2 Getting Started
In This Chapter
Curbing Your Power: Superuser/root/Administrator Access
Getting the Facts: Where to Find Documentation
man: Displaying the System Manual
info: Displaying Information About Utilities
What to Do if You Cannot Log In
One way or another you are sitting in front of a screen that is connected to a computer that is running Mac OS X. You may be working with a graphical user interface (GUI) or a textual interface. This book is mostly about the textual, or command line, interface to Mac OS X. If you are working with a GUI, you will need to use a terminal emulator application such as Terminal to follow along with the ...
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