System Files

a.out(5)

C 

Assembler and link editor output format 

acct(5)

S 

Execution accounting file 

aliases(5)

S 

Addresses and aliases for sendmail 

ar(5)

S 

Archive (library) file format 

audit.log(5)

N 

Security audit trail file 

audit_control(5)

N 

Control information for system audit daemon 

audit_data(5)

N 

Current information on audit daemon 

auto.home(5)

C 

Automount map for home directories 

auto.master(5)

C 

Automount map for home directories 

bar(5)

N 

Tape archive file format 

boards.pc(5)

N 

ATN and XTN compatible boards for DOS windows 

bootparams(5)

S 

Boot parameter database 

cpio(5)

S 

Format of cpio archive

crontab(5)

S 

Table of times to run periodic jobs 

dir(5)

A 

Format of directories 

dump(5)

C 

Incremental dump format 

environ(5V)

C 

User environment 

ethers(5)

S 

Ethernet address to hostname database or NIS domain

exports(5)

A 

Directories to export to NFS clients 

fbtab(5)

C 

Frame buffer table 

fcntl(5)

C 

File control options 

fs(5)

C 

Format of a 4.2 (ufs) file system volume

fspec(5)

S 

Format specification in text files 

fstab(5)

A 

Static file system mounting table, mounted file systems table 

ftpusers(5)

S 

List of users prohibited by FTP 

gettytab(5)

N 

Terminal configuration database 

group(5)

S 

Group file 

group.adjunct(5)

N 

Group security data file 

holidays(5)

C 

Prime/non-prime table for System V accounting 

hosts(5)

S 

Host-name database 

hosts.equiv(5)

S 

Trusted hosts by system and by user 

indent.pro(5)

N 

Default options for indent 

inetd.conf(5)

S 

Internet servers database 

internat(5)

N 

Key mapping table for internationalization 

keytables(5)

S 

Keyboard table descriptions for loadkeys and dumpkeys 

link(5)

N 

Link editor interfaces 

locale(5)

Locale database 

magic(5)

S 

File command's magic number file 

mtab(5)

A 

Mounted file-system table 

netgroup(5)

S 

List of network groups 

netmasks(5)

S 

Network mask database 

netrc(5)

S 

File for ftp remote login data 

networks(5)

S 

Network name database 

passwd(5)

C 

Password file 

passwd.adjunct(5)

N 

User security data file. See shadow(4).

phones(5)

S 

Remote-host phone number database 

plot(5)

N 

Graphics interface 

printcap(5)

A 

Printer capability database 

proto(5)

S 

Prototype job file for at 

protocols(5)

S 

Protocol name data base 

publickey(5)

S 

Public key database 

queuedefs(5)

S 

Queue description file for at, batch, and cron 

rasterfile(5)

S 

Sun's file format for raster images 

remote(5)

S 

Remote host description file 

resolv.conf(5)

S 

Configuration file for domain-name system resolver 

rfmaster(5)

N 

rgb(5)

N 

Available colors (by name) for coloredit 

rhosts(5)

S 

Trusted hosts by system and by user 

rmtab(5)

S 

Remote mounted file-system table 

rootmenu(5)

A 

Root menu specification for SunView 

rpc(5)

S 

RPC program number database 

sccsfile(5)

S 

Format of an SCCS history file 

services(5)

S 

Internet services and aliases 

sm(5)

S 

in.statd directory and file structures

statmon(5)

S 

statd directories and file structures

sunview(5)

A 

Initialization file for SunView 

svdtab(5)

N 

SunView device table 

syslog.conf(5)

S 

Configuration file for syslogd system log daemon 

systems(5)

C 

NIS systems file 

tar(5)

S 

Tape archive file format 

term(5)

S 

Terminal driving tables for nroff 

term(5V)

S 

Format of compiled term file 

termcap(5)

S 

Terminal capability database 

terminfo(5V)

S 

Terminal capability database 

toc(5)

N 

Table of contents of optional clusters 

translate(5)

N 

Input and output files for system message translation 

ttytab(5)

N 

Terminal initialization data 

types(5)

S 

Primitive system data types 

tzfile(5)

S 

Time zone information 

updaters(5)

S 

Configuration file for NIS updating 

utmp(5V)

C 

Login records 

uuencode(5)

S 

Format of an encoded uuencode file 

vfont(5)

N 

Font formats 

vgrindefs(5)

N 

vgrind's language definition database

xtab(5)

N 

Directories to export to NFS clients 

ypaliases(5)

N 

NIS aliases for sendmail 

ypfiles(5)

S 

NIS database and directory structure 

ypgroup(5)

N 

NIS group file 

yppasswd(5)

N 

NIS password file 

ypprintcap(5)

N 

NIS printer capability database