man pages section 1M: System Administration Commands


A

	accept — accept print requests ( )

	adminvi — edit text with restrictions ( )

	add a new device driver to the system — add_drv ( )

	add_allocatable, add entries to allocation databases ( )

	add_drv — add a new device driver to the system ( )

	add software packages to system — pkgadd ( )

	Address resolution display and control — arp ( )

	arp — address resolution display and control ( )

	atohexlabel — convert a character-coded label to its hexadecimal equivalent ( )

	audit — maintain audit trail ( )

	audit record, create — writeaudit ( )

	audit records, select or merge from audit trail files — auditreduce ( )

	audit_startup shell script ( )

	audit statistics report — auditstat ( )

	audit trail file, select records from — auditreduce ( )

	audit_warn — audit daemon warning script ( )

	auditconfig — get and set kernel audit parameters ( )

	auditd — audit daemon ( )

	auditing commands
		— audit ( )
		— audit_startup ( )
		— audit_warn ( )
		— auditconfig ( )
		— auditd ( )
		— auditreduce ( )
		— auditstat ( )
		— praudit ( )

	auditreduce — select or merge audit records from audit trail files ( )

	auditstat — display kernel audit statistics ( )

	autofs
		automatically mount file systems — automount ( )
		mount/unmount request server — automountd ( )

	automount — automatically mount file systems ( )

	automountd — autofs mount/unmount request server ( )

	autopush — configures lists of automatically pushed STREAMS modules ( )


B

	boot parameter server — rpc.bootparamd ( )

	broadcast message
		write to all users — wall ( )
		write to all users of a group— wall ( )
		write to all users over a network — rwall ( )


C

	CD-ROM
		managing — rmmount ( )
		mounting — rmmount ( )
		packages on — pkgadd ( )

	change processor operational status — psradm ( )

	chk_encodings — check label encodings file syntax ( ) ( )

	chroot — change root directory for a command ( )

	CIM Boot Manager, starting ( )

	CIM Object Manager, stopping ( )

	configure device policy — devpolicy ( )

	configure system wide IPsec policy — ipsecconf ( )

	configure the power management system — pmconfig ( )

	control and query bindings of processes to processors — pbind ( )

	convert a character-coded label to its hexadecimal equivalent — atohexlabel ( )

	convert a hexadecimal label to its character-coded equivalent — hextoalabel ( )

	core file administration — coreadm ( )

	coreadm — core file administration ( )

	create a temporary snapshot of a file system — fssnap ( )

	create a temporary snapshot of a UFS file system — fssnap_ufs ( )

	create audit record — writeaudit ( )

	cron — clock daemon ( )


D

	daemons
		clock daemon — cron ( )
		Internet Trivial File Transfer Protocol — in.tftpd ( )
		network router discovery daemon — in.rdisc ( )
		network status monitor — statd ( )
		NFS — nfsd ( )
		NIS+ service — rpc.nisd ( )
		remote shell server — in.rshd ( )
		server which returns peer process information — rpc.sprayd ( )

	date, set system date from a remote host — rdate ( )

	devfsadm — administer /dev and /devices ( )

	devfsadmd — devfsadm daemon ( )

	device_clean — device clean programs ( )

	device_maps, display entries — dminfo ( )

	devices
		add to allocation databases — add_allocatable ( )
		display access control entries from device_maps ( )
		remove a device driver from the system — rem_drv ( )
		remove entries from allocation databases — remove_allocatable ( )

	/devices directory
		administer — devfsadm ( )
		configure — drvconfig ( )

	devpolicy — configure device policy ( )

	dfmounts — displays information on resources shared through DFS ( )

	DFS
		display information on resources shared — dfmounts ( )
		list available resources from remote or local systems — dfshares ( )

	dfshares — list available resources from remote or local systems ( )

	disk usage, summary — du ( )

	diskettes, packages on — pkgadd ( )

	disks, partitioning and maintenance utility — format ( )

	dispadmin — process scheduler administration ( )

	display
		file system security attributes — getfsattr ( )
		system configuration information — prtconf ( )

	display file system security attributes — getfsattr ( )

