Newbie Assistance

[Xynthio]

Hi,

I'm new to Apple PC's, new to BSD, new to all of this and some of it makes very little sense.

Are there any good books for beginners that people who have been in my situation can recommend?

I couldn't figure out how to log in as root to edit a proftpd.cfg config file!

Any helpful starting places?

 

[tk4two1]

A good Book is "Mac OS X Unleashed" it is chock full of information that is perfect for any level of user. To gain Root Access just follow his link to learn how... http://www.macosx.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10965&highlight=root+access

 

[rinse]

Also, the MacOSX Black Book isnt bad, either.

 

[kcmac]

If you want to learn OS X, I really like David Pogues "OS X, The Missing Manual."

I haven't tried to get into the Unix side yet so I can't help you there.

Welcome to the Mac.

 

[Powermaster]

just do as I do, get a spare crud computer and experment with it!