Plan 9 from Bell Labs - Section 8 - System Administration

0intro - introduction to system administration

intro

6in4 - 6to4 tunnel of IPv6 through IPv4

6in4

9boot - PC bootstrap programs

9boot, 9bootpbs, 9load, 9loadusb, mbr, pbs

9pcon - 9P to text translator

9pcon

aan - always available network

aan

aliasmail - expand system wide mail aliases

aliasmail

aoesrv - serve data via ATA-over-Ethernet (AoE)

aoesrv

apm - Advanced Power Management 1.2 BIOS interface

apm

aquarela - CIFS server

aquarela

auth - maintain or query authentication databases

changeuser, convkeys, convkeys2, printnetkey, status, enable, disable, authsrv, guard.srv, debug, wrkey, login, newns, none, as

backup - backup venti arenas to disks or blu-ray discs, or restore from them

backup, newset, tobackup, dumparenas, restore

bandt2 - Viaduct bridge-and-tunnel client and server

bandt2

boot - connect to the root file server

boot

booting - bootstrapping procedures

booting

cec - Coraid Ethernet Console

cec

cidr -

cpurc - boot scripts

cpurc, cpurc.local, termrc, termrc.local

cron - clock daemon

cron

dhcpd - Internet booting

dhcpd, dhcpleases, tftpd

diskparts - prepare disks for use

diskparts, dmaon

disksim - disk simulator

disksim

drawterm - connect to Plan 9 CPU servers from other operating systems

drawterm

dsa - generate and format dsa keys

dsagen, asn12dsa, dsa2pub, dsa2ssh

findviaduct - look up data about Viaduct bridging-and-tunnelling clients

findviaduct

fossilcons - fossil console commands

fossilcons

fs - file server maintenance

fs, exsort

fsconfig - configuring a file server

fsconfig

fshalt - halt any local file systems and optionally reboot the system

fshalt, reboot

getflags - command-line parsing for shell scripts

getflags, usage

gpsfs - GPS time and position service

gpsfs, gpsevermore

histogram - draw a histogram

histogram

httpd - HTTP server

httpd, save, imagemap, man2html, webls

init - initialize machine upon booting

init

ipconfig - Internet configuration and routing

ipconfig, rip, linklocal, ipv6on

ipok - verify that an IP address belongs to a country approved of by the US government

ipok

ipserv - Internet remote access daemons

telnetd, rlogind, rexexec, ftpd

iscsisrv - iSCSI target: provide remote access via iSCSI

iscsisrv

kfscmd - kfs administration

kfscmd, ksync

listen - listen for calls on a network device

listen, listen1, tcp7, tcp9, tcp19, tcp21, tcp22, tcp23, tcp25, tcp53, tcp110, tcp113, tcp143, tcp513, tcp515, tcp564, tcp565, tcp566, tcp567, tcp993, tcp995, tcp1723, tcp17007, tcp17008, tcp17009, tcp17010, tcp17013, tcp17014

loadfossil - populate a fossil filesystem

loadfossil

lp - PostScript preprocessors

lp

mk9660 - create an ISO-9660 CD image

dump9660, mk9660

mkflashfs - make a journalling file system for flash memory

mkflashfs

mkfs - archive or update a file system

mkfs, mkext

mkpaqfs - make a compressed read-only file system

mkpaqfs

mkusbboot - generate bootable USB or other disk image for PC

mkusbboot

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, ipquery, mkhash, mkdb, mkhosts, cs, csquery, dns, dnstcp, dnsquery, dnsdebug, inform

newuser - adding a new user

newuser

nfsserver - NFS service

nfsserver, portmapper, pcnfsd

partfs - serve file, with partitions

partfs

pci - print PCI bus configuration

pci

pcmcia - identify a PCMCIA card

pcmcia

pem - encode files in Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) format

pemdecode, pemencode

ping - probe the Internet

ping, gping, traceroute, hogports

plan9.ini - configuration file primarily for PCs

plan9.ini

pop3 - Internet mail servers

pop3, imap4d

ppp - point-to-point protocol

ppp, pppoe, pptp, pptpd

prep - prepare disks, floppies and flashes

prep, fdisk, format, mbr

qer - queue management for spooled files

qer, runq

reboot - reboot the system upon loss of remote file server connection

reboot

replica - simple client-server replica management

applychanges, applylog, compactdb, updatedb

rsa - generate and format rsa keys

rsagen, rsafill, asn12rsa, rsa2pub, rsa2ssh, rsa2x509

rtcp - measure TCP bandwidth

rtcp, stcp

scanmail - spam filters

scanmail, testscan

screenlock - disable access to a terminal

screenlock

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

smtp, smtpd

snoopy - spy on network packets

snoopy

stats - display graphs of system activity

stats

statusbar - display a bar graph status window

statusbar

stub - provide mount point stubs

stub

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

trampoline - forward incoming calls to another address

trampoline

udpecho - echo UDP packets

udpecho

update - administration for local file systems

bootfloppy, bootplan9, bootwin9x, bootwinnt, personalize, setup.9fat, setup.disk, setup.kfs, update

venti - archival storage server

venti

venti-backup - copy arenas between venti servers

rdarena, wrarena

venti-fmt - prepare and maintain a venti server

buildindex, checkarenas, checkindex, conf, fixarenas, fmtarenas, fmtbloom, fmtindex, fmtisect

vga - configure a VGA card

vga

watchdog - reset the system if it gets stuck

watchdog

wol - send wake-on-lan Ethernet packet

wol