Errata

Mac OS X Panther for Unix Geeks

Errata for Mac OS X Panther for Unix Geeks

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The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".

The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.

Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update

Version Location Description Submitted By Date submitted Date corrected
Printed
Page 15
Last paragraph

"...GLterm and iTerm offer some interesting features that make these applications
worth of consideration as alternate comman."
Should be:
"...GLterm and iTerm offer some interesting features that make these applications
worth of consideration as alternate terminal applications."

 Anonymous   
Printed
Page 68
towards the bottom

exec /usr/X11R6/bin/quartz-wm &

NOW READS:
exec /usr/X11R6/bin/quartz-wm

 Anonymous    Sep 01, 2004
Printed
Page 145
2nd paragraph -install_name

@execution_path

NOW READS:
@executable_path

 Anonymous    Sep 01, 2004
Printed
Page 155
middle of the Table 9-2

libncurses and libtcl are duped on p154 and on p155
the second occurrences of each one should be removed

 Anonymous   
Printed
Page 191
Middle. Step 6

On page 191 the string '-format UDZO' in step 6 HAS BEEN DELETED.

 Anonymous    Sep 01, 2004
Printed
Page 191
Middle. Step 6

NOTE: Additionally, you can create a disk image containing the contents of a
directory with a single hdiutil command. For example, to create a disk
image named mynicedir containing the directory mynicedir, enter the
following command:

hdiutil create -srcdir mynicedir mynicedir.dmg

The size of the disk image is determined by the contents of the
directory mynicedir.

 Anonymous   
Printed
Page 208
in step number '2.'

Menu item 2. details the steps to create a certificate chain consisting of
interaction with the CA.sh shell script. There is a line beginning with the text:

'Next, create a certificate request; this will generate an unsigned...'

It is formatted to appear as output from the CA.sh script but it should be step number 3,
which would make Step 3 on page 209 Step 4.

 Anonymous   
Printed
Page 210
step 1. under 'To configure your server for HTTPS support'

With the SSL module, there is an Apache directive SSLPassPhraseDialog that allows the apache server to run
a scripts that outputs the SSL passphrase so that the server can startup automatically.

AUTHOR: The SSLPassPhraseDialog option will cause mod_ssl to query the
administrator for a pass phrase. For more information, see:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_ssl.html#sslpassphrasedialog

 Anonymous   
Printed
Page 260-261
Table B-1

chkpasswd and hostinfo were improperly capitalized in the table. These HAVE BEEN CORRECTED.

 Anonymous    Sep 01, 2004
Printed
Page 261
AuthorizationTrampoline Options/Usage

"filedes"

NOW READS:
"filedesc"

 Anonymous    Sep 01, 2004
Printed
Page 284
kuncd entry, Location

/usr/sbin

NOW READS:
/usr/libexec

 Anonymous    Sep 01, 2004