	Distributed File System — see DFS ( )

	dl_booting — inform the kernel that a machine is in the state of disklessly booting ( )

	dl_restore — inform the kernel that a machine is in the normal state ( )

	dminfo — display device_maps entries ( )

	drvconfig — configure /devices ( )

	du — summarize disk usage ( )


E

	EEPROM display and load program — eeprom ( )


F

	file system
		change the dynamic parameters — setfsattr ( )
		loopback — mount ( )
		mount — mountall ( )
		mount file systems and remote resources — mount ( )
		mount ufs — mount_ufs ( )
		report processes using file or file structure — fuser ( )
		share multiple resources — shareall ( )
		unmount — umount ( )
		unmount — umountall ( )
		unshare multiple resources — unshareall ( )

	File Transfer Protocol, server — in.ftpd ( )

	floppy
		managing — rmmount ( )
		mounting — rmmount ( )

	format — disk partitioning and maintenance utility ( )

	fsdb_ufs — ufs file system debugger ( )
		Commands ( )
		Expressions ( )
		Formatted Output ( )
		Inode Commands ( )

	fssnap — create a temporary snapshot of a file system ( )

	fssnap_ufs — create a temporary snapshot of a UFS file system ( )

	FTP, daemon on remote host — in.ftpd ( )

	fuser — identify processes using file or file structure ( )


G

	getfsattr — display file system security attributes ( ) ( )


H

	halt — stop the processor ( )

	hextoalabel — convert a hexadecimal label to its character-coded equivalent ( )

	hsfs, mount — mount_hsfs ( )


I

	ICMP, router discovery daemon — in.rdisc ( )

	ifconfig — configure network interface parameters ( )

	in.ftpd — File Transfer Protocol daemon on remote host ( )

	in.named — internet domain name server ( )

	in.rarpd — Reverse Address Resolution Protocol Server ( )

	in.rdisc — ICMP router discovery daemon ( )

	in.rexecd — remote execution server ( )

	rexecd — remote execution server ( )

	in.rlogind — remote login server ( )

	in.routed — network routing daemon ( )

	in.tftpd — Internet Trivial File Transfer Protocol server ( )

	inetd — Internet services daemon ( )

	init — process control initialization ( )
		/etc/defaults/init file ( )
		init and System Booting ( )
		inittab Additions ( )
		Run Level Changes ( )
		Run Level Defined ( )
		telinit ( )

	init.wbem — start CIM Boot Manager ( )

	init.wbem — stop CIM Boot Manager ( )

	install — install commands ( )

	Internet
		File Transfer Protocol daemon on remote host — in.ftpd ( )
		ICMP router discovery daemon — in.rdisc ( )
		network routing daemon — in.routed ( )
		query domain name servers — nslookup ( )
		RARP server — in.rarpd ( )
		services daemon — inetd ( )
		Trivial File Transfer Protocol server — in.tftpd ( )

	Internet Control Message Protocol, — in.rdisc ( )

	Internet Protocol, to Ethernet addresses — arp ( )

	ipsecconf — configure system wide IPsec policy ( )

	ipseckey — manually manipulate an IPsec Security Association Database (SABD) ( )


K

	kernel
		load a module — modload ( )
		unload a module — modunload ( )


L

	lockd — network lock daemon ( )

	loopback file system, mount file systems and remote resources — mount ( )

	LP print services
		administer filters — lpfilter ( )
		administer forms — lpforms ( )
		configure — lpadmin ( )
		register remote systems — lpsystem ( )
		set printing queue priorities — lpusers ( )

	lpadmin — configure LP print service ( )

	lpfilter — administer filters used with LP print service ( )

	lpforms — administer forms used with LP print service ( )

	lpforms — administer forms used with the LP print service
		Adding or Changing a Form ( )
		Allowing and Denying Access to a Form ( )

	lpforms — administer forms used with the, Deleting a Form ( )

	lpforms — administer forms used with the LP print service
		Listing Form Attributes ( )
		Listing the Current Alert ( )
		Removing an Alert Definition ( )
		Setting an Alert to Mount a Form ( )
		Terminating an Active Alert ( )

	lpmove — moves print requests that are queued ( )

	lpsched — start the LP print service ( )

	lpshut — stop the LP print service ( )

	lpsystem — register remote systems with LP print service ( )

	lpusers — set printing queue priorities ( )


M

	mail delivery server — sendmail ( )

	make device_allocate and device_maps entries — mkdevdb ( )

	make local NFS file systems available for mounting by remote systems — share_nfs ( )

	manage bulk operations on user accounts — smmultiuser ( )

	manage email alias entries — smmaillist ( )

	manage entries in the exec_attr database — smexec ( )

	manage entries in the hosts database — smhost ( )

	manage entries in the interface database — smnetidb ( )

	manage entries in the network template database — smnettmpl ( )

	manage entries in the networks database — smnetwork ( )

	manage group entries — smgroup ( )

	manage jobs in the crontab database — smcron ( )

	manage profiles in the prof_attr and exec_attr databases — smprofile ( )

	manage roles and users in role accounts — smrole ( )

	manage user entries — smuser ( )

	manage WCI RSM controller configurations — wrsmconf ( )

	manually manipulate an IPsec Security Association Database (SABD) — ipseckey ( )

	mkdevalloc — make device_allocate entries ( )

	mkdevdb — make device_allocate and device_maps entries ( )

	mkdevmaps — make device_maps entries ( )

	modload — load a kernel module ( )

	modunload — unload a kernel module ( )

	mount — mount file systems and remote resources ( )

	mount — mount security attributes ( )

	mount, show all remote mounts — showmount ( )

	mount_hsfs — mount hsfs file systems ( )

	mount hsfs file systems — mount_hsfs ( )

	mount_nfs — mount remote NFS resources ( )

	mount_pcfs — mount pcfs file systems ( )

	mount pcfs file systems — mount_pcfs ( )

	mount_tmpfs — mount tmpfs ( )

	mount_ufs — mount ufs ( )

	mountall — mount multiple filesystems ( )

	mountd — NFS mount request server ( )


N

	name service cache daemon — nscd ( )

	named — internet domain name server ( )

	ndd — get and set driver configuration parameters ( )

	netstat — display network status ( )
		Active Sockets (First Form) ( )
		DHCP Interface Information (Seventh Form) ( )
		Extended Metric Routing Table (Fifth Form) ( )
		Interface Status (Third Form) ( )
		Multicast Routing Tables (Sixth Form) ( )
		Network Data Structures (Second Form) ( )
		Routing Table (Fourth Form) ( )
		TCP Sockets ( )

	network routing daemon — in.routed ( )

	network, lock daemon — lockd ( )

	network interface parameters, configure — ifconfig ( )

	network packets capture and inspection — snoop ( )

	network status, display — netstat ( )

	network status monitor — statd ( )

	newsecfs — set security attributes on a newly created file system ( )

	NFS
		crash and recovery functions for locking services — statd ( )
		daemon — nfsd ( )
		display statistics — nfsstat ( )
		make local NFS filesystem unavailable for mounting by remote systems — unshare_nfs ( )
		mount — mount_nfs ( )
		mount request server — mountd ( )

	nfsd — NFS daemon ( )

	nfsstat — display NFS statistics ( )

	NIS
		binder process — ypbind ( )
		transfer NIS map from a NIS server to host — ypxfr ( )

	NIS+
		initialize a domain to store system administration information— nissetup ( )
		nissetup — initialize a NIS+ domain to serve clients ( )
		service daemon — rpc.nisd ( )
		utility to cache location information about NIS+ servers — nis_cachemgr ( )

	NIS+ credentials for NIS+ principals, initialize — nisclient ( )

	NIS+ password update daemon
		— nispasswdd ( )
		— rpc.nispasswdd ( )

	nis_cachemgr — NIS+ utility to cache location information about NIS+ servers ( )

	NIS server and binder processes
		— ypserv ( )
		— ypxfrd ( )

	nisclient — initialize NIS+ credentials for NIS+ principals ( )

	nispasswdd — NIS+ password update daemon ( )

	nispopulate — populate the NIS+ tables in a NIS+ domain ( )

	nissetup — initialize a domain to serve clients ( )

	nscd — name service cache daemon ( )

	nslookup — query Internet domain name servers ( )


O

	output system definition, display current — sysdef ( )

	override privilege ( )


P

	pbind — control and query bindings of processes to processors ( )
		Binding processes ( )
		Querying Bindings ( )
		Unbinding a process ( )

	pcfs, mount — mount_pcfs ( )

	pkgadd — transfer software packages to system ( )

	pkgchk — check package installation accuracy ( )

	pmconfig — configure the power management system ( )

	populate the NIS+ tables in a NIS+ domain — nispopulate ( )

	poweroff — stop the processor ( )

	praudit — print contents of an audit trail file ( )

	print contents of an audit trail file — praudit ( )

	print queue, accept or reject requests — accept, reject ( )

	print requests, accept or reject — accept, reject ( )

	print service, LP — lpmove ( )

	print the route packets take to network host — traceroute ( )

	printer filters
		add and change — lpfilter ( )
		list attributes — lpfilter ( )
		remove — lpfilter ( )

	printer forms
		add or change — lpforms ( )
		delete — lpforms ( )
		list attributes — lpforms ( )
		listing the current alert — lpforms ( )
		provide access — lpforms ( )
		removing an alert definition — lpforms ( )
		setting an alert to mount a form — lpforms ( )
		terminating an active alert — lpforms ( )

	printers
		add and change printers — lpadmin ( )
		define alerts for printer faults — lpadmin ( )
		mount printer wheels — lpadmin ( )
		remove printers — lpadmin ( )
		set or change system default destination — lpadmin ( )
		setting priorities — lpusers ( )

	privilege
		override ( )
		required ( )

	process scheduler, administration — dispadmin ( )

	processes
		initialization — init ( )
		using file or file structure — fuser ( )

	programming tools, install — install commands ( )

	PROM monitor program, display and load program — eeprom ( )

	prtconf — print system configuration information ( )

	psradm — change processor operational status ( )


Q

	quick halt — halt ( )


R

	RARP, server — in.rarpd ( )

	rarpd — DARPA Reverse Address Resolution Protocol server ( )

	rdate — set system date from a remote host ( )

	rdisc — network router discovery daemon ( )

	reboot — restart the operating system ( )

	reject — reject print requests ( )

	rem_drv — remove a device driver from the system ( )

	remote execution server — in.rexecd ( )

	remote execution server — rexecd ( )

	remote login server — in.rlogind ( )
		rlogind ( )

	remote resources
		mount or unmount — mount ( )
		mount NFS — mount_nfs ( )

	remote system
		make local resource unavailable for mounting — unshare ( )
		register with LP print service — lpsystem ( )
		set system date — rdate ( )
		shell server — in.rshd ( )

	removable media mounter for CD-ROM and floppy — rmmount ( )

	remove_allocatable — remove entries from allocation databases ( )

	report WCI RSM driver statistics — wrsmstat ( )

	required privilege ( )

	Reverse Address Resolution Protocol, — in.rarpd ( )

	rlogind — remote login server ( )

	rmmount — removable media mounter for CD-ROM and floppy ( )

	root directory, change for a command — chroot ( )

	route — manually manipulate routing tables ( )

	routed — network routing daemon ( )

	RPC
		NIS+ service daemon — rpc.nisd ( )
		program number to universal addresses mapping — rpcbind ( )
		report information — rpcinfo ( )
		sends one-way stream of packets to host — spray ( )
		server, autofs mount/unmount requests — automountd ( )
		server, NFS mount requests — mountd ( )
		server which returns peer process information — rpc.sprayd ( )

	rpc.bootparamd — boot parameter server ( )

	rpc.getpeerinfod — Obtain peer process information ( )

	rpc.nisd — NIS+ service daemon ( )
		rpc.nisd_resolv ( ) ( )

	rpc.nispasswdd — NIS+ password update daemon ( )

	rpc.tbootparamd — Trusted Solaris boot parameter server ( )

	rpc.ypupdated — server for changing NIS information ( )

	rpcbind — converts RPC program numbers to universal addresses ( )

	rpcinfo — report RPC information ( )

	runpd, run a command for privilege debugging ( )

	rwall — write to all users over a network ( )


S

	scheduler, process, administration — dispadmin ( )

	sendmail — mail delivery system ( )

	server for changing NIS information
		— rpc.ypupdated ( )
		— ypupdated ( )

	servers
		automountd — mount/unmount request server ( )
		in.rexecd — remote execution server ( )
		inetd — Internet services daemon ( )
		mountd — mount request server ( )
		RARP server — in.rarpd ( )
		yppasswdd — NIS password server ( )

	servers, NIS+, location information — nis_cachemgr ( )

	set security attributes on a newly created file system — newsecfs ( )

	setaudit — run a command with the audit mask set ( )

	setfsattr — tune up an existing file system ( )

	setuname — changes machine information ( )

	share — make local resource available for mounting by remote systems ( )

	share_nfs — make local NFS file system available for mounting by remote systems ( )

	shareall — make multiple resources available for mounting ( )

	shell, remote shell server — in.rshd ( )

	showmount — display remote mounts ( )

	smc — start the Solaris Management Console ( )

	smcron — manage jobs in the crontab database ( )

	smexec — manage entries in the exec_attr database ( )

	smgroup — manage group entries ( )

	smhost — manage entries in the hosts database ( )

	smmaillist — manage email alias entries ( )

	smmultiuser — manage bulk operations on user accounts ( )

	smnetidb — manage entries in the hosts database ( )

	smnettmpl — manage entries in the network template database ( )

	smnetwork — manage entries in the networks database ( )

	smprofile — manage profiles in the prof_attr and exec_attr databases ( )

	smrole — manage roles and users in role accounts ( )

	smuser — manage user entries ( )

	snapshot a file system — fssnap ( )

	snapshot a UFS file system — fssnap_ufs ( )

	snoop — capture and inspect network packets ( )

	software package, check installation accuracy — pkgchk ( )

	spray — sends one-way stream of packets to host ( )

	start the LP print service — lpsched ( )

	start the Solaris Management Console — smc ( )

	statd — network status monitor ( )

	statistics
		audit — auditstat ( )
		NFS, display — nfsstat ( )

	stop the processor — halt ( )

	stop the processor — poweroff, poweroff ( )

	stop the LP print service — lpshut ( )

	STREAMS, automatically pushed modules — autopush ( )

	su — become a non-role user ( )

	swap — administer the system swap areas ( )

	sysdef — displays current system definition ( )

	sysh — system shell ( )

	system administration
		control for basic administrative functions — uadmin ( )
		install commands — install ( )

	system configuration, print information — prtconf ( )

	system definition, display current — sysdef ( )

	system parameters, change value — setuname ( )

	system shutdown, — halt ( )


T

	tbootparam — send a request to rpc.tbootparamd to inform it that a host is in normal (labeled) state now ( )

	TCP/IP, File Transfer Protocol daemon on remote host — in.ftpd ( )

	telinit — process control initialization ( )

	tftpd — Internet Trivial File Transfer Protocol server ( )

	timed event services, daemon for cron — cron ( )

	tmpfs, mount — mount_tmpfs ( )

	tnchkdb — check file syntax of trusted network databases ( )

	tnctl — configure Trusted Solaris network-daemon control parameters ( )

	tnd — Trusted network daemon ( )

	tninfo — print information and statistics about kernel-level network ( )

	tokmapctl — configure token-mapping daemon ( )

	tokmapd — token-mapping daemon ( )

	traceroute — print the route packets take to network host ( )

	transfer software packages to system — pkgadd ( )

	tune up an existing file system — setfsattr ( )


U

	uadmin — administrative control ( )

	ufs, mount — mount_ufs ( )

	ufs file system debugger — fsdb_ufs ( )

	umount — unmount file systems and remote resources ( )

	umountall — unmount multiple file systems ( )

	unshare — make local resource unavailable for mounting by remote systems ( )

	unshare_nfs — make local NFS filesystem unavailable for mounting by remote systems ( )

	unshareall — make multiple resources unavailable for mounting ( )

	updatehome — update the home directory copy and link files for the current label ( )

	user IDs, become a non-role user — su ( )


V

	Volume Management, removable media mounter — rmmount ( )


W

	wall — write to all users ( )

	writeaudit — write an audit record ( )

	wrsmconf — manage WCI RSM controller configurations ( )

	wrsmstat — report WCI RSM driver statistics ( )


Y

	ypbind — NIS binder process ( )

	ypserv — NIS server and binder processes ( )
		ypserv ( )

	ypupdated — server for changing NIS information ( )

	ypxfr — transfer NIS map from a NIS server to host ( )

	ypxfrd — NIS server and binder processes ( )

	yppasswdd — NIS password server ( )