Chapter 2. System and Network Administration Overview
Common Commands
Following are lists of commonly used system administration commands.
Clocks
hwclock | Manage hardware clock. |
netdate | Set clock according to host’s clock. |
rdate | Manage time server. |
zdump | Print list of time zones. |
zic | Create time conversion information files. |
Daemons
apmd | Advanced Power Management daemon. |
bootpd | Internet Boot Protocol daemon. |
fingerd | Finger daemon. |
ftpd | File Transfer Protocol daemon. |
gated | Manage routing tables between networks. |
identd | Identify user running TCP/IP process. |
imapd | IMAP mailbox server daemon. |
inetd | Internet services daemon. |
kerneld | Provide automatic kernel module loading. |
klogd | Manage syslogd. |
lpd | Printer daemon. |
mountd | NFS mount request server. |
named | Internet domain name server. |
nfsd | NFS daemon. |
pop2d | POP server. |
pop3d | POP server. |
powerd | Monitor UPS connection. |
pppd | Maintain Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) network connections. |
rdistd | Remote file distribution server. |
rexecd | Remote execution server. |
rlogind | rlogin server. |
routed | Routing daemon. |
rshd | Remote shell server. |
rwhod | Remote who server. |
syslogd | System logging daemon. |
talkd | Talk daemon. |
tcpd | TCP network daemon. |
tftpd | Trivial File Transfer Protocol daemon. |
update | Buffer flush daemon. |
ypbind | NIS binder process. |
yppasswdd | NIS password modification server. |
ypserv | NIS server process. |
Hardware
agetty | Start user session at terminal. |
arp | Manage the ARP cache. |
cardctl | Control PCMCIA cards. |
cardmgr | PCMCIA card manager daemon. |
cfdisk | Maintain ... |
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