Solaris™ 8 System Administrator's Reference

Book description

  • Get beyond the man pages!

  • The practical, task-oriented reference to every key Solaris 8 command, from ab2admin to zic

  • System/network administration, file systems, printing, Internet services, editing, shell programming, and more

  • Convenient, comprehensive, and accessible!

The essential resource for every Solaris 8 sysadmin, Web professional, developer, and power user!

If you're a Solaris user, sysadmin, or developer, you know how tough it is to rely on the man pages when you need fast answers. Now, there's a superb alternative: Solaris 8 System Administrator's Reference. In this book, Solaris expert Janice Winsor presents more than 1,300 pages of solid reference information, organized for maximum accessibility and quick problem solving.

Winsor begins with a convenient cross-reference and list of tasks, identifying all the commands you're likely to need in each problem category—so you don't need to know a command's name before you can get information about it. Next, she provides comprehensive descriptions, usage examples, and reference tables for nearly 400 Solaris 8 and Solaris 7 commands, including:

  • Printing

  • File system management

  • System status and administration

  • Editing

  • Networking and Internet services

  • Shell programming, and much more

Say goodbye to the man pages, and say hello to the most authoritative, intelligible, user-friendly, and just plain valuable Solaris reference ever created: Solaris 8 System Administrator's Reference by Janice Winsor.

