System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration

High-Level View of Managing System Resources (Task Map)

Task 

Description 

Instructions 

Displaying and changing system information 

Use various commands to display and changing system information such as general system information, the date and time, and changing the system's host name. 

Chapter 15, Displaying and Changing System Information (Tasks)

Managing disk use 

Identify how disk space is used and take steps to remove old and unused files. 

Chapter 16, Managing Disk Use (Tasks)

Managing quotas  

Use UFS file system quotas to manage how much disk space is used by users. 

Chapter 17, Managing Quotas (Tasks)

Scheduling system events 

Use cron and at jobs to help schedule system routines that can include clean up of old and unused files. 

Chapter 18, Scheduling System Tasks (Tasks)

Managing system accounting 

Use system accounting to identify how users and applications are using system resources. 

Chapter 19, Managing System Accounting (Tasks)