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 sysadmsh(ADM)                 06 January 1993                  sysadmsh(ADM)


 Name

    sysadmsh - menu driven system administration utility

 Syntax

    sysadmsh

 Description

    sysadmsh is an easy-to-use menu interface designed to provide novice
    users with the tools needed for day-to-day system administration of the
    UNIX system.

    WARNING: sysadmsh does not replace the documentation.  It provides an
    overview of available system administration features and a reminder of
    tasks which need to be performed regularly.  An understanding of the In-
    stallation Guide, the System Administrator's Guide, and the User's Guide
    is necessary to use sysadmsh.

 Usage

    sysadmsh menus can be invoked by logging in as the super user (root) and
    entering sysadmsh at the shell prompt.

    Once you are in sysadmsh, online instructions for its use may be obtained
    by selecting the <F1> key. See the System Administrator's Guide for more
    details on using sysadmsh.

    Some sysadmsh options must be run from the system console device, or
    while in single-user (system maintenance) mode. Refer to the manual page
    referenced by the menu selection for more information.

    You can set the colors to be used within sysadmsh by editing the files
    .sysadmcolor in your home directory, or /usr/lib/sysadm/sysadmcolor. See
    the sysadmcolor(F) manual page for more details.

 Environment variables

    sysadmsh uses the environment variable SYSADM to find the O/A prompt file
    libstrs, plus the menu, form and help files.

    There are three environment variables which sysadmsh considers to locate
    the editor it calls. SAEDITOR is tried first, if this is null then
    VISUAL is tried, then EDITOR.

    If none of the editor environment variables are set, then one of the fol-
    lowing editors is chosen: /usr/bin/lyrix, /bin/vi or /bin/ed (listed in
    order of preference).

    The following additional environment variables are used:

    SAMAIL       If not set, the default mailer is SCO Portfolio email if
                  installed, or UNIX mail(C) if not.

    SAPRINT      If not set, the default printer device is /dev/lp.

    SAUSERAPPS   The name of the extensible menu file which describes the
                  User menu area in the top level of sysadmsh. If this is
                  empty or unset, the file $HOME/.sysadmmenu is used instead.

 Files

    $HOME/.sysadmcolor  Color control file in user's home directory
    /usr/lib/sysadm/sysadmcolor
                        Default color control file

 See also

    sysadmcolor(F) and sysadmmenu(F).

    System Administrator's Guide

 Notes

    A knowledge of vi(C) is assumed for file edit selections, although the
    SCO Lyrix(r) editor is used when available.

 Acknowledgements

    This utility takes its design from the SCO Lyrix(r) Word Processing Sys-
    tem.

 Value added

    sysadmsh is an extension of AT&T System V provided by The Santa Cruz
    Operation, Inc.


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