Table of contents

  1. Copyright
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. A
    1. ab2admin — Command-Line Interface for AnswerBook2 Administration
    2. ab2cd — Run AnswerBook2 Server from the Documentation CD
    3. ab2regsvr— Register an AnswerBook2 Document Server with the Federated Naming Service
    4. accept, reject — Accept or Reject Print Requests
    5. acct — Overview of Accounting and Miscellaneous Accounting Commands
    6. acctcms — Command Summary from Process Accounting Records
    7. acctcon, acctcon1, acctcon2 — Connect-Time Accounting
    8. acctdisk — Convert Accounting Data to Total Accounting Records
    9. acctdusg — Compute Disk Resource Consumption by Login
    10. acctmerg — Merge or Add Total Accounting Files
    11. accton — Append Process Accounting Records to an Existing File
    12. acctprc, acctprc1, acctprc2 — Process Accounting
    13. acctsh, chargefee, ckpacct, dodisk, lastlogin, monacct, nulladm, prctmp, prdaily, prtacct, shutacct, startup, turnacct — Shell Procedures for Accounting
    14. acctwtmp — Write a utmpx Record to a File
    15. adbgen — Generate adb Script
    16. add_drv — Add a New Device Driver to the System
    17. add_install_client — Script to Add or Remove Clients for Network Installation
    18. add_to_install_server — Script to Copy Packages from Additional Solaris Copackaged CDs to an Existing Net Install Server
    19. addbadsec — Map Out Defective Disk Blocks
    20. admintool — System Administration with a Graphical User Interface
    21. afbconfig, SUNWafb_config — Configure the AFB Graphics Accelerator
    22. aliasadm — Manipulate the NIS+ Aliases Map
    23. allocate — Device Allocation
    24. amiserv — AMI Keyserver
    25. answerbook2_admin — AnswerBook2 GUI Administration Tool
    26. arp — Address Resolution Display and Control
    27. aset — Monitor or Restrict Access to System Files and Directories
    28. aset.restore — Restore System Files Affected by ASET
    29. aspppd, aspppls — Asynchronous PPP Link Manager
    30. aspppls — Asynchronous PPP Link Manager
    31. audit — Control the Behavior of the Audit Daemon
    32. auditconfig — Configure Auditing
    33. auditd — Control the Generation and Location of Audit Trail Files
    34. auditreduce — Merge and Select Audit Records from Audit Trail Files
    35. audit_startup— Audit Subsystem Initialization Script
    36. auditstat — Display Kernel Audit Statistics
    37. audit_warn — Audit Daemon Warning Script
    38. automount — Install Automatic Mount Points
    39. automountd — Mount/Unmount Daemon for autofs
    40. autopush — Configure Lists of Automatically Pushed STREAMS Modules
  6. B
    1. bdconfig — Configure the Buttons and Dials Stream
    2. boot — Start the System Kernel or a Stand-alone Program
    3. bootparamd — Boot Parameter Server
    4. bsmconv, bsmunconv — Enable or Disable the Basic Security Module (BSM)
    5. busstat — Report Bus-Related Performance Statistics
  7. C
    1. cachefslog — Cache File-System Logging
    2. cachefspack — Pack Files and File Systems in the Cache
    3. cachefsstat — Cache File-System Statistics
    4. cachefswssize — Determine Working Set Size for Cache File System
    5. captoinfo — Convert a termcap Description into a terminfo Description
    6. cfgadm — Configuration Administration
    7. cfgadm_ac — EXX00 Memory System Administration
    8. cfgadm_pci — Configuration Administration Command for PCI Hot Plug
    9. cfgadm_scsi — SCSI Hardware-Specific Commands for cfgadm
    10. cfgadm_sysctrl — EXX00 System Board Administration
    11. cfsadmin — Administer Disk Space for Cache File System
    12. cg14config — Configure the SX/CG14 Graphics Accelerator Device
    13. chargefee — Shell Procedures for Accounting
    14. check-hostname — Check if sendmail Can Determine the Fully Qualified Host Name
    15. check-permissions — Check Permissions on Mail Rerouting Files
    16. check — Script to Validate the Rules in a JumpStart rules File
    17. chown — Change Owner
    18. chroot — Change Root Directory for a Command
    19. Synopsis
