Specifications

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Apple customer training—instructor-led and self-paced courses for honing your server
administration skills.
train.apple.com/
Apple discussion groups—a way to share questions, knowledge, and advice with other
administrators.
discussions.info.apple.com/
Apple mailing list directory—subscribe to mailing lists so you can communicate with
other administrators using email.
discussions.info.apple.com/
Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) website—manual describing AFP.
developer.apple.com/documentation/Networking/Conceptual/AFP/
Samba website—information about Samba, the open source software on which the
Windows services in Mac OS X Server are based.
www.samba.org/
Common Internet File System (CIFS) website—detailed description of how CIFS works.
www.ubiqx.org/cifs/
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) website—home of the FTP Request for Comments (RFC)
document.
www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc959.html
File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) website—home of the TFTP RFC document.
asg.web.cmu.edu/rfc/rfc1350.html
Note: RFC documents provide an overview of a protocol or service that can be helpful
for novice administrators, as well as more detailed technical information for experts.
You can search for RFC documents at www.faqs.org/rfcs.