NAME

intro − introduction to system maintenance and operation commands

DESCRIPTION

This section contains information related to system operation and maintenance.  In particular, commands used to create new file systems, newfs, mkfs, and verify the integrity of the file systems, fsck, icheck, dcheck, and ncheck are described here.  The section diag should be consulted when formatting disk packs.  The section crash should be consulted in understanding how to interpret system crash dumps. 

Maintenance and System Operation Commands

aclogin accounting
adduserprocedure for adding new users
catmancreate the cat files for the manual
chownchange owner
clriclear i-node
comsatbiff server
configBuild system configuration files
cronclock daemon
dcheckfile system directory consistency check
diagGeneral-purpose stand-alone utility package
diskpartcalculate default disk partition sizes
dmesgcollect system diagnostic messages to form error log
dumpincremental file system dump
dumpfsdump file system information
fastbootreboot the system without checking the disks
fsckfile system consistency check and interactive repair
ftpdDARPA Internet File Transfer Protocol server
gettableget NIC format host tables from a host
getty set terminal mode
gxteststand alone test for the Sun video graphics board
haltstop the processor
htableconvert NIC standard format host tables
icheckfile system storage consistency check
imemteststand alone memory test
implogdIMP logger process
initprocess control initialization
installinstall binaries
kgmongenerate a dump of the operating system’s profile buffers
lpd, lpdrestartline printer daemon, restart downed daemons at reboot time
MAKEDEVmake system special files
makekeygenerate encryption key
mkfsconstruct a file system
mklost+foundmake a lost+found directory for fsck
mknodbuild special file
mkprotoconstruct a prototype file system
mount, umountmount and dismount file system
ncheckgenerate names from i-numbers
newfsconstruct a new file system
pacprinter/plotter accounting information
pstatprint system facts
Resident set sizethe number of physical page frames allocated
quotsummarize file system ownership
rccommand script for auto-reboot and daemons
rdateset system date from a remote host
rdumpfile system dump across the network
rebootUNIX bootstrapping procedures
renicealter priority of running process by changing nice
restorincremental file system restore
rexecdremote execution server
rlogindremote login server
rmtremote magtape protocol module
routemanually manipulate the routing tables
routednetwork routing daemon
rrestorfile system dump across the network
rshdremote shell server
rwhodsystem status server
sa, acctonsystem accounting
savecoresave a memory dump of the operating system
shutdownclose down the system at a given time
stickyexecutable files with persistent text
swaponspecify additional device for paging and swapping
syncupdate the super block
sysloglog systems messages
telnetdDARPA TELNET protocol server
tftpDARPA Trivial File Transfer Protocol server
trpttransliterate protocol trace
tunefstune up an existing file system
updateperiodically update the super block
uucleanuucp spool directory clean-up
vipwedit the password file with vi

Sun System Release 0.3  —  27 April 1983