Chapter 16: Deploying More Network Services

Overview

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

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 24.