    20. ckpacct — Accounting Command to Periodically Check the Size of /var/adm/pacct
    21. clear_locks — Clear Locks Held on Behalf of an NFS Client
    22. clinfo — Display Cluster Information
    23. closewtmp — Put a False Dead Process Record in the /var/adm/wtmpx File
    24. clri, dcopy — Clear Inode
    25. comsat — Biff Server
    26. consadm — Specify or Display Devices Used as Auxiliary Console Devices
    27. conv_lp — Convert LP Configuration
    28. conv_lpd — Convert LPD Configuration
    29. coreadm — Core File Administration
    30. cpustat — Monitor System Behavior by Using CPU Performance Counters
    31. crash — Examine System Images
    32. cron — Clock Daemon
    33. cvcd — Virtual Console Daemon
  8. D
    1. dcopy — Clear Inode
    2. dd — Convert and Copy a File
    3. deallocate — Device Deallocation
    4. devattr — Display Device Attributes
    5. devconfig — Configure Device Attributes
    6. devfree — Release Devices from Exclusive Use
    7. devfsadm — Administration Command for /dev and /devices
    8. devfseventd — Kernel Event Notification Daemon for devfsadmd
    9. devinfo — Print Device-Specific Information
    10. devlinks — Add /dev Entries for Miscellaneous Devices and Pseudodevices
    11. devnm — Device Name
    12. devreserv — Reserve Devices for Exclusive Use
    13. df — Display Number of Free Disk Blocks and Files
    14. df_ufs — Report Free Disk Space on UFS File Systems
    15. dfmounts — Display Mounted Resource Information
    16. dfmounts_nfs — Display Mounted NFS Resource Information
    17. dfshares — List Available Resources from Remote or Local Systems
    18. dfshares_nfs — List Available NFS Resources from Remote Systems
    19. dhcpagent — Daemon for Client DHCP
    20. dhcpconfig — DHCP Service Configuration Command
    21. dhcpmgr — Graphical Interface for Managing DHCP Services
    22. dhtadm — DHCP Configuration Table Management Command
    23. disks — Create /dev Entries for Hard Disks Attached to the System
    24. diskscan — Perform Surface Analysis
    25. dispadmin — Process Scheduler Administration
    26. dmesg — Collect System Diagnostic Messages to Form Error Log
    27. dmi_cmd — DMI Command-Line Interface Command
    28. dmiget — DMI Command-Line Retrieval Command
    29. dminfo — Report Information About a Device Entry in a Device Maps File
    30. dmispd — Sun Solstice Enterprise DMI Service Provider
    31. dodisk — Shell Procedure Invoked by cron to Perform Disk Accounting Functions
    32. domainname — Display or Set Name of the Current Domain
    33. dr_daemon — Enterprise 10000 Dynamic Reconfiguration Daemon
    34. drvconfig — Configure the /devices Directory
    35. du — Summarize Disk Usage
    36. dumpadm — Configure Operating System Crash Dump
  9. E
    1. edquota — Edit User Quotas for UFS File System
    2. eeprom — EEPROM Display and Load Command
  10. F
    1. fbconfig — Frame Buffer Configuration Command
    2. fdetach — Detach a Name from a STREAMS-Based File Descriptor
    3. fdisk — Create or Modify Fixed-Disk Partition Table
    4. ff — List File Names and Statistics for a File System
    5. ff_ufs — List File Names and Statistics for a UFS File System
    6. ffbconfig — Configure the FFB Graphics Accelerator
    7. fingerd — Remote User Information Server
    8. firmware — Bootable Firmware Programs and Firmware Commands
    9. fmthard — Populate VTOC on Hard Disks
    10. fncheck — Check for Consistency Between FNS Data and NIS+ Data
    11. fncopy — Copy FNS Contexts, Possibly from One Naming Service to Another
    12. fncreate — Create an FNS Context
    13. fncreate_fs — Create FNS File-System Contexts
    14. fncreate_printer — Create New Printers in the FNS Namespace
    15. fndestroy — Destroy an FNS Context
    16. fnselect — Select a Specific Naming Service to Use for the FNS Initial Context
    17. fnsypd — Update FNS Context on an NIS Master Server
    18. format — Partition and Maintain Disks
    19. fsck — Check and Repair File Systems
    20. fsck_cachefs — Check Integrity of Data Cached with CacheFS
    21. fsck_s5fs — File-System Consistency Check and Interactive Repair
