Apple 10.3 manual 3Server Administration, Using the Administration Tools

3Server Administration 3

Manage Mac OS X Server using graphical applications or command-line tools.

These tools offer a diversity of approaches to server administration:

•You can administer servers locally (directly on the server you are using) or remotely—from another server, a Mac OS X computer, or a UNIX workstation.

•Graphical applications, such as Server Admin and Workgroup Manager, offer easy-to- use server administration and secure communications for remote server management. You can use these applications on Mac OS X Server (they’re in /Applications/Server/) or on a Mac OS X computer onto which you’ve installed them as described in “Setting Up an Administrator Computer” on page 49.

•Command-line tools are available for administrators who prefer to use command- driven server administration. For remote server management, you can submit commands in a Secure Shell (SSH) session. You can type commands on Mac OS X Server computers and Mac OS X computers using the Terminal application, located in /Applications/Utilities/. You can also submit commands from a non-Macintosh computer, set up as described in “Using a Non-Mac OS X Computer for Administration” on page 49.

Using the Administration Tools

Information about individual administration tools can be found on the pages indicated in the following table.

Application or tool	Use to	For more information, see
Installer	Install server software or	page 50
	upgrade it from version 10.1 or
	10.2
Server Assistant	Set up a version 10.3 server for	page 50
	the first time

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