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