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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition

by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Chapter 3: Linux Commands
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-o origin
Specify the zone origin. The name of the zone file is the default
origin.
-p Use pseudo-random data to sign the zone key.
-r device
Specify the device to use as a source of randomness when
creating keys. This can be a device file, a file containing
random data, or the string keyboard to specify keyboard
input. By default, /dev/random will be used when available,
and keyboard input will be used when it is not.
-s start-time
Specify the date and time the records become valid. The end-
time may be specified in yyyymmddhhmmss notation, or given
as +n seconds from the current time. The default is the current
time.
-t Print statistics when complete.
doexec
doexec /path/to/command [argv[0]] ... [argv[n]]
Execute the specified command with the specified options and
arguments. Differs from the normal exec command in that argv[0]
may be completely arbitrary, and in that it passes all options to the
executable being run.
domainname
domainname [name]
NFS/NIS command. Set or display name of current NIS domain.
With no argument, domainname displays the name of the current
NIS domain. Only a privileged user can set the domain name by
giving an argument; this is usually done in a startup script.
dosfsck
dosfsck [options] device
fsck.msdos [options] device
System administration ...
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