On 1/31/05 11:28 PM, "Gustavo Beathyate" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Well... you do have 1800+ pages of admin guides...
> http://www.apple.com/server/documentation/
>
> And O'reilly... for books like Bind, Postfix, LDAP
> Squid The Definitive Guide is also a good book.
>
> Gustavo
>
> http://www.getfirefox.com
>
>
> Shaun wrote:
>> First I want to say, long time lurker, occasional commenter.
>> Now to my /problem....
>> /This is the most ridiculous situation Apple has presented us with.
>> We all want some level of certification and some may even require it to
>> maintain their job but Apple hides the tools we need to succeed. I have
>> read and reread the apple.com/training site looking for study material
>> and found nothing. And now I have learned that there is a PDF available
>> for sale deep within the bowels of the Apple site.
>> Apple needs to make all materials available for sale via the general
>> store and other web/retail outlets. I should not have to register,
>> providing an 8 character password with no less than 3 secret question
>> answers and then a ton of personal information on the hopes of being
>> blessed with entrance into the secret lair of certification. There is no
>> reason to expect working professionals to spend precious time searching
>> for the tools we need to succeed.
Ok....
First, as Gustavo points out, you have ALL the free PDF docs, which you can
of course compile with Acrobat, change ownership back to Preview, and have a
great searchable AND printable PDF.
Second, as Apple documentation and Dan point out, OSX and OSXS relies
heavily on DNS.
There is an excellent book on DNS and BIND and the other open source books
as Gustavo points out again.
When you get down to the basic parts, they are mostly open source with a few
tweaks.
I teach all the courses Apple offers, as does Michael Bartosh and a few
others on this list. Michael and I also have books out on OSXS. The PDF that
was spoken of here was available to certain individuals and is very similar
to the Peachpit book Mac OS X Help Desk Essentials which IS a book edited
from the three day course.
Is there info you can't find anywhere else? I don't think so. I can find
most of it on Apple's Developer Resource Library, the server documentation,
kbase, and sites and books. And Dan spearheaded the FAQ site.
Should Apple spend money on a document to teach you UNIX? DNS? How about
LDAP or Apache? Samba? Kerberos?
I think the answers you seek are not as direct as you want them to be.
Perhaps Apple could do a better job of collating the various sites and white
papers-that you might like to see.
If all you are looking for is a way to just pass the exam, then look at the
downloadable PDFs that discuss what the chapters entail and how many
questions on the exams are drawn from those chapters.
It's unfortunate that you feel that way the way you do. I would suggest you
purchase the Peachpit Mac OS X Help Desk Essentials and download all the
server documentation and take the Help Desk Essentials exam. Then see if you
feel the documentation that Apple provided free of charge was enough to pass
the exam.
If you are looking to pass the exams without the courses, look at what
Michael wrote:
On 1/30/05 5:27 PM, "Michael Dhaliwal" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Yeah, I'd say there's a bit of a step up between ACTC and ACSA. Kind of like
> going to the dentist to get your teeth cleaned compared to having a root
> canal. Kinda like that... ;)
>
> My word of advice to anyone out there considering the ACSA, don't simply think
> its a 'given' if you found the ACTC to be fairly easy. If you, or your
> company, can afford it, the ACSA courses I hear are excellent! I know the
> material they cover is of high quality. I didn't have that option, as my
> company didn't 'have' the money adn when I raised it, they didn't have the
> 'time' for me to take them, barring using my vacation, which I was willing to
> do. I did it on my own, but it is a lot of studying, especially if a lot of
> the topics are new to you. I know I found it very hard working about 70 hours
> at work/week and then spending my remaining time to study...considering that
> Apple's courses can give you a great foundation in 5 days.
>
> Michael Dhaliwal, ACSA
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