Mac OS® X Leopard™ Bible

Chapter 13. Deploying More Network Services

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Making network services available

• Hosting your own Web site

• Allowing FTP access

• Allowing remote login

• Allowing remote control

You know from previous chapters that with Mac OS X you can share files and some USB printers with other computers on your local network. In this chapter, we look at the following additional services that Mac OS X can provide on your network or the Internet:

• Web sharing for hosting a Web site from your computer

• FTP access for unprotected file copying between your computer and others

• Remote login for protected file copying between your computer and others, and for control of your computer from others using encrypted Unix commands

• Remote control of your computer if you are away from the office or home

In addition to all these network services, your computer can respond to messages sent from other computers on your network. These messages, called remote Apple events, are sent by AppleScript programs that are running on other computers. We cover this capability along with AppleScript in Chapter 22.

Making Network Services Available

All network services described in this chapter require a local network, an Internet connection, or both. The local network can be an Ethernet network or an AirPort wireless network. If you're not sure how to set up a local network or an Internet connection, look back at Chapters 10 and 11.

When a network service is enabled on your computer, it's available as soon as your computer is powered ...