Apple 10.5 Leopard manual

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•Protect Yourself. Because your Xserve connects directly to the Internet, we strongly suggest you go to Server Preferences and turn on the Firewall. But you shouldn’t check the boxes for any of your services because you’re connecting to this server only through the Internet, and never from its local network.

•Simple Client Machine Configuration. On each Client machine, run the Directory Utility program in /Applications/Utilities. Click the lock icon and enter the administrator

name and password for that machine. Then click the icon and enter the Internet IP address of your server. Click OK. Once you see the screen above, click Begin Setup. With that, each client Mac is set up correctly for your email, IM, iCal, Web/Wiki/Blog, and file-sharing services. You’re also ready to start customizing things to your liking in the Server Preferences program, also installed with the Admin Tools. Just enter your server’s IP address, and your admin name and password, and you can configure and administer the server just as if it were right in front of you. Also, when you’re ready to tap into the advanced settings of Leopard Server you may want to use the Server Admin application to control more of the finer details than those available in Server Preferences. A more in-depth printed Getting Started guide is included with every copy of Mac OS X Server and with every Mac that comes with Mac OS X Server pre-installed. Also, comprehensive documentation of all the features of Mac OS X Server can be found at http://www.apple.com/server/documentation.

Now that configuration is complete, head to page 25 for information on the level of workgroup collaboration you can look forward to with Mac OS X Server.