Now that Steve Jobs and his band of merry programmers have released the first developer preview of Panther (aka Mac OS X 10.3), it’s time to revise my popular O’Reilly book Learning Unix for Mac OS X for all the changes.
Password protected Web pages
A reader asks:
How do you think that i could make a login page with a password using CGI script?
There are two main ways to create a password-protected Web area…
PPPD question for Solaris
A Solaris 9 for Dummies reader asks the following question:
“I just read your book and was sad to see that you didn’t cover PPPD in too much depth. I read the links from SUN that you offered and didn’t find that much useful for my needs. Do you have PPPD experience? I have DSL but want to use my Sparc 5 for dial-up only just to play around on my web server. I am having a problem with the pap-secrets file and wondered if you had experience with that too?”
“Solaris 9 for Dummies” is out!
I’m very pleased to say that my newest book, Solaris 9 for Dummies is out, and the copies I have look really great.
Suggest Topics for the next edition of Cool HTML
I have begun exploring possible updates and changes to my popular book Creating Cool HTML 4 Web Pages, notably including a discussion of xhtml and some information about online validation systems. What else should I include? Please add your two cents to ensure that the next edition (the sixth!) will be the best possible. Thanks!
Teach Yourself Unix System Administration in 24 Hours
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Teach Yourself Unix System Administration in 24 Hours from Sams/Macmillan is my latest published book. Not only is this a sequel to my best-selling Teach Yourself Unix in 24 Hours but rather than focus on a single OS, the SysAdmin book simultaneously documents Red Hat Linux, Solaris 8, and the popular Mac OS X system.
Learning Unix for Mac OS X Panther
The best-selling Learning Unix for Mac OS X Panther from O’Reilly & Associates offers a concise introduction to just what you need to know to get started with the Unix inside Mac OS X. With Mac OS X, you can continue to use your preferred computing platform, while exploring the powerful capabilities of Unix.
Dynamic HTML Weekend Crash Course
The big day is Monday. The day you get to show off what you know about Dynamic HTML. The problem is, you’re not really up to speed. Maybe it’s been a while since you worked with JavaScript or cascading style sheets. Or maybe you just like a challenge!
