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>From: Marsee Henon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, February 28
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>O'Reilly User Group Program
>Newsletter
>February 28, 2003
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>Please share this information with your members...
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>Highlights This Week:
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>Book News
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>-Practical Unix & Internet Security, 3rd Edition
>-MySQL Pocket Reference
>-Using Samba, 2nd Edition
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>Upcoming Events
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>-Chuck Cavaness ("Programming Jakarta Struts"), Heartland
>Users Group Java SIG, Kansas City, MO--March 5)
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>Conference
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>-Watch Rael Dornfest and Cory Doctorow on "The Screen Savers" talk
>about the upcoming O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference
>-Put Up A Conference Banner, Get A Free Book-O'Reilly Emerging
>Technology Conference
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>Safari
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>-User Group Members can "Go On Safari"
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>News
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>-Cory Doctorow's Bitchun' World: P2P Gone Wild
>-Swarm Intelligence: An Interview with Eric Bonabeau
>-T-shirt Slogan Contest Deadline for Submissions is March 10
>-Creating an Apache Site with Public and Secure Access
>-Get Your PHP Recipe of the Day
>-Controlling Your Mac with AppleScript and Java
>-Giving .NET-based Applications a Fast and Responsive UI with Multiple
>Threads
>-A Quick Guide to vi
>-Running Samba on the Mac OS X Server
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>Book News
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>***Practical Unix & Internet Security, 3rd Edition
>Order Number: 3234
>"Practical Unix & Internet Security, 3rd Edition" is the most
>up-to-date reference on today's security and networking issues. In
>addition to covering the four most popular Unix variants: Solaris,
>Linux, FreeBSD, and Mac OS X, the latest edition includes new sections
>on embedded systems, biometrics, additional Internet protocols,
>anti-theft technologies, and new authentication systems such as LDAP
>and PAM. Packed with helpful scripts, tips, and warnings, this book
>remains the definitive work for Unix administrators and anyone
>concerned about system and network security.
>
>Beta Chapter 11, "TCP/IP Networks," is available online:
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/puis3/chapter/index.html
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>***MySQL Pocket Reference
>Order Number: 446x
>Easy to take and use anywhere, this handy reference provides instant
>reminders on how to use important MySQL functions in conjunction with
>key parts of the LAMP open source infrastructure. The book covers how
>to install MySQL, and it includes descriptions of SQL commands, data
>types, operators, and functions. A complete reference to the MySQL
>version of SQL, this pocket guide also serves as a convenient companion
>to our large, in-depth volume, "Managing and Using MySQL."
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mysqlpr/
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>
>***Using Samba, 2nd Edition
>Order Number: 2564
>"Using Samba, 2nd Edition" covers all versions of Samba from 2.0 to
>2.2, as well as the most important features of 3.0. Updated for Windows
>2000, Me, and XP, the book also explores Samba's new role as a
>secondary domain controller, its support for Windows 2000 security on
>host Unix systems, and its improved integration with SSL security. This
>comprehensive guide to Samba administration has been officially adopted
>by the Samba Team and is under the GNU Free Documentation License.
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba2/
>
>Chapter 7, "Name Resolution and Browsing," is available online:
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba2/chapter/
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>Upcoming Events
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>***Chuck Cavaness at the Heartland Users Group Java SIG--
>Kansas City, MO
>Chuck is the author of "Programming Jakarta Struts"
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>Wednesday, March 5, 2003
>6:30-9:00pm
>Vatterott College
>8955 E. 38th Terrace
>Kansas City, MO
>
>For more info:
>http://www.hugkc.org/
>(go to the March newsletter)
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>Programming Jakarta Struts
>Order Number: 3285
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jakarta/
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>Conference News
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>***Watch Rael Dornfest and Cory Doctorow on The Screen Savers talk
>about the upcoming O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference Tech TV's
>website:
>http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/showtell/story/0,24330,3419005,00.html
>
>Early Bird Discount--
>User Group members who register before March 14th, 2003, get a double
>discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and you'll get 20% off the
>"Early Bird" price.
>
>To register, go to:
>http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/22/register.html
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>For more info on the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference:
>http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/
>
>
>***Put Up A Conference Banner, Get A Free Book***
>Ready for the next conference banner promotion? Here it is:
>We are looking for user groups to display our conference banners on
>their web sites. If you send me the link to your user group site with
>our O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference banner, I will send
>you the O'Reilly book of your choice.
>
>Conference Banners:
>http://ug.oreilly.com/banners/etech2003/
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>Safari News
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>***User Group Members can "Go On Safari"
>If you're not yet familiar with the O'Reilly Network Safari Bookshelf,
>it's worth a look. With Safari, you can access over 1,000 technical
>books from the top technical book publishers--O'Reilly (of course),
>Pearson, and Microsoft Press. There is an extremely cool search
>capability that allows you to search through all 1,000+ books for the
>answer you need--or even code samples--in minutes.
