I didn't realize the extent of change in OS X. You'll have to excuse me, I was under the impression that mostly the GUI had been changed. I suppose I should hold my tongue when ignorant. That's interesting, though.
Is Darwin setup the same way? I might put that on an extra machine just to mess around. Thanks for the correction, His Lordship, Clark Frazier Hale I > > Lord Clark Frazier Hale I, > OS X, although based on BSD and having many NetBSD commands in it, also > has some important differences. For example, although the fstab file > exists, it is not used at all in OS X 10.3 Panther, and even in Jaguar > and previous versions cannot be used in the same way as it can in BSD. > /etc/master.passwd is only consulted in single user mode. In normal > usage and by default, lookupd gets its information from NetInfo. In > fact, much of the plumbing of the operating system uses the NetInfo > database, not the Unix flat files. If you are interested in OS X, > O'Reilly has a great book that you may be interested in, Mac OS X > Panther for Unix Geeks: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mpantherunix/ > > Trevor > > > -- > 1st-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > 1st PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/1st-powermacs.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > List archive: <http://mail.maclaunch.com/lists/1st-powermacs/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- -- Sir Clark Frazier Hale I [EMAIL PROTECTED] For the Snark WAS a bojum, you see. SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org Clayton SuperComputing Centre - http://cscc.homeunix.net -- 1st-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> 1st PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/1st-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://mail.maclaunch.com/lists/1st-powermacs/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
