Plan 9 from Bell Labs - Section 8 - System Administration

0intro - introduction to system administration

intro

6in4 - configure and run automatic or manual 6to4 tunnel of IPv6 through IPv4

6in4

9load - PC bootstrap program

9load, ld, 9pxeload

9pcon - 9P to text translator

9pcon

aan - always available network

aan

aliasmail - expand system wide mail aliases

aliasmail

aoesnap - snapshot a machine's state via AoE

aoesnap

apm - Advanced Power Management 1.2 BIOS interface

apm

aquarela - CIFS server

aquarela

atazz - ATA target control

atazz

auth - maintain or query authentication databases

changeuser, convkeys, convkeys2, printnetkey, status, enable, disable, authsrv, guard.srv, debug, wrkey, login, newns, none, as

backup - backup venti arenas to blu-ray discs or restore from them

backup, tobackup, dumparenas, restore

boot - connect to the root file server

boot

booting - bootstrapping procedures

booting

cec - Coraid Ethernet Console

cec

checkarenas - check the integrity, and optionally fix, Venti arenas

checkarenas

cpuid - x86 cpuid instriction

cpuid

cpurc - boot scripts

cpurc, cpurc.local, termrc, termrc.local

cron - clock daemon

cron

dhcpd - Internet booting

dhcpd, dhcpleases, rarpd, tftpd

diskparts - prepare disks for use

diskparts, dmaon

disksim - disk simulator

disksim

dlmicrocode - update drive microcode

dlmicrocode

dmi - x86 dmi dump

dmi

drawterm - connect to Plan 9 CPU servers from other operating systems

drawterm

dsa - generate and format dsa keys

dsagen, asn12dsa, dsa2pub, dsa2ssh

flashpart - partition and prepare flash partitions

flashpart, flashprep

fossilcons - fossil console commands

fossilcons

fs - file server maintenance

fs

fsconfig - configuring a file server

fsconfig

fshalt - halt any local file systems and optionally reboot the system

fshalt, reboot

getflags - command-line parsing for shell scripts

getflags, usage

gpsfs - GPS time and position service

gpsfs, gpsevermore

health - SCSI disk health check

health

histogram - draw a histogram

histogram

httpd - HTTP server

httpd, save, imagemap, man2html, webls

init - initialize machine upon booting

init

iops - measure IOPS and throughput

iops

ipconfig - Internet configuration and routing

ipconfig, rip, linklocal, ipv6on

ipserv - Internet remote access daemons

telnetd, rlogind, rexexec, ftpd

kfscmd - kfs administration

kfscmd, ksync

listen - listen for calls on a network device

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

loadfossil - populate a fossil filesystem

loadfossil

lp - PostScript preprocessors

lp

mk9660 - create an ISO-9660 CD image

dump9660, mk9660

mkflashfs - make a journalling file system for flash memory

mkflashfs

mkfs - archive or update a file system

mkfs, mkext

mkfsconf - build file server boot media

mkfsconf, mknvrsafe, mkfsboot

mkpaqfs - make a compressed read-only file system

mkpaqfs

mkusbboot - generate bootable USB disk image

mkusbboot

mouse - configure a mouse to a port

aux/mouse, aux/accupoint

na - assembler for the Symbios Logic PCI-SCSI I/O Processors

na

ndb - network database

query, ipquery, mkhash, mkdb, mkhosts, cs, csquery, dns, dnstcp, dnsquery, dnsdebug, inform

ndbrequery - search ndb tuple values by regular expression

requery

ndbtozone - convert ndb database to a zone file

tozone

nettest - test network performance

nettest

newuser - adding a new user

newuser

nfsserver - NFS service

nfsserver, portmapper, pcnfsd

number - C compatable numbers for shell scripts

number

opci - print PCI bus configuration (old rc version)

pci

oui - OUI Parsing

etheroui, wwnoui

p - activate power switch

P

partfs - serve file, with partitions

partfs

pci - PCI space tools

pci, pcirw

pcipl - PC bootloader for FAT, ISO and PXE network booting

iplfat, ipliso, iplpxe

pcmcia - identify a PCMCIA card

pcmcia

pem - encode files in Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) format

pemdecode, pemencode

ping - probe the Internet

ping, gping, traceroute, hogports

plan9.ini - configuration file for PCs

plan9.ini

pop3 - Internet mail servers

pop3, imap4d

ppp - point-to-point protocol

ppp, pppoe, pptp, pptpd

prep - prepare disks, floppies and flashes

prep, fdisk, format, mbr

pxeof - map system name to PXE file

pxeof

qer - queue management for spooled files

qer, runq

realemu - software emulation of /dev/realmode

realemu

reboot - reboot the system upon loss of remote file server connection

reboot

replica -

applychanges, applylog, compactdb, cphist, updatedb\- simple client-server replica management

restartdns - restart dns and mail problem report

restartdns

rsa - generate and format rsa keys

rsagen, rsafill, asn12rsa, rsa2pub, rsa2ssh, rsa2x509

scanmail - spam filters

scanmail, testscan

screenlock - disable access to a terminal

screenlock

scuzz - SCSI target control

scuzz

secstore - secstore commands

secstored, secuser

securenet - Digital Pathways SecureNet Key remote authentication box

securenet

send - mail routing and delivery

send

smart - hard drive error monitoring

disk/smart, hdtemp

smtp - mail transport

smtp, smtpd

snoopy - spy on network packets

snoopy

spf - evaluate spf records

spf

splitmbox - split a mailbox into mdir format

splitmbox

stats - display graphs of system activity

stats

statusbar - display a bar graph status window

statusbar

stub - provide mount point stubs

stub

swap - establish a swap file

swap

syslogd - receive syslog information

syslogd

timesync - synchronize the system clock to a time source

timesync

tlssrv - TLS server and client

tlssrv, tlsclient, tlssrvtunnel, tlsclienttunnel

trampoline - forward incoming calls to another address

trampoline

udpecho - echo UDP packets

udpecho

update - administration for local file systems

bootfloppy, bootplan9, bootwin9x, bootwinnt, personalize, setup.9fat, setup.disk, setup.kfs, update

usenupas - test new upas

usenupas

vacation - vacation notification

vacation

vblade - virtual AoE target

vblade

venti - archival storage server

venti

venti-backup - copy arenas between venti servers

rdarena, wrarena

venti-fmt - prepare and maintain a venti server

buildindex, checkarenas, checkindex, conf, fmtarenas, fmtbloom, fmtindex, fmtisect

vga - configure a VGA card

vga

watchdog - reset the system if it gets stuck

watchdog

wol - send wake-on-lan Ethernet packet

wol