Mac OS X Books for Unix Admins?

ikioi asks: "There seem to be plenty of books to help long time Macintosh users acclimate to the new details of Aqua, but does anyone know of a good 'Mac OS X for Unix-Heads' type book? I'd love to have one aimed at unix-admins. Maybe something that talks about netinfo, boot up process/scripts, filesystem details, Apple's GCC extensions, and so forth." For those interested in OSX who may have missed it the first time around, Ask Slashdot has handled a question on books about programming under OS X.

Best bet is to look on Amazon

[Metrollica]

Just do a search on Amazon Books [amazon.com] and find the one right for you.

The best ones I have found are

Mac OS X: The Missing Manual [amazon.com]
Mac OS X Unleashed [amazon.com]
Mac OS X Server Administrator's Guide [amazon.com]
Mac OS X Power User's Guide [amazon.com]
Macworld Mac OS X Bible [amazon.com]

Re:Best bet is to look on Amazon

[b_pretender]

From the Macworld Mac OS X Bible review:
There are few stones left unturned, including such important new concepts as the "superuser" account, the NetInfo Manager, and access rights and privileges.

I don't think that the story submitter is looking for a book that explains the concepts of "superuser". He probably wants a less bulky O'reilly-ish book that gets directly to the point and doesn't waste time with "Opt-Shift-Drag use preset icon sizes"

Apple Documentation and Training

[hotsauce]

Fatbrain publishes Apple Mac OS X documentation, a couple of which are relevant to administration:

Mac OS X System Overview [fatbrain.com]
OS X Server Administrator's Guide [fatbrain.com]

There is also a document on understanding Netinfo [akamai.net] and info on administrator training [apple.com].

How to benchmark a book

[smartin]

What I did when trying to find a decent OS X book was figure out an advanced topic (in my case mounting NFS file systems) and then find a book that provides the best detail on this. In my case it was Unleashed. Obviously picking a couple of things to sample may give better results.

Now if one of those books would tell me how to lower a window i'd be dancing.