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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