    22. fsck_udfs — File-System Consistency Check and Interactive Repair
    23. fsck_ufs — File-System Consistency Check and Interactive Repair
    24. fsdb — File-System Debugger
    25. fsdb_udfs — UDFS File-System Debugger
    26. fsdb_ufs — UFS File-System Debugger
    27. fsirand — Install Random Inode Generation Numbers
    28. fstyp — Determine File-System Type
    29. ftpd — File Transfer Protocol Server
    30. fuser — Identify Processes Using a File or File Structure
    31. fwtmp, wtmpfix — Manipulate Connect Accounting Records
  11. G
    1. gencc — Create a Front End to the cc Command
    2. getdev — List Devices Based on Criteria
    3. getdgrp — List Device Groups That Contain Devices That Match Criteria
    4. getent — Get Entries from Administrative Database
    5. gettable — Get DoD Internet Format Host Table from a Host
    6. getty — Set Terminal Type, Modes, Speed, and Line Discipline
    7. getvol — Verify Device Accessibility
    8. GFXconfig — Configure the PGX32 (Raptor GFX) Graphics Accelerator
    9. groupadd — Add (Create) a New Group Definition on a System
    10. groupdel — Delete a Group Definition from the System
    11. groupmod — Modify a Group Definition on the System
    12. grpck — Password and Group File Checkers
    13. gsscred — Add, Remove, and List gsscred Table Entries
    14. gssd — Generate and Validate GSS-API Tokens for Kernel RPC
  12. H
    1. halt, poweroff — Stop the Processor
    2. hostconfig — Configure a System's Host Parameters
    3. htable — Convert DoD Internet Format Host Table
  13. I
    1. id — Return User Identity
    2. ifconfig — Configure Network Interface Parameters
    3. in.comsat, comsat — Biff Server
    4. in.dhcpd — Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Server
    5. in.fingerd, fingerd — Remote User Information Server
    6. in.ftpd, ftpd — File Transfer Protocol Server
    7. in.lpd — BSD Print Protocol Adapter
    8. in.named, named — Internet Domain Name Server
    9. in.ndpd — Daemon for IPv6 Autoconfiguration
    10. in.rarpd, rarpd — DARPA Reverse Address Resolution Protocol Server
    11. in.rdisc, rdisc — Network Router Discovery Daemon
    12. in.rexecd, rexecd — Remote Execution Server
    13. in.ripngd — Network Routing Demon for IPv6
    14. in.rlogind, rlogind — Remote Login Server
    15. in.routed, routed — Network Routing Daemon
    16. in.rshd, rshd — Remote Shell Server
    17. in.rwhod, rwhod — System Status Server
    18. in.talkd, talkd — Server for Talk Program
    19. in.telnetd, telnetd — DARPA TELNET Protocol Server
    20. in.tftpd, tftpd — Internet Trivial File Transfer Protocol Server
    21. in.tnamed, tnamed — DARPA Trivial Name Server
    22. in.uucpd, uucpd — UUCP Server
    23. inetd — Internet Services Daemon
    24. infocmp — Compare or Print terminfo Descriptions
    25. init, telinit — Process Control Initialization
    26. init.wbem — Start and Stop the CIM Boot Manager
    27. install — Install Commands
    28. install_scripts — Scripts to Install the Solaris Software
    29. installboot — Install Bootblocks in a Disk Partition
    30. installf — Add a File to the Software Installation Database
    31. Intro, intro — Introduction to Maintenance Commands and Application Programs
    32. iostat — Report I/O Statistics
    33. ipsecconf — Configure Systemwide IPsec Policy
    34. ipseckey — Manually Manipulate an IPsec Security Association Database (SADB)
  14. K
    1. kadb — Kernel Debugger
    2. kdmconfig — Configure or Unconfigure Keyboard, Display, and Mouse Options
    3. kerbd — Generate and Validate Kerberos Tickets for Kernel RPC
    4. kernel — UNIX System Executable File Containing Basic Operating System Services
    5. keyserv — Server for Storing Private Encryption Keys
    6. killall — Kill All Active Processes
    7. ktkt_warnd — Kerberos Warning Daemon
    8. kstat — Display Kernel Statistics
  15. L
    1. labelit — List or Provide Labels for File Systems
    2. labelit_hsfs — Provide and Print Labels for HSFS File Systems
    3. labelit_udfs — Provide and Print Labels for UDF File System
    4. labelit_ufs — Provide and Print Labels for UFS File Systems
