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Service Set in initial server
setup
Server Preferences Server Admin
Open Directory master
(user accounts and
other data)
Optional Optional Yes
Podcast Producer No No Yes
Policies and managed
preferences
No Use Workgroup
Manager
Use Workgroup
Manager
Print No No Yes
Push notication Automatic Automatic Yes
QuickTime Streaming No No Yes
RADIUS No No Yes
Remote login (SSH) Optional Use System Preferences Yes
Software update No No Yes
Time Machine backup
of client Macs
Optional Yes Yes
Time Machine backup
of server
No Use System Preferences Use System Preferences
User and Group
creation
Optional Yes Yes
VPN (secure remote
access)
No Yes Yes
Web (wikis, blogs,
webmail)
Optional Yes Yes
Xgrid (computational
clustering)
No No Yes, and also use Xgrid
Admin
Xserve diagnostics No Use Server Monitor Use Server Monitor
Supported Standards
Mac OS X Server provides standards-based workgroup and Internet services. Instead of
developing proprietary server technologies, Apple has built on the best open source
projects: Samba 3, OpenLDAP, Kerberos, Dovecot, Apache, Jabber, SpamAssassin, and
more. Mac OS X Server integrates these robust technologies and enhances them with
a unied, consistent management interface.
Because it is built on open standards, Mac OS X Server is compatible with existing
network and computing infrastructures. It uses native protocols to deliver directory
services, le and printer sharing, and secure network access to Mac, Windows, and
Linux clients.
20 Chapter 1 System Overview and Supported Standards