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.TH INTRO 8 "21 January 1983"
.SH NAME
intro \- introduction to system maintenance and operation commands
.SH DESCRIPTION
This section contains information related to system operation
and maintenance. In particular, commands used to create new file
systems,
.IR newfs ,
.IR mkfs ,
and verify the integrity of the file systems,
.IR fsck ,
.IR icheck ,
.IR dcheck ,
and
.I ncheck
are described
here. The section
.I format
shold be consulted when formatting disk packs. The section
.I crash
should be consulted in understanding how to interpret system
crash dumps.
.PP
.ti +1.0i
\fIMaintenance and System Operation Commands\fP
.PP
.ta 1.25i
.nf
MAKEDEV make system special files
ac login accounting
adduser procedure for adding new users
analyze virtual memory postmortem crash analyzer
arcv convert an old archive to the new format
arff archiver for 11/780 console floppies and 11/730 console cassettes
bad144 read/write dec standard 144 bad sector information
badsect program for dealing with bad sectors on disks
catman create the cat'able files for the manual
chown change owner
clri clear i-node
comsat mail notification server
config build system configuration files
crash what happens when the system crashes
cron clock daemon
dcheck file system directory consistency check
diskpart disk partition calculator
dmesg collect system diagnostic messages to form error log
dump incremental file system dump
dumpfs dump file system information
fastboot reboot a system without checking any file systems
flcopy copy 11/780 console floppies
format standalone disk formatting program and procedures
fsck file system consistency check and interactive repair
ftpd DARPA file transfer protocol server
gettable obtain network database file from a remote host
getty set terminal mode
halt stop the processor
icheck file system storage consistency check
implogd IMP logging server
init process control initialization
kgmon control system profiling
lpd line printer daemon
makekey generate encryption key
mkfs construct a file system
mknod build special file
mkproto construct a pototype file system
mount, umount mount and dismount file system
ncheck generate names from i-numbers
newfs build a new file system
pstat print system facts
quot summarize file system ownership
rc command script for auto-reboot and daemons
reboot UNIX bootstrapping procedures
renice alter priority of running process by changing nice
restor incremental file system restore
rexecd remote execution (with password authentication) server
rlogind remote login server
rmt remote magtape access protocol interpreter
route manually manipulate network routing tables
routed network routing daemon
rrestor remote file system restore facility
rshd remote execution (without password authentication) server
rwhod system status server
sa, accton system accounting
savecore save a core dump of the operating system
sendmail send mail over the internet
shutdown close down the system at a given time
sticky executable files with persistent text
swapon specify additional device for paging and swapping
sync update the super block
telnetd TELNET protocol server
tftpd TFTP server
trpt TCP protocol trace analyzer
tunefs tune the parameters of an existing file system
update periodically update the super block
vipw edit the password file with vi
vpac print raster printer/ploter accounting information
.fi