# plan 9 man section 8

[manual index]

## Plan 9 from Bell Labs - Section 8 - System Administration

0intro - introduction to system administration
  `intro`
9load - PC bootstrap program
  `9load, ld`
9pcon - 9P to text translator
  `9pcon`
aliasmail - expand system wide mail aliases
  `aliasmail`
apm - Advanced Power Management 1.2 BIOS interface
  `apm`
auth - maintain authentication databases
  `changeuser, wrkey, convkeys, convkeys2, printnetkey, status, auth.srv, guard.srv, login, disable, enable`
boot - connect to the root file server
  `boot`
booting - bootstrapping procedures
  `booting`
buildindex - rebuild a Venti index
  `buildindex`
checkarenas - check the integrity, and optionally fix, Venti arenas
  `checkarenas`
checkindex - check the integrity and optionally fix a Venti index
  `checkindex`
cpurc - boot script
  `cpurc, termrc`
cron - clock daemon
  `cron`
dhcpd - Internet booting
  `dhcpd, rarpd, tftpd`
drawterm - connect to Plan 9 CPU servers from other operating systems
  `drawterm`
fmtarenas - format a file into a number of Venti arenas
  `fmtarenas`
fmtindex - format a Venti index
  `fmtindex`
fmtisect - format a Venti index section
  `fmtisect`
fs - file server maintenance
  `fs, exsort`
fsconfig - configuring a file server
  `fsconfig`
httpd - HTTP server
  `httpd, echo, save, imagemap, man2html`
init - initialize machine upon booting
  `init`
ipconfig - Internet configuration and routing
  `ipconfig, rip`
ipserv - Internet remote access daemons
  `telnetd, rlogind, rexexec, ftpd`
kfscmd - kfs administration
  `kfscmd, ksync`
listen - listen for calls on a network device
  `listen, listen1, il7, il9, il19, il565, il566, il17007, il17008, il17009, il17013, il17031, tcp7, tcp9, tcp19, tcp21, tcp23, tcp25, tcp53, tcp110, tcp113, tcp143, tcp513, tcp515, tcp564, tcp565, tcp566, tcp567, tcp993, tcp17007, tcp17009, tcp17013`
lp - PostScript preprocessors
  `lp`
mk9660 - create an ISO-9660 CD image
  `dump9660, mk9660`
mkfs - archive or update a file system
  `mkfs, mkext`
mkpaqfs - make a compressed read-only file system
  `mkpaqfs`
mksacfs - make a compressed file system
  `mksacfs`
mouse - configure a mouse to a port
  `aux/mouse, aux/accupoint`
na - assembler for the Symbios Logic PCI-SCSI I/O Processors
  `na`
ndb - network database
  `query, mkhash, mkdb, cs, csquery, dns, dnsquery, ipquery, dnsdebug, mkhosts`
newuser - adding a new user
  `newuser`
nfsserver - NFS service
  `nfsserver, portmapper, pcnfsd, 9auth`
pcmcia - identify a PCMCIA card
  `pcmcia`
ping - probe the Internet
  `ping, gping, traceroute, hogports`
plan9.ini - configuration file for PCs
  `plan9.ini`
pop3 - mail servers
  `pop3, imap4d`
ppp - point to point protocol
  `ppp, pppoe, pptp, pptpd`
prep - prepare hard and floppy diskettes, flashes
  `prep, fdisk, format, mbr`
qer - queue management for spooled files
  `qer, runq`
rdarena - extract a Venti arena
  `rdarena`
reboot - reboot the system upon loss of remote file server connection
  `reboot`
replica - simple client-server replica management
  `applychanges, applylog, compactdb, updatedb`
scanmail - spam filters
  `scanmail, testscan`
scuzz - SCSI target control
  `scuzz`
secstore - secstore commands
  `secstored, secuser`
securenet - Digital Pathways SecureNet Key remote authentication box
  `securenet`
send - mail routing and delivery
  `send`
smtp - mail transport and servers
  `smtp, smtpd, pop3, imap4d`
snoopy - spy on network packets
  `snoopy`
stats - display graphs of system activity
  `stats`
swap - establish a swap file
  `swap`
timesync - synchronize the system clock to a time source
  `timesync`
tlssrv - TLS server and client
  `tlssrv, tlsclient, tlssrvtunnel, tlsclienttunnel`
udpecho - echo UDP packets
  `udpecho`
update - administration for local file systems
  `bootfloppy, bootplan9, bootwin9x, bootwinnt, personalize, setup.9fat, setup.disk, setup.kfs, update`
venti - an archival block storage server
  `venti`
vga - configure a VGA card
  `vga`