer delivers courses and provides training around the world, both in the classroom and at events like the Apple Channel Camp and the Macworld Conference and Expo. He wrote the previous edition of this book and authored Mac OS X Server Essentials v10.6 with Ben Greisler. Ben Greisler is the owner and technical lead of Kadimac Corp, a firm specializing in the integration of OS X and the Mac into business IT. Greisler is an Apple Certified Trainer, author, consultant, and lecturer who has been on the Advisory Council of the Apple Consultants Network and the MacIT Committee of Macworld Expo.