<HEAD><TITLE>plan 9 man section 8</TITLE></HEAD><BODY><B>[<A HREF="/sys/man/index.html">manual index</A>]</B><H2>Plan 9 from Bell Labs - Section 8 - System Administration</H2><HR><DL><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/0intro">0intro</A>-  introduction to system administration<DD><TT> intro</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/6in4">6in4</A>-  configure and run automatic or manual 6to4 tunnel of IPv6 through IPv4<DD><TT> 6in4</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/9load">9load</A>-  PC bootstrap program<DD><TT> 9load, ld, 9pxeload</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/9pcon">9pcon</A>-  9P to text translator<DD><TT> 9pcon</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/aan">aan</A>-  always available network<DD><TT> aan</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/aliasmail">aliasmail</A>-  expand system wide mail aliases<DD><TT> aliasmail</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/aoesnap">aoesnap</A>-  snapshot a machine's state via AoE<DD><TT> aoesnap</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/apm">apm</A>-  Advanced Power Management 1.2 BIOS interface<DD><TT> apm</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/aquarela">aquarela</A>-  CIFS server<DD><TT> aquarela</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/atazz">atazz</A>-  ATA target control<DD><TT> atazz</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/auth">auth</A>-  maintain or query authentication databases<DD><TT> changeuser, convkeys, convkeys2, printnetkey, status, enable, disable, authsrv, guard.srv, debug, wrkey, login, newns, none, as</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/backup">backup</A>-  backup venti arenas to blu-ray discs or restore from them<DD><TT> backup, tobackup, dumparenas, restore</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/boot">boot</A>-  connect to the root file server<DD><TT> boot</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/booting">booting</A>-  bootstrapping procedures<DD><TT> booting</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/cec">cec</A>-  Coraid Ethernet Console<DD><TT> cec</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/checkarenas">checkarenas</A>-  check the integrity, and optionally fix, Venti arenas<DD><TT> checkarenas</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/cpuid">cpuid</A>-  x86 cpuid instriction<DD><TT> cpuid</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/cpurc">cpurc</A>-  boot scripts<DD><TT> cpurc, cpurc.local, termrc, termrc.local</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/cron">cron</A>-  clock daemon<DD><TT> cron</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/dhcpd">dhcpd</A>-  Internet booting<DD><TT> dhcpd, dhcpleases, rarpd, tftpd</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/diskparts">diskparts</A>-  prepare disks for use<DD><TT> diskparts, dmaon</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/disksim">disksim</A>-  disk simulator<DD><TT> disksim</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/dlmicrocode">dlmicrocode</A>-  update drive microcode<DD><TT> dlmicrocode</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/dmi">dmi</A>-  x86 dmi dump<DD><TT> dmi</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/drawterm">drawterm</A>-  connect to Plan 9 CPU servers from other operating systems<DD><TT> drawterm</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/dsa">dsa</A>-  generate and format dsa keys<DD><TT> dsagen, asn12dsa, dsa2pub, dsa2ssh</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/flashpart">flashpart</A>-  partition and prepare flash partitions<DD><TT> flashpart, flashprep</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/fossilcons">fossilcons</A>-  fossil console commands<DD><TT> fossilcons</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/fs">fs</A>-  file server maintenance<DD><TT> fs</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/fsconfig">fsconfig</A>-  configuring a file server<DD><TT> fsconfig</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/fshalt">fshalt</A>-  halt any local file systems and optionally reboot the system<DD><TT> fshalt, reboot</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/getflags">getflags</A>-  command-line parsing for shell scripts<DD><TT> getflags, usage</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/gpsfs">gpsfs</A>-  GPS time and position service<DD><TT> gpsfs, gpsevermore</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/health">health</A>-  SCSI disk health check<DD><TT> health</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/histogram">histogram</A>-  draw a histogram<DD><TT> histogram</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/httpd">httpd</A>-  HTTP server<DD><TT> httpd, save, imagemap, man2html, webls</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/init">init</A>-  