July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
book
Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
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Chapter 2: System and Network Administration Overview
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Hardware
Host Information
pppd Maintain Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) network connections.
rdistd Remote file distribution server.
rexecd Remote execution server.
rlogind rlogin server.
routed Routing daemon.
rpc.rusersd Remote users server.
rpc.statd NFS status daemon.
rshd Remote shell server.
rwhod Remote who server.
sshd Secure shell daemon.
syslogd System logging daemon.
talkd Talk daemon.
tcpd TCP network daemon.
tftpd Trivial File Transfer Protocol daemon.
xinetd Extended Internet services daemon. Starts other services as needed.
ypbind NIS binder process.
yppasswdd NIS password modification server.
ypserv NIS server process.
Command Action
agetty Start user session at terminal.
arp Manage the ARP cache.
cardctl Control PCMCIA cards.
cardmgr PCMCIA card manager daemon.
fdisk Maintain disk partitions.
hdparm Get and set hard drive parameters.
kbdrate Manage the keyboard’s repeat rate.
ramsize Print information about RAM disk.
setkeycodes Change keyboard scancode-to-keycode mappings.
setserial Set serial port information.
slattach Attach serial lines as network interfaces.
Command Action
arch Print machine architecture.
dig Query Internet domain nameservers.
dnsdomainname Print DNS domain name.
domainname Print NIS domain name.
free Print memory ...
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