    5. lastlogin — Show the Last Date on Which Each Person Logged In
    6. ldap_cachemgr — LDAP Daemon to Cache Server and Client Information for NIS Lookups
    7. ldapclient, ldap_gen_profile — Initialize LDAP Client Machine or Create an LDIF of an LDAP Client Profile
    8. link, unlink — Link and Unlink Files and Directories
    9. list_devices — List Allocatable Devices
    10. listdgrp — List Members of a Device Group
    11. listen — Network Listener Daemon
    12. llc2_loop — Loopback Diagnostics to Test the Driver, Adapter, and Network
    13. lockd — Network Lock Daemon
    14. lockfs — Change or Report File-System Locks
    15. lockstat — Report Kernel Lock Statistics
    16. lofiadm — Administer Files Available as Block Devices Through lofi
    17. logins — List User and System Login Information
    18. lpadmin — Configure the LP Print Service
    19. lpfilter — Administer Filters Used with the LP Print Service
    20. lpforms — Administer Forms Used with the LP Print Service
    21. lpget — Get Printing Configuration
    22. lpmove — Move Print Requests
    23. lpsched — Start the LP Print Service
    24. lpset — Set Printing Configuration in /etc/printers.conf or FNS
    25. lpshut — Stop the LP Print Service
    26. lpsystem — Register Remote Systems with the Print Service
    27. lpusers — Set Printing Queue Priorities
    28. luxadm — Administration Program for the Sun Enterprise Network Array (SENA), RSM, and SPARCstorage Array (SSA) Subsystems
  16. M
    1. m64config — Configure the M64 Graphics Accelerator
    2. mail.local — Store Mail in a Mailbox
    3. makedbm — Make a dbm File or Get a Text File from a dbm File
    4. makemap — Create Database Maps for sendmail
    5. mibiisa — Sun SNMP Agent
    6. mk — Remake the Binary System and Commands from Source Code
    7. mkfifo — Make FIFO Special File
    8. mkfile — Create a File
    9. mkfs — Construct a File System
    10. mkfs_pcfs — Construct a FAT File System
    11. mkfs_udfs — Construct a UDFS File System
    12. mkfs_ufs — Construct a UFS File System
    13. mknod — Make a Special File
    14. modify_install_server — Script to Replace miniroot on an Existing Net Install Server
    15. modinfo — Display Information About Loaded Kernel Modules
    16. modload — Load a Kernel Module
    17. modunload — Unload a Module
    18. mofcomp — Compile MOF Files into CIM Classes
    19. monacct — Invoke Accounting Monthly
    20. monitor — SPARC System PROM Monitor
    21. mount, umount — Mount or Unmount File Systems and Remote Resources
    22. mountall, umountall — Mount, Unmount Multiple File Systems
    23. mount_cachefs — Mount CacheFS File Systems
    24. mountd — Server for NFS Mount Requests and NFS Access Checks
    25. mount_hsfs — Mount HSFS File Systems
    26. mount_nfs — Mount Remote NFS Resources
    27. mount_pcfs — Mount PCFS File Systems
    28. mount_s5fs — Mount s5 File Systems
    29. mount_tmpfs — Mount tmpfs File Systems
    30. mount_udfs — Mount a UDFS File System
    31. mount_ufs — Mount UFS File Systems
    32. mount_xmemfs — Mount xmemfs File Systems
    33. mpstat — Report Per-Processor Statistics
    34. msgid — Generate Message IDs
    35. mvdir — Move a Directory
  17. N
    1. named-bootconf — Convert Configuration File to a Format Suitable for Bind 8.1
    2. named-xfer — Ancillary Agent for Inbound Zone Transfers
    3. named — Internet Domain Server
    4. ncheck — Generate a List of Path Names Versus i-Numbers
    5. ncheck_ufs — Generate Path Names Versus i-Numbers for UFS File Systems
    6. ndd — Get and Set Driver Configuration Parameters
    7. netstat — Show Network Status
    8. newfs — Construct a New UFS File System
    9. newkey — Create a New Diffie-Hellman Key Pair in the publickey Database
    10. nfsd — NFS Daemon
    11. nfslogd — NFS Logging Daemon
    12. nis_cachemgr — NIS+ Command to Cache Location Information About NIS+ Servers
    13. nfsstat — Display NFS Statistics
    14. nisaddcred — Create NIS+ Credentials
    15. nisaddent — Create NIS+ Tables from Corresponding /etc Files or NIS Maps
    16. nisauthconf — Configure NIS+ Security
