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• To work with a particular service on a server, click the service in the list under the
server in the Computers & Services list. You can view information about a service
(logs, graphs, and so forth) and manage its settings. Administration guides for
individual services provide detailed instructions.
To start or stop a service, select it in the Computers & Services list, then click Start
Service or Stop Service in the toolbar.
• To copy service settings from one server to another or to save service settings in a
property-list file for reuse later, use the drag-and-drop icon when it’s visible in the
lower right.
Select the service whose settings you want to copy, and click Settings to display the
settings. Then click the drag-and-drop icon; this action changes the icon to a
miniature version of the Settings window.
To save the settings in a property-list file, drag the miniature window to your desktop
or to a folder.
To apply the settings on a different server, open another Server Admin window, then
drag the miniature settings window to the service you want to inherit its values.
• To disable changes to service settings following a period of inactivity, choose
Server Admin > Preferences. Select “Auto-lock view after” and specify the period,
which is 60 minutes by default.
To disable changes on demand, choose View > Lock View.
To reenable changes, choose View > Unlock View and reauthenticate using the name
and password used to log in to the system.
• To retrieve online information, use the Help menu. It provides help for administration
tasks you accomplish using Server Admin as well as other Mac OS X Server topics.
• To control the Server Admin environment, you have several options.
To control the appearance of the Server Admin lists, autorefresh rates, and other
behaviors, choose Server Admin > Preferences.
To customize the toolbar, choose View > Customize Toolbar.
To add a button to the toolbar that is a shortcut to a particular Server Admin view,
go to the pane you want then choose View > Add Shortcut to View.
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