Apple Mac OS X Server (version 10.2.3 or later) - Manual (Page 25)

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FTP service in Mac OS X Server supports Kerberos v5 authentication and, for most FTP
clients, resuming of interrupted FTP file transfers. Mac OS X Server also supports dynamic
file conversion, allowing users to request compressed or decompressed versions of
information on the server.
FTP is considered to be an insecure protocol, since user names and passwords are
distributed across the Internet in clear text. Because of the security issues associated with
FTP authentication, most FTP servers are used as Internet file distribution servers for
anonymous FTP users.
Mac OS X Server supports anonymous FTP and by default prevents anonymous FTP users
from deleting files, renaming files, overwriting files, and changing file permissions. Explicit
action must be taken by the server administrator to allow uploads from anonymous FTP
users, and then only into a specific share point.
See “File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Service” on page 256 for details about FTP.
Print Service
Print service in Mac OS X Server lets you share network and direct-connect printers among
clients on your network. Print service also includes support for managing print queues,
monitoring print jobs, logging, and using print quotas.
Print service lets you
m share printers with Mac OS 9 (PAP, LaserWriter 8), Mac OS X (IPP, LPR/LPD), Windows
(SMB/CIFS), and UNIX (LPR/LPD) clients
m share direct-connect USB printers with Mac OS X version 10.2 and later clients
m connect to network printers using AppleTalk, LPR, and IPP and connect to direct-connect
printers using USB
m make printers visible using Open Directory directory domains
m impose print quotas to limit printer usage
See Chapter 7, “Print Service,” for information about print service.
Web Service
Web service in Mac OS X Server is based on Apache, an open-source HTTP Web server. A Web
server responds to requests for HTML Web pages stored on your site. Open-source software
allows anyone to view and modify the source code to make changes and improvements.
Those features have led to Apache’s widespread use, making it the most popular Web server
on the Internet today.
Web service includes a high-performance, front-end cache that improves performance for
Web sites that use static HTML pages. With this cache, static data doesn’t need to be accessed
by the server each time it is requested.
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