    17. nisbackup — Back Up NIS+ Directories
    18. nisclient — Initialize NIS+ Credentials for NIS+ Principals
    19. nisd — NIS+ Service Daemon
    20. nisd_resolv — NIS+ Service Daemon
    21. nisinit — NIS+ Client and Server Initialization Command
    22. nislog — Display the Contents of the NIS+ Transaction Log
    23. nispasswdd — NIS+ Password Update Daemon
    24. nisping — Send ping to NIS+ Servers
    25. nispopulate — Populate the NIS+ Tables in an NIS+ Domain
    26. nisprefadm — NIS+ Command to Set Server Preferences for NIS+ Clients
    27. nisrestore — Restore NIS+ Directory Backup
    28. nisserver — Set Up NIS+ Servers
    29. nissetup — Initialize an NIS+ Domain
    30. nisshowcache — NIS+ Command to Print the Contents of the Shared Cache File
    31. nisstat — Report NIS+ Server Statistics
    32. nisupdkeys — Update the Public Keys in an NIS+ Directory Object
    33. nlsadmin — Network Listener Service Administration
    34. nscd — Nameservice Cache Daemon
    35. nslookup — Query Nameservers Interactively
    36. nstest — DNS Test Shell
    37. nsupdate — Update DNS Nameservers
    38. ntpdate — Set the Local Date and Time with the Network Time Protocol (NTP)
    39. ntpq — Standard Network Time Protocol Query Program
    40. ntptrace — Trace a Chain of NTP Hosts Back to Their Master Time Source
    41. nulladm — Create File Name with Mode 664 and Ensure That Owner and Group Are adm
  18. O
    1. obpsym — OpenBoot Firmware Kernel Symbolic Debugging
    2. ocfserv — OCF Server
  19. P
    1. parse_dynamic_clustertoc — Parse clustertoc File Based on Dynamic Entries
    2. passmgmt — Password Files Management
    3. patchadd — Apply a Patch Package to a Solaris System
    4. patchrm — Remove a Patch Package and Restore Previously Saved Files
    5. pbind — Control and Query Bindings of Processes to Processors
    6. pcmciad — PCMCIA User Daemon
    7. pfinstall — Test Installation Profiles
    8. pgxconfig, GFXconfig — Configure the PGX32 (Raptor GFX) Graphics Accelerator
    9. ping — Send ICMP (ICMP6) ECHO_REQUEST Packets to Network Hosts
    10. pkgadd — Transfer Software Packages to the System
    11. pkgask — Store Answers to a Request Script
    12. pkgchk — Check Package Installation Accuracy
    13. pkgrm — Remove a Package from the System
    14. pmadm — Port Monitor Administration
    15. pmconfig — Configure the Power Management System
    16. pntadm — DHCP Network Table Management Command
    17. ports — Create /dev and inittab Entries for Serial Lines
    18. powerd — Power Manager Daemon
    19. poweroff — Stop the Processor
    20. praudit — Print Contents of an Audit Trail File
    21. prctmp, prdaily, prtacct — Print Various Accounting Files
    22. printmgr — Graphical User interface for Managing Printers in a Network
    23. prstat — Report Active Process Statistics
    24. prtconf — Print System Configuration
    25. prtdiag — Display System Diagnostic Information
    26. prtvtoc — Report Information About Disk Geometry and Partitioning
    27. psradm — Change Processor Operational Status
    28. psrinfo — Display Information About Processors
    29. psrset — Create and Manage Processor Sets
    30. putdev — Edit Device Table
    31. putdgrp — Edit Device Group Table
    32. pwck, grpck — Password/Group File Checkers
    33. pwconv — Install and Update /etc/shadow with Information from /etc/passwd
  20. Q
    1. quot — Summarize File-System Ownership
    2. quota — Display a User's UFS File-System Disk Quota and Usage
    3. quotacheck — UFS File-System Quota Consistency Checker
    4. quotaon, quotaoff — Turn UFS File-System Quotas On and Off
  21. R
    1. rarpd — DARPA Reverse Address Resolution Protocol Server
    2. rdate — Set System Date from a Remote Host
    3. rdisc — Network Router Discovery Daemon
    4. re-preinstall — Install the JumpStart Software on a System
    5. reboot — Restart the Operating System
    6. reject — Reject Print Requests
    7. rem_drv — Remove a Device Driver from the System
    8. removef — Remove a File from Software Database
    9. repquota — Summarize Quotas for a UFS File System