initialize machine upon booting<DD><TT> init</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/iops">iops</A>-  measure IOPS and throughput<DD><TT> iops</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/ipconfig">ipconfig</A>-  Internet configuration and routing<DD><TT> ipconfig, rip, linklocal, ipv6on</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/ipserv">ipserv</A>-  Internet remote access daemons<DD><TT> telnetd, rlogind, rexexec, ftpd</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/kfscmd">kfscmd</A>-  kfs administration<DD><TT> kfscmd, ksync</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/listen">listen</A>-  listen for calls on a network device<DD><TT> listen, listen1, tcp7, tcp9, tcp19, tcp21, tcp22, tcp23, tcp25, tcp53, tcp110, tcp113, tcp143, tcp513, tcp515, tcp564, tcp565, tcp566, tcp567, tcp993, tcp995, tcp1723, tcp17007, tcp17008, tcp17009, tcp17010, tcp17013</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/loadfossil">loadfossil</A>-  populate a fossil filesystem<DD><TT> loadfossil</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/lp">lp</A>-  PostScript preprocessors<DD><TT> lp</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/mk9660">mk9660</A>-  create an ISO-9660 CD image<DD><TT> dump9660, mk9660</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/mkflashfs">mkflashfs</A>-  make a journalling file system for flash memory<DD><TT> mkflashfs</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/mkfs">mkfs</A>-  archive or update a file system<DD><TT> mkfs, mkext</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/mkfsconf">mkfsconf</A>-  build file server boot media<DD><TT> mkfsconf, mknvrsafe, mkfsboot</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/mkpaqfs">mkpaqfs</A>-  make a compressed read-only file system<DD><TT> mkpaqfs</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/mkusbboot">mkusbboot</A>-  generate bootable USB disk image<DD><TT> mkusbboot</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/mouse">mouse</A>-  configure a mouse to a port<DD><TT> aux/mouse, aux/accupoint</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/na">na</A>-  assembler for the Symbios Logic PCI-SCSI I/O Processors<DD><TT> na</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/ndb">ndb</A>-  network database<DD><TT> query, ipquery, mkhash, mkdb, mkhosts, cs, csquery, dns, dnstcp, dnsquery, dnsdebug, inform</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/ndbrequery">ndbrequery</A>-  search ndb tuple values by regular expression<DD><TT> requery</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/ndbtozone">ndbtozone</A>-  convert ndb database to a zone file<DD><TT> tozone</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/nettest">nettest</A>-  test network performance<DD><TT> nettest</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/newuser">newuser</A>-  adding a new user<DD><TT> newuser</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/nfsserver">nfsserver</A>-  NFS service<DD><TT> nfsserver, portmapper, pcnfsd</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/number">number</A>-  C compatable numbers for shell scripts<DD><TT> number</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/opci">opci</A>-  print PCI bus configuration (old rc version)<DD><TT> pci</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/oui">oui</A>-  OUI Parsing<DD><TT> etheroui, wwnoui</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/p">p</A>-  activate power switch<DD><TT> P</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/partfs">partfs</A>-  serve file, with partitions<DD><TT> partfs</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/pci">pci</A>-  PCI space tools<DD><TT> pci, pcirw</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/pcipl">pcipl</A>-  PC bootloader for FAT, ISO and PXE network booting<DD><TT> iplfat, ipliso, iplpxe</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/pcmcia">pcmcia</A>-  identify a PCMCIA card<DD><TT> pcmcia</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/pem">pem</A>-  encode files in Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) format<DD><TT> pemdecode, pemencode</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/ping">ping</A>-  probe the Internet<DD><TT> ping, gping, traceroute, hogports</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/plan9.ini">plan9.ini</A>-  configuration file for PCs<DD><TT> plan9.ini</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/pop3">pop3</A>-  Internet mail servers<DD><TT> pop3, imap4d</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/ppp">ppp</A>-  point-to-point protocol<DD><TT> ppp, pppoe, pptp, pptpd</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/prep">prep</A>-  prepare disks, floppies and