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Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server provide a number of tools to assist with many aspects of system administration. More fine-grained administration can also be performed by editing various configuration files, installing third-party software and tools, or writing custom, site-specific plug-ins.

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System Startup Programming Topics (HTML) (PDF)
Explains the boot process used to initialize the Mac OS X operating system.
Guides 2008-11-19
File System Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Conceptual information and guidelines describing the structure and usage of the Mac OS X file system.
Guides 2008-07-11
Mac OS X Server Security Configuration Guide (PDF)
Describes how to configure Mac OS X Server to enhance server and service security.
Guides 2008-06-09
Mac OS X Man Pages (HTML)
HTML versions of the Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Xcode Tools, and CHUD man pages.
Reference 2008-04-29
Why is my Ruby on Rails application with FastCGI generating "'load error /etc/irbrc" errors? (HTML)
QA1494: Describes how to resolve an error encountered hosting Ruby on Rails applications on Mac OS X 10.5.
Technical Q&As 2007-11-28
Mac OS X Server Administrator Topics (HTML) (PDF)
Document that describes a variety of server administrator advanced operations.
Guides 2007-05-23
Enabling X11 Forwarding (HTML)
QA1383: Describes how to enable ssh clients to receive X11 communication from a Mac OS X system.
Technical Q&As 2004-10-25
Using Open Source Tools to Filter Email on Mac OS X Server (HTML)
Learn how to identify, filter, and remove viruses from the Postfix mail server.
Articles 2004-09-27