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Operating System AIX Task OS notes smit administrative GUI smitty wsm lsuser mkuser managing users chuser rmuser

HP-UX

Linux
(rh) = Red Hat, Mandrake, Suse,... (deb) = Debian, Storm, Progeny, Corel,...

Solaris Solaris 2.0-2.6, 7, 8, 9 (SunOS 5.*) SVR4-based solstice admintool smc (8 01/01+) useradd userdel prtconf -v /usr/platform/`uname -i`/ sbin/prtdiag -v (sun4u and sun4d only) psrinfo -v isainfo -v dmesg iostat -En eeprom devfsadm. pre-Solaris 7, use: drvconfig; devlinks; {disks, tapes, ports} /dev/rmt/0 kdmconfig (x86) prtvtoc

sam

linuxconf yast2 (Suse) useradd userdel dmesg (if you're lucky) /proc/cpuinfo /proc/pci /proc/meminfo /proc/interrupts /proc/ioports lspci

useradd userdel

list hardware configuration

prtconf lscfg lsattr lsdev

ioscan dmesg (if you're lucky) adb model stm (from the SupportPlus CDROM)

show/set EEPROM/NVRAM bootlist -o -m normal values add device without cfgmgr -v reboot tape device X kvm config read a disk label /dev/rmt0

lspv -l

setboot /dev/nvram (if you have bootadmin (at boot PROM) it) stm hwclock modprobe ioscan -fnCdevtype; kerneld insf -Cdevtype insmod /dev/rmt/0 /dev/st0 xf86config diskinfo fdisk -l pvdisplay

whole disk in partition label a disk

N/A mkvg pvcreate lvcreate sam cfdisk fdisk e2label parted (if you have it) fdisk pdisk (on a MAC) /boot/vmlinuz /boot/bootlx

2 format format fmthard /kernel/genunix /platform/`uname -m`/ kernel/unix /platform/`uname -m`/ kernel/sparcv9/unix (7+) sysdef getconf cat /etc/system ndd adb -k who -r installboot /usr/platform/ `uname -m` /lib/fs/ufs/bootblk raw_device_file /etc/rc* /etc/init.d/ swap -s swap -l ufs Solstice DiskSuite VxVM ($)

partition a disk

mklv

kernel

/unix

/hpux (9) /stand/vmunix (10+)

show/set kernel parameters show runlevel

/usr/samples/kernel/vmtune (installed with the bos adt.samples fileset) /usr/sbin/no (networkrelated) who -r

sam sysdef kmtune (11+) getconf who -r mkboot /etc/rc* (9) /sbin/rc* (10+) /sbin/init.d/ swapinfo hfs

/proc/* /proc/sys/* /sbin/runlevel fdisk -A(and lilo to manipulate mbr) /etc/rc* (but may vary) /etc/init.d/ cat /proc/meminfo free ext2 ext3 ReiserFS Linux Volume Manager (LVM)

make disk bootable bosboot -a

startup scripts check swap space "normal" filesystem volume-based filesystem

/etc/rc* lsps -a jfs

jfs

jfs (vxfs) LVM

file system description

/etc/filesystems smitty vg smitty lvm smitty jfs mkvg; chvg; rmvg mklv; chlv; rmlv mkfs; crfs; rmfs crfs

VxVM ($) /etc/checklist (9) /etc/fstab (10+) vg*; lv*; pv* extendfs fsadm

/etc/fstab

/etc/vfstab (local)

volume manipulation

e2fsadm lvcreate lvremove lvextend

/opt/VRTSvxva/bin/vxva (Veritas) /usr/opt/SUNWmd/ sbin/metatool (DiskSuite) newfs mkfs mkfile /etc/init.d/vold start; volcheck or mount -F hsfs /dev/sr0 /cdrom /etc/dfs/dfstab share shareall /etc/nsswitch.conf ndd ifconfig -a netstat -in (8+) kstat -n hme0 | egrep 'ifspeed|duplex'

create filesystem

mkfs

mke2fs dd if=/dev/zero of=filename bs=1024k count=desired mount /cdrom

create non-0-length lmktemp empty file mount -v cdrfs -o ro /dev/cd0 /cdrom smitty cdrom NFS share definitions NFS share command name resolution order show network interface info /etc/exports /etc/xtab exportfs -a /etc/netsvc.conf ifconfig -a no -a netstat -i

prealloc pfs_mountd pfsd pfs_mount /etc/exports

mount CDROM

/etc/exports /etc/init.d/nfs-server reload (rh) exportfs -a /etc/nsswitch.conf /etc/resolv.conf

exportfs -a /etc/nsswitch.conf lanadmin landiag lanscan netstat -in

/sbin/ifconfig

change IP

smitty chinet

/sbin/set_parms initial

(rh) edit: /etc/hosts, /etc/sysconfig/network, /etc/sysconfig/ network-scripts/ ifcfg-eth0 (deb) edit /etc/network/interfaces; /etc/init.d/networking restart ping -c 1 hostname etherfind tcpdump (rh) /etc/sysconfig/network (rh) /etc/sysconfig/staticroutes (deb) /etc/init.d/network (deb) /etc/network /etc/issue.net (telnet) (ftp varies; can use tcp wrappers)

edit: /etc/{resolv.conf, hosts, hostname.*, netmasks, nodename, dumpadm.conf, net/*/hosts} sys-unconfig; reboot

ping one packet sniff network

ping -c 1 hostname iptrace ipreport netstat -r smitty route

ping hostname 10 1 (9) ping hostname -n 1 (10+) nettl netfmt

ping hostname packetsize 1 snoop /etc/defaultrouter /etc/notrouter /etc/default/telnetd /etc/default/ftpd

route definitions

/etc/rc.config.d/netconf

telnetd, ftpd banner /etc/security/login.cfg

/etc/inetd.conf (telnet)

encrypted passwords in allow/deny root logins show installed software

/etc/security/passwd

/etc/passwd (not Trusted) /secure/etc/passwd (Trusted 9) /etc/shadow (may vary) /tcb/files/auth/ (10+) /etc/securetty rmfn, what (HP-UX 9) swlist (HP-UX 10+) /etc/securetty (rh) rpm -a -i (rh) rpm -qa (deb) dselect (deb) dpkg -l (rh) rpm -hiv

/etc/shadow

/etc/security/user

/etc/default/login pkginfo prodreg admintool

lslpp -L

smitty install_all smitty installp

add software precompiled binaries of GPLware and freeware C compiler

/usr/lib/instl/sm_inst installp_cmd -a -d 'device' '-c' '-N' '-g' '-X' aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu/ aixpdslib.html www-frec.bull.com/ docs/download.htm /usr/ibmcxx/bin/cc

swinstall hpux.cs.utah.edu hpux.connect.org.uk

(deb) dselect (deb) apt-get install pkg (deb) dpkg -i www.linux.org linux.tucows.com

pkgadd

www.sunfreeware.com

/opt/softbench/bin/cc ($) /bin/cc (9) gcc /usr/bin/cc (10+; not ANSI; kernel builder only) swlist -l product | grep someString update (9) swinstall (10+) (rh) rpm -q (deb) dpkg -s (deb) apt-get update (deb) apt-get upgrade ldconfig ldd $LD_LIBRARY_PATH strace ltrace /etc/profile /etc/security/ /etc/csh.login

/opt/SUNWspro/ bin/cc ($) showrev -p prodreg (2.6+) patchadd -p installpatch (2.5.1-) patchadd (2.6+) pkgadd /usr/sadm/bin/smpatch (9+) crle ldd pldd $LD_LIBRARY_PATH truss sotruss /etc/default/login /etc/profile /etc/security/ /etc/.login /var/log/syslog

show patch level and/or patches

instfix -ivq

patch tool

installp smitty update_all

configure/show runtime linking link library path tracing utility $LIBPATH trace syscalls truss

chatr $SHLIB_PATH trace (freeware) tusc (11+, freeware)

define user defaults csh global .login default syslog /var/adm/syslog

/var/log/syslog /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log /var/log/messages dmesg sysdiag (9 and early10)

system error

reporting tool performance monitoring FAQs (see also faqs.org)

errpt ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ aix/tools/perftools/perfpmr www.faqs.org/faqs/ aix-faq/part1/ preamble.html AIX-L@pucc. princeton.edu (LISTSERV) www.marist. edu/htbin/wlvindex? ADSM-L

stm/cstm/mstm/xstm (10.20+)

dmesg vmstat

prtdiag sar; iostat; kstat; mpstat; netstat; nfsstat; prstat; trapstat; vmstat www.faqs.org/faqs/Solaris2/ FAQ/ www.faqs.org/faqs/Solaris2/ x86/FAQ/ sun-managers@sunmanagers .org (majordomo)

www.faqs.org/faqs/ www.linuxdoc.org/ hp/hpux-faq/preamble.html FAQ/Linux-FAQ www.linumanagers .org www.linux.org/ help/lists.html

mailing list

hpux-admin@ dutchworks.nl (majordomo)

mailing list archives

newsgroup(s) groups.google user groups magazines vendor home page

marc.theaimsgroup.com/ ?l=aix-l&r=1&w=2 comp.unix.aix www.thp.uni-duisburg.de/ comp.sys.hp.hpux cuaix/cuaix.html www.userblue.org www.interex.org www.hpchronicle.com www.developer. www.interex.org/hpuxusr ibm.com/library/aixpert www.hppro.com www.developer.ibm.com/ www.unixsolutions.hp.com/ tech/map/aixrm.html products/hpux www.redbooks.ibm.com docs.hp.com itrc.hp.com

www.dutch works.nl/ htbin/hpsysadmin

www.linuxmanagers.org/ pipermail/linuxmanagers

http://www.sunmanagers.org/ archives.html www.latech. edu/sunman.html comp.sys.sun. admin, comp.unix.solaris

comp.os.linux.* (esp .answers)

www.linuxjournal.com www.linux-mag.com www.linux.org www.redhat.com www.linuxdoc.org/ rpmfind.net/linux/RPM

www.sunworld.com/ www.sun.com/solaris/

vendor docs and patches

techsupport.services. ibm.com/ server/support?

docs.sun.com sunsolve.sun.com

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