Mac OS X Unleashed for Tiger does a good job getting under the hood with regard to the goals you have stated. Norm --- Norman A. Cohen nacohen at mac.com "The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on." Joseph Heller On Feb 21, 2006, at 05:41 AM, John King wrote: > Can anyone recommend a book for administering OS X tiger. I am looking > for something that focuses on securing and configuring the OS rather > than using iChat.