flashes<DD><TT> prep, fdisk, format, mbr</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/pxeof">pxeof</A>-  map system name to PXE file<DD><TT> pxeof</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/qer">qer</A>-  queue management for spooled files<DD><TT> qer, runq</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/realemu">realemu</A>-  software emulation of /dev/realmode<DD><TT> realemu</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/reboot">reboot</A>-  reboot the system upon loss of remote file server connection<DD><TT> reboot</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/replica">replica</A>- <DD><TT> applychanges, applylog, compactdb, cphist, updatedb\- simple client-server replica management</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/restartdns">restartdns</A>-  restart dns and mail problem report<DD><TT> restartdns</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/rsa">rsa</A>-  generate and format rsa keys<DD><TT> rsagen, rsafill, asn12rsa, rsa2pub, rsa2ssh, rsa2x509</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/scanmail">scanmail</A>-  spam filters<DD><TT> scanmail, testscan</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/screenlock">screenlock</A>-  disable access to a terminal<DD><TT> screenlock</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/scuzz">scuzz</A>-  SCSI target control<DD><TT> scuzz</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/secstore">secstore</A>-  secstore commands<DD><TT> secstored, secuser</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/securenet">securenet</A>-  Digital Pathways SecureNet Key remote authentication box<DD><TT> securenet</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/send">send</A>-  mail routing and delivery<DD><TT> send</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/smart">smart</A>-  hard drive error monitoring<DD><TT> disk/smart, hdtemp</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/smtp">smtp</A>-  mail transport<DD><TT> smtp, smtpd</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/snoopy">snoopy</A>-  spy on network packets<DD><TT> snoopy</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/spf">spf</A>-  evaluate spf records<DD><TT> spf</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/splitmbox">splitmbox</A>-  split a mailbox into mdir format<DD><TT> splitmbox</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/stats">stats</A>-  display graphs of system activity<DD><TT> stats</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/statusbar">statusbar</A>-  display a bar graph status window<DD><TT> statusbar</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/stub">stub</A>-  provide mount point stubs<DD><TT> stub</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/swap">swap</A>-  establish a swap file<DD><TT> swap</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/syslogd">syslogd</A>-  receive syslog information<DD><TT> syslogd</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/timesync">timesync</A>-  synchronize the system clock to a time source<DD><TT> timesync</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/tlssrv">tlssrv</A>-  TLS server and client<DD><TT> tlssrv, tlsclient, tlssrvtunnel, tlsclienttunnel</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/trampoline">trampoline</A>-  forward incoming calls to another address<DD><TT> trampoline</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/udpecho">udpecho</A>-  echo UDP packets<DD><TT> udpecho</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/update">update</A>-  administration for local file systems<DD><TT> bootfloppy, bootplan9, bootwin9x, bootwinnt, personalize, setup.9fat, setup.disk, setup.kfs, update</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/usenupas">usenupas</A>-  test new upas<DD><TT> usenupas</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/vacation">vacation</A>-  vacation notification<DD><TT> vacation</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/vblade">vblade</A>-  virtual AoE target<DD><TT> vblade</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/venti">venti</A>-  archival storage server<DD><TT> venti</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/venti-backup">venti-backup</A>-  copy arenas between venti servers<DD><TT> rdarena, wrarena</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/venti-fmt">venti-fmt</A>-  prepare and maintain a venti server<DD><TT> buildindex, checkarenas, checkindex, conf, fmtarenas, fmtbloom, fmtindex, fmtisect</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/vga">vga</A>-  configure a VGA card<DD><TT> vga</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/watchdog">watchdog</A>-  reset the system if it gets stuck<DD><TT> watchdog</TT></DT><DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/wol">wol</A>-  send wake-on-lan Ethernet packet<DD><TT> wol</TT></DT></DL>