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.hushlogin
What login does
.profile
Shell startup | Shell startup | Initial environment: /etc/skel
/bin
The filesystem layout | The root filesystem | The root filesystem | The /usr filesystem | Partitioning schemes
/bin/sh
Mounting and unmounting | Shell startup
/boot
The root filesystem
/dev
The filesystem layout | The root filesystem | The \texttt/dev\index/dev directory | The /dev directory | Two kinds of devices | Partitioning schemes
/dev/fd0
Floppies | Formatting
/dev/fd0H1440
Floppies
/dev/fd1
Floppies
/dev/hda
Hard disks
/dev/hda1
Device files and partitions
/dev/hda2
Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting
/dev/hdb
Hard disks
/dev/hdc
Hard disks
/dev/hdd
Hard disks
/dev/MAKEDEV
The /dev directory
/dev/MAKEDEV.local
The /dev directory
/dev/sda
Two kinds of devices | Hard disks
/dev/sdb
Hard disks
/dev/sdb7
Device files and partitions
/etc
The filesystem layout | The root filesystem | The \texttt/etc\index/etc directory | The /etc directory | The /etc directory | Partitioning schemes | What to back up
/etc/csh.cshrc
The /etc directory
/etc/csh.login
The /etc directory
/etc/fastboot
Checking filesystem integrity with | Checking filesystem integrity with
/etc/fdprm
The /etc directory | Floppies
/etc/fstab
The /etc directory | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Adding more disk space | Using a swap space | Using a swap space | Using a swap space
/etc/group
The /etc directory | Access control | Creating a user by | Changing user properties | Removing a user
/etc/inittab
The /etc directory
/etc/issue
The /etc directory | Logins via terminals
/etc/localtime
Showing and setting time
/etc/login.defs
The /etc directory
/etc/magic
The /etc directory
/etc/motd
The /etc directory | What login does
/etc/mtab
The /etc directory
/etc/nologin
What login does
/etc/passwd
The /etc directory | The /etc directory | The /etc directory | Access control | \texttt/etc/passwd\index/etc/passwd and other informative | /etc/passwd and other informative | /etc/passwd and other informative | Creating a user by | Changing user properties | Changing user properties | Removing a user
/etc/printcap
The /etc directory
/etc/profile
The /etc directory | Shell startup | Shell startup | Initial environment: /etc/skel
/etc/rc
The /etc directory | The /etc directory
/etc/rc.d
The /etc directory
/etc/rc?.d
The /etc directory
/etc/securetty
The /etc directory | Access control
/etc/shadow
The /etc directory | The /etc directory | Access control | /etc/passwd and other informative
/etc/shadow.group
Access control
/etc/shells
The /etc directory | The /etc directory
/etc/skel
Initial environment: \texttt/etc/skel\index/etc/skel | Initial environment: /etc/skel | Initial environment: /etc/skel | Initial environment: /etc/skel | Creating a user by
/etc/skel/.profile
Initial environment: /etc/skel
/etc/termcap
The /etc directory | The /etc directory | The /etc directory
/extra-swap
Creating a swap space
/home
The filesystem layout | Background | Background | Background | Background | The root filesystem | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Partitioning schemes | Examples of hard disk | What to back up
/home/staff
Background
/home/students
Background
/lib
The filesystem layout | The root filesystem | Partitioning schemes
/lib/modules
The root filesystem
/mnt
The root filesystem | The root filesystem | The root filesystem
/mnt/dosa
The root filesystem
/mnt/exta
The root filesystem
/proc
The root filesystem | The \texttt/proc\index/proc filesystem | The /proc filesystem | The /proc filesystem | The /proc filesystem | The /proc filesystem | The /proc filesystem | The /proc filesystem | Filesystems galore | What to back up
/proc/1
The /proc filesystem
/proc/cpuinfo
The /proc filesystem
/proc/devices
The /proc filesystem
/proc/dma
The /proc filesystem
/proc/filesystems
The /proc filesystem
/proc/interrupts
The /proc filesystem
/proc/ioports
The /proc filesystem
/proc/kcore
The /proc filesystem | Filesystems galore | What to back up
/proc/kmsg
The /proc filesystem
/proc/ksyms
The /proc filesystem
/proc/loadavg
The /proc filesystem
/proc/meminfo
The /proc filesystem | The /proc filesystem | Using a swap space
/proc/modules
The /proc filesystem
/proc/net
The /proc filesystem
/proc/self
The /proc filesystem
/proc/stat
The /proc filesystem
/proc/uptime
The /proc filesystem
/proc/version
The /proc filesystem
/root
The root filesystem
/sbin
The root filesystem
/sbin/getty
Logins from terminals
/sbin/init
init | The boot process in
/sbin/update
The buffer cache
/tmp
Periodic command execution: cron | The root filesystem | The root filesystem | The /var filesystem | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Partitioning schemes
/usr
The filesystem layout | Background | Background | Background | Background | Background | Background | Background | Background | The root filesystem | The \texttt/usr\index/usr filesystem | The /usr filesystem | The /usr filesystem | The /usr filesystem | The /usr filesystem | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Partitioning schemes | Partitioning schemes | Partitioning schemes | Partitioning schemes | Examples of hard disk
/usr/adm/messages
Formatting
/usr/bin
The /usr filesystem
/usr/doc
The /usr filesystem
/usr/include
The /usr filesystem
/usr/info
The /usr filesystem
/usr/lib
The /usr filesystem | The /usr filesystem | The /usr filesystem
/usr/lib/libc.a
Background
/usr/lib/zoneinfo
Showing and setting time
/usr/local
The /usr filesystem | The /usr filesystem | The /var filesystem
/usr/local/bin
The /usr filesystem
/usr/man
The /usr filesystem
/usr/man/cat*
The /var filesystem
/usr/man/man*
The /var filesystem
/usr/sbin
The /usr filesystem
/usr/var
Background | Background
/usr/X11R6
The /usr filesystem | The /usr filesystem | The /usr filesystem
/usr/X386
The /usr filesystem
/var
The filesystem layout | Background | Background | Background | Background | Background | Background | The root filesystem | The \texttt/var\index/var filesystem | The /var filesystem | The /var filesystem | Mounting and unmounting | What to back up
/var/adm/messages
Background
/var/catman
The /var filesystem | The /var filesystem
/var/lib
The /var filesystem
/var/local
The /var filesystem
/var/lock
The /var filesystem | The /var filesystem | The /var filesystem
/var/log
The /var filesystem | The /var filesystem
/var/log/messages
The /var filesystem
/var/log/wtmp
The /var filesystem | What login does
/var/man
The /var filesystem
/var/run
The /var filesystem
/var/run/utmp
The /var filesystem | What login does
/var/spool
The /var filesystem | The /var filesystem
/var/spool/mail
Mail | The /var filesystem
/var/tmp
Periodic command execution: cron | The root filesystem | The /var filesystem | The /var filesystem | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting
/vmlinuz
The root filesystem
active partition
The boot process in
adduser
Creating a user
afio
Compressed backups
application program
Various parts of an
at
Periodic command execution: \textttcron\indexcron | Periodic command execution: cron
Athena
Graphical user interface
axe
More about shutdowns
background processes
and shutting down
More about shutdowns
backups
Emergency boot floppies
badblocks
Formatting | Formatting | Formatting | Creating a filesystem | Creating a filesystem | Creating a filesystem | Creating a filesystem | Creating a filesystem | Checking for disk errors | Checking for disk errors
bdflush
Other tools for all | The buffer cache | The buffer cache | The buffer cