OpenWindows Advanced User's Guide

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Chapter 1 Logging In to SunOS and Starting OpenWindows
- 1.1 Logging In
- 1.2 Your Login Shell
- 1.3 Logging Out
- 1.4 Keyboard Equivalents
- 1.5 OpenWindows Start-up Considerations
  - 1.5.1 The OPENWINHOME Environment Variable
  - 1.5.2 Using the Correct Start-Up File
    - 1.5.2.1 Start-Up File Procedures
- 1.6 Starting the OpenWindows User Environment
  - 1.6.1 Displaying the OpenWindows Software
    - 1.6.1.1 Displaying OpenWindows Quickly
      - In the .profile File
      - In the .cshrc File
  - 1.6.2 If OpenWindows Won't Display
- 1.7 Quitting the OpenWindows Environment
- 1.8 Special OpenWindows Start-up Options
  - 1.8.1 Starting with Reduced Network Security
  - 1.8.2 Starting with Various Monitor Types
Chapter 2 Basic SunOS Commands
- 2.1 The Command Prompt
- 2.2 Entering Commands
- 2.3 Getting Help with OS Commands
Chapter 3 Working with Files and Directories
- 3.1 File Concepts
- 3.2 Using File Commands
- 3.3 Directories and Hierarchy
- 3.4 Looking at Differences Between Files (diff)
  - 3.4.1 Comparing Three Different Files (diff3)
  - 3.4.2 Using bdiff on Large Files
- 3.5 Looking Up Files (find)
- 3.6 File and Directory Security
Chapter 4 Searching Files
- 4.1 Searching for Patterns with grep
Chapter 5 Passwords, Processes, and Disk Storage
- 5.1 Using a Password
  - 5.1.1 Changing Your Password
  - 5.1.2 Password Aging
- 5.2 Processes and PIDs
  - 5.2.1 What Commands Are Running Now (ps)
  - 5.2.2 Terminating Processes (kill)
- 5.3 Managing Disk Storage
  - 5.3.1 Displaying Disk Usage (df -k)
  - 5.3.2 Displaying Directory Usage (du)
Chapter 6 Using the vi Editor
- 6.1 Starting vi
  - 6.1.1 Creating a File
  - 6.1.2 The Status Line
- 6.2 The Two Modes of vi
  - 6.2.1 Entry Mode
  - 6.2.2 Command Mode
- 6.3 Ending a Session
  - 6.3.1 Saving Changes and Quitting vi
- 6.4 Printing a File
- 6.5 Basic vi Commands
- 6.6 Using ex Commands
- 6.7 Searching and Replacing with vi
- 6.8 Inserting One File into Another
- 6.9 Editing Multiple Files
  - 6.9.1 Editing a Series of Files
  - 6.9.2 Copying Lines Between Files
- 6.10 Setting vi Parameters
- 6.11 Recovering from a Crash
- 6.12 Summary of Basic vi Commands
Chapter 7 Using Mail
- 7.1 mailx Basics
- 7.2 Reading Letters
- 7.3 Deleting (and Undeleting) Letters
- 7.4 Printing Letters
- 7.5 Sending Letters
- 7.6 Saving and Retrieving Letters
- 7.7 Using vi with mailx
- 7.8 Mail Aliases
  - 7.8.1 Setting Up Mail Aliases in .mailrc
  - 7.8.2 Setting Up Mail Aliases in /etc/aliases
- 7.9 Tilde Commands
- 7.10 Getting Help: Other mailx Commands
Chapter 8 Using Printers
- 8.1 Submitting Print Requests
- 8.2 Determining Printer Status
- 8.3 Canceling a Print Request
  - 8.3.1 Canceling a Print Request by ID Number
  - 8.3.2 Canceling a Print Request by Printer Name
Chapter 9 Using the Network
- 9.1 Networking Concepts
- 9.2 Logging In Remotely (rlogin)
- 9.3 Copying Files Remotely (rcp)
  - 9.3.1 Copying from Another Machine to Yours
  - 9.3.2 Copying from Your Machine to Another
- 9.4 Executing Commands Remotely (rsh)
- 9.5 Viewing User Information (rusers)
Chapter 10 Customizing Your Working Environment
- 10.1 Initialization Files
- 10.2 Environment Variables
- 10.3 Setting Default File Permissions
- 10.4 Customizing OpenWindows Fonts
  - 10.4.1 Specifying the Font Style and Point Size
  - 10.4.2 Listing the Available Fonts
    - 10.4.2.1 The Available Font List
- 10.5 Calibrating Your Color Monitor
Appendix A Migrating to OpenWindows Version 3.3, or Later Versions
- A.1 SPARC: Migrating from the SunView Environment
  - A.1.1 The .defaults and .Xdefaults Files
- A.2 Migrating from a pre-Version 3.3 OpenWindows Environment
Appendix B Making the Transition to Solaris 2.5
- B.1 Making the Transition from SunOS 4.x
- B.2 IA: Making the Transition from Solaris 2.1 for IA
Appendix C Modifying the Keyboard
- C.1 Disabling/Enabling the Compose Key
- C.2 SPARC: Left-Handed Key Remapping
  - C.2.1 SPARC: Using the Remapping Script
    - C.2.1.1 The lefty.data Script
  - C.2.2 SPARC: Undoing the Keyboard Remapping
    - C.2.2.1 The nolefty.data Script
- C.3 IA: Function Key and Control Key Remapping
  - C.3.1 IA: Using the Remapping Script
    - C.3.1.1 The fkeys Script
  - C.3.2 IA: Undoing the Keyboard Remapping
    - C.3.2.1 The normal Script
Appendix D Running Networked Applications
- D.1 Using rlogin to Run a Networked Application
- D.2 More About Security
Appendix E SPARC -- DECnet Internetworking (DNI)
- E.1 Setting Up DECnet Internetworking
- E.2 Displaying a Remote Client on an OpenWindows Machine
- E.3 Displaying a Remote Client on a VAX
Appendix F Managing Your System
- F.1 Starting Admintool
  - F.1.1 Adding Yourself to the sysadmin Group
- F.2 Using Admintool to Perform Common Tasks
Appendix G Using PCMCIA Cards
- G.1 Introduction
  - G.1.1 Support Requirements
  - G.1.2 Other Information Sources
- G.2 Using a PCMCIA Memory Card
- G.3 Copying Files with the tar Command
- G.4 Copying Files with Volume Management Enabled
- G.5 Copying Files with Volume Management Disabled
- G.6 Using a PCMCIA Serial/ModemCard
  - G.6.1 PCMCIA Serial/Modem Card Device Names
  - G.6.2 PCMCIA Serial/Modem Cards and Power Management's Resume/Suspend Feature
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