    10. restricted_shell — Restricted Shell Command Interpreter
    11. rexd — RPC-Based Remote Execution Server
    12. rexecd — Remote Execution Server
    13. rlogind — Remote Login Server
    14. rm_install_client — Script to Remove Clients for Network Installation
    15. rmmount — Removable Media Mounter for CD-ROM and Diskette
    16. rmt — Remote Magtape Protocol Module
    17. roleadd — Administer a New Role Account
    18. roledel — Delete the Login for a Role
    19. rolemod — Modify an Existing Role Account
    20. route — Manually Manipulate the Routing Tables
    21. routed — Network Routing Daemon
    22. rpc.bootparamd, bootparamd — Boot Parameter Server
    23. rpc.nisd, nisd — NIS+ Service Daemon
    24. rpc.nisd_resolv, nisd_resolv — NIS+ Service Daemon
    25. rpc.nispasswdd, nispasswdd — NIS+ Password Update Daemon
    26. rpc.rexd, rexd — RPC-Based Remote Execution Server
    27. rpc.rstatd, rstatd — Kernel Statistics Server
    28. rpc.rusersd, rusersd — Network User-Name Server
    29. rpc.rwalld, rwalld — Network rwall Server
    30. rpc.sprayd, sprayd — Spray Server
    31. rpc.yppasswdd, yppasswdd — Server for Modifying NIS Password File
    32. rpc.ypupdated, ypupdated — Server for Changing NIS Information
    33. rpcbind — Universal Addresses to RPC Program Number Mapper
    34. rpcinfo — Report RPC Information
    35. rpld — IA Network Booting RPL (Remote Program Load) Server
    36. rquotad — Remote Quota Server
    37. rsh — Restricted Shell
    38. rshd — Remote Shell Server
    39. rstatd — Kernel Statistics Server
    40. rtc — Provide All Real-Time Clock and GMT-Tag Management
    41. runacct — Run Daily Accounting
    42. rusersd — Network User Name Server
    43. rwall — Write to All Users Over a Network
    44. rwalld — Network rwall Server
    45. rwhod — System Status Server
  22. S
    1. sa1, sa2, sadc — System Activity Report Package
    2. sac — Service Access Controller
    3. sacadm — Service Access Controller Administration
    4. sadc — System Activity Report Package
    5. sadmind — Distributed System Administration Daemon
    6. saf — Service Access Facility
    7. sar, sa1, sa2, sadc — System Activity Report Package
    8. savecore — Save a Crash Dump of the Operating System
    9. sendmail — Send Mail Over the Internet
    10. server_upgrade — Upgrade Clients of a Heterogeneous OS Server
    11. setmnt — Establish Mount Table
    12. setuname — Change System Information
    13. setup_install_server — Script to Copy the Solaris CD to a Disk
    14. share — Make Local Resource Available for Remote Mounting
    15. share_nfs — Make Local NFS File Systems Available for Remote Mounting
    16. shareall, unshareall — Share, Unshare Multiple Resources
    17. showmount — Show All Remote Mounts
    18. showrev — Show Machine and Software Revision Information
    19. shutacct — Turn Process Accounting Off at Shutdown
    20. shutdown — Shut Down System, Change System State
    21. slpd — Service Location Protocol Daemon
    22. smartcard — Configure and Administer a Smartcard
    23. smrsh — Restricted Shell for sendmail
    24. snmpdx — Sun Solstice Enterprise Master Agent
    25. snmpXdmid — Sun Solstice Enterprise SNMP-DMI Mapper Subagent
    26. snoop — Capture and Inspect Network Packets
    27. soconfig — Configure Transport Providers for Use by Sockets
    28. soladdapp — Add an Application to the Solstice Application Registry
    29. soldelapp — Remove an Application from the Solstice Application Registry
    30. solstice — Access System Administration Tools with a Graphical User Interface
    31. spray — Spray Packets
    32. sprayd — Spray Server
    33. ssaadm — Administration Program for SPARCstorage Array and SPARCstorage RSM Disk Systems
    34. startup — Turn Process Accounting On at Startup
    35. statd — Network Status Monitor
    36. strace — Print STREAMS Trace Messages
    37. strclean — STREAMS Error Logger Cleanup Program
    38. strerr — STREAMS Error Logger Daemon
    39. sttydefs — Maintain Line Settings and Hunt Sequences for TTY Ports
    40. su — Become Superuser or Another User
    41. sulogin — Access Single-User Mode