>
>We have an introductory program just for user group members. To "Go on
>Safari," any of your members who sign up for our Safari 14-day free
>trial send comments on their experiences, or tips and tricks for how
>they used Safari (it only needs to be 2 sentences long, but it may be
>longer) to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Every week someone will be chosen from the tips or comments submitted
>to receive fun stuff from O'Reilly (T-shirts, book bags, or other
>surprises). If a member of your user group is selected, your group
>receives free gifts, too. Whatever the individual member receives, your
>UG will get one, too, to give away at your next meeting, or use however
>you see fit. Recipients--and their comments--will be announced in the
>User Group Newsletter.
>
>**Please use this special UG URL to sign up for the 14-day trial**
>http://www.oreilly.com/safari/ug
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>For more information on Safari:
>http://safari.oreilly.com/
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>News From O'Reilly & Beyond
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>General News
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>***Cory Doctorow's Bitchun' World: P2P Gone Wild
>In the world of "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom," you're always on
>the Net, reputation matters more than cash, and your life is on a hard
>disk. Sound familiar? Richard Koman interviews the author.
>http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2003/02/24/perspectives.html
>
>
>***Swarm Intelligence: An Interview with Eric Bonabeau
>The concept of swarm intelligence is borrowed from nature, and in this
>interview with Eric Bonabeau, that's where the conversation
>begins--with ants and other social insects. Dr. Bonabeau takes us from
>his childhood nightmares of carnivorous wasps to applying the theories
>of swarm intelligence to solving real problems in the business world.
>http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2003/02/21/bonabeau.html
>
>Eric will be a keynote speaker at O'Reilly's upcoming Emerging
>Technology Conference.
>
>To register, or for more information, go to:
>http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/
>
>
>***T-shirt Slogan Contest Deadline for submissions is March 10, 2003
>Do you think geek? Enter your slogan on our site. We'll sort through
>the entries and, using our in-house panel of geek writers, editors,
>programmers, and sys admins, we'll choose a winner, based on our own
>biased criteria for cleverness, creativity, and general geek appeal.
>The winner will receive a $50 shopping spree at ThinkGeek--and a
>T-shirt with the winning slogan.
>To enter:
>http://www.oreilly.com/contest/tshirt_0203.html
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>Open Source
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>***Creating an Apache Site with Public and Secure Access
>Peter Laurie walks through a typical configuration file for an Apache
>web site that combines public access to a database with a secure back
>door for maintenance.
>http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/apache/2003/02/27/apache.html
>
>Peter is a coauthor of "Apache: The Definitive Guide, 3rd Edition."
>Order Number: 2033
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/apache3/index.html
>
>
>***Get Your PHP Recipe of the Day
>Are you a programmer who's looking for useful PHP code? Look no
>further, thanks to our daily PHP recipe. Today's recipe is on "Changing
>File Permissions or Ownership," excerpted from O'Reilly's "PHP
>Cookbook." http://www.onlamp.com/php/phpckbk/solution.csp?day=1
>
>PHP Cookbook
>Order Number: 6811
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/phpckbk/
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>Java
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>***Controlling Your Mac with AppleScript and Java
>AppleScript, while a fantastic language for running scripts locally,
>has minimal support for doing anything else, like sockets or serving
>web pages. This is where AppleScript and Java form a powerful team.
>Scott D.W. Rankin shows you how to put this dynamic duo to work to
>control your Mac from remote locations.
>http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/02/25/apple_scripting.html
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>.NET
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>***Giving .NET-based Applications a Fast and Responsive UI with
>Multiple Threads
>Writing for "MSDN Magazine," Ian Griffiths shows how the .NET Framework
>lets you take advantage of multiple threads in C# to create a snappy,
>high-quality user interface.
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/netwinformian/
>
>Ian is a coauthor of O'Reilly's upcoming ".NET Windows Forms in a
>Nutshell."
>Order Number: 3382
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/netwinformian/
>
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>Mac
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>***Running Samba on the Mac OS X Server
>Learn how to set up SMB file and printer shares, enable client user
>access, and monitor activity, all on Mac OS X Server 10.
>http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/excerpt/samba_appendix/index.html
>
>This is an excerpt from "Using Samba, 2nd Edition."
>Order Number: 2564
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba2/
>
>
>***A Quick Guide to vi
>Jaguar ships with a variety of text editors. Of these, many Unix users
>will prefer vi (Visual Editor), which is a powerful, feature-rich
>editor that is lean and mean. If you haven't had the vi experience yet,
>this article will help you get off to a great start.
>http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/02/21/vi_intro.html
>
>
>Until next time--
>
>Marsee--- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting http://www.puryear-it.com
