![]() ![]() For example, with a couple of mouse clicks, customers can deploy OpenLDAP and Kerberos for directory and authentication, Samba for Windows support, Postfix for email and Apache for hosting web sites. In addition, Apple’s new Server Admin tool makes it easy for system administrators to set up, manage and monitor the complete set of services built into Panther Server. New features include a Server Admin tool that makes it easy for administrators to set up and manage the open source software built in to Mac OS X Open Directory 2 for hosting scalable LDAP directory and Kerberos authentication services Samba 3 for providing login and home directory support for Windows clients and the JBoss application server for running J2EE applications. Panther Server integrates open source and open standards software with management tools that make it easy to deploy popular open source solutions for Mac, Windows and Linux clients. “Exposé could be the most innovative advance in the graphical interface since the Mac was created.” ![]() “There are a lot of big deals in Panther: The Finder, iChat AV and Exposé are just a few,” Ken Bereskin, director of Mac OS Product Marketing, told MacCentral in a June interview. In an interview with Apple when Panther was introduced in June, Exposé was clearly one of the breakthrough technologies. It allows users to view all open windows and choose any one of them to be on top Exposé also unshuffles overlapping windows into an organized view. “This is a testament to a lot of the core decisions that were made early on with Mac OS X.”Įxposé is another new feature of Panther. ![]() “This is the fourth major release of Mac OS X in a little over three years - on the Windows side, there is one release every six or so years,” said Croll. Panther supports ActiveDirectory and SMB-based home directories on Windows servers and enhanced Windows integration that allows for printing to shared printers. Other new features include faster search, colored labels and better integration with Windows network environments.
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