    42. suninstall — Install the Solaris Operating Environment
    43. swap — Swap Administrative Interface
    44. swmtool — Install, Upgrade, and Remove Software Packages
    45. sxconfig — Configure Contiguous Memory for the SX Video Subsystem
    46. sync — Update the Superblock
    47. syncinit — Set Serial Line Interface Operating Parameters
    48. syncloop — Synchronous Serial Loopback Test Program
    49. syncstat — Report Driver Statistics from a Synchronous Serial Link
    50. sys-unconfig — Undo a System's Configuration
    51. sysdef — Output System Definition
    52. sysidconfig — Execute or Define System Configuration Applications
    53. sysidtool, sysidnet, sysidns, sysidsys, sysidroot, sysidp — System Configuration
  23. T
    1. talkd — Server for Talk Program
    2. tapes — Create /dev Entries for Tape Drives
    3. taskstat — Print ASET Task Status
    4. tcxconfig — Configure S24 (TCX) Frame Buffer
    5. telinit — Process Control Initialization
    6. telnetd — DARPA TELNET Protocol Server
    7. tftpd — Internet Trivial File Transfer Protocol Server
    8. tic — terminfo Compiler
    9. tnamed— DARPA Trivial Name Server
    10. traceroute — Print the Route Packets Take to Network Host
    11. ttyadm — Format and Output Port-Monitor-Specific Information
    12. ttymon — Port Monitor for Terminal Ports
    13. tunefs — Tune an Existing File System
    14. turnacct — Turn Process Accounting On or Off
  24. U
    1. uadmin — Administrative Control
    2. ufsdump — Incremental File System Dump
    3. ufsrestore — Incremental File System Restore
    4. umount — Unmount File Systems and Remote Resources
    5. umountall — Unmount Multiple File Systems
    6. unlink — Unlink Files and Directories
    7. unshare — Make Local Resource Unavailable for Mounting by Remote Systems
    8. unshare_nfs — Make Local NFS File Systems Unavailable for Mounting by Remote Systems
    9. unshareall — Unshare Multiple Resources
    10. useradd — Administer a New User Login or Role on a System
    11. userdel — Delete a User Login from a System
    12. usermod — Modify User Login or Role Information on a System
    13. utmp2wtmp — Create an Entry in /var/adm/wtmpx Created by runacct
    14. utmpd — utmpx Monitoring Daemon
    15. uucheck — Check the UUCP Directories and Permissions File
    16. uucico — File Transport Program for the UUCP System
    17. uucleanup— UUCP Spool Directory Cleanup
    18. uucpd — UUCP Server
    19. uusched— UUCP File Transport Program Scheduler
    20. Uutry, uutry— Try to Contact Remote System with Debugging On
    21. uuxqt— Execute Remote Command Requests
  25. V
    1. vmstat — Report Virtual Memory Statistics
    2. volcopy — Make an Image Copy of File System
    3. volcopy_ufs — Make an Image Copy of a UFS File System
    4. vold — Volume Management Daemon to Manage CD-ROM and Diskette Devices
  26. W
    1. wall — Write to All Users
    2. wbemadmin — Start Sun WBEM User Manager
    3. wbemlogviewer — Start WBEM Log Viewer
    4. whodo — Report Who Is Doing What
    5. wtmpfix — Manipulate Connect Accounting Records
  27. X
    1. xntpd — Network Time Protocol Daemon
    2. xntpdc — Special NTP Query Program
  28. Y
    1. ypbind — NIS Binder Process
    2. ypinit — Set Up NIS Client
    3. ypmake — Rebuild NIS Database
    4. yppasswdd — Server for Modifying NIS Password File
    5. yppoll — Return Current Version of an NIS Map at an NIS Server Host
    6. yppush — Force Propagation of a Changed NIS Map
    7. ypserv, ypxfrd — NIS Server and Binder Processes
    8. ypset — Point ypbind at a Particular Server
    9. ypstart, ypstop — Start and Stop NIS Services
    10. ypupdated — Server for Changing NIS Information
    11. ypxfr, ypxfr_1perday, ypxfr_1perhour, ypxfr_2perday — Transfer NIS Map from an NIS Server to Host
    12. ypxfrd — NIS Server and Binder Processes
  29. Z
    1. zdump — Time-Zone Dumper
    2. zic — Time-Zone Compiler

Product information

  • Title: Solaris™ 8 System Administrator's Reference
  • Author(s): Janice Winsor
  • Release date: September 2000
  • Publisher(s): Pearson
  • ISBN: 0130277010