Acknowledgments

I'd like to first and foremost thank the Mac OS X community. This includes everyone from the people that design the black box to the people that dissect it and finally the people that help others learn to dissect it. We truly stand on the shoulders of giants. Of those at Apple that need to be thanked specifically: Schoun Regan, Joel Rennich, Greg Smith, JD Mankovsky, David Winter, Stale Bjorndal, Cawan Starks, Eric Senf, Jennifer Jones, and of course the one and only Josh Wisenbaker. A special thanks to Randy Saeks for his contribution to the title and to Michael Bartosh without whom any of the directory services content in this title likely would not have been possible. Also, thanks to the crew at 318 for their hard work. Without you guys I would never have been able to take the time to complete this book!

Finally, a special thanks to the fine staff at Apress for tuning this book to be a well-oiled machine of prose and code. This especially includes Clay Andres for getting the book kick-started and, of course, Debra Kelly, the best whip cracker I have had the joy of working with to date. Thanks also to my coauthors, Beau and Zack, for tirelessly working with me to meet our deadlines — it was a fun ride!

Charles S. Edge Jr.