Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 Command-Line Interface Reference Manual

Preface

This book, Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 Command-Line Interface Reference Manual, provides information about the commands that you can run to manage hosts, users, components, and plans in the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System software.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is for people who want to use the Sun N1^TM Service Provisioning System to manage hosts, users, and to install and manage applications in data centers.

How This Book Is Organized

This book contains an overview of the command-line interface, chapters that describe the commands associated with managing the provisioning software, and an appendix that describes the format of input types.

Related Books

The Sun N1 Service Provisioning System documentation includes these other books:

Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 Release Notes
Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 Installation Guide
Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 System Administration Guide
Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 Operations and Provisioning Guide
Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 Plan and Component Developer's Guide
Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 XML Schema Reference Guide
Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 Plug-In Developer's Guide

Documentation, Support, and Training

Sun Function	URL	Description
Documentation	`http://www.sun.com/documentation/`	Download PDF and HTML documents, and order printed documents
Support and Training	`http://www.sun.com/supportraining/`	Obtain technical support, download patches, and learn about Sun courses

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes that are used in this book.

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions


Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `machine_name% you have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output	`machine_name%` `su` `Password:`
`aabbcc123`	Placeholder: replace with a real name or value	The command to remove a file is `rm` `filename`.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. Perform a patch analysis. Do not save the file. [Note that some emphasized items appear bold online.]

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–2 Shell Prompts


Shell	Prompt
C shell prompt	`machine_name%`
C shell superuser prompt	`machine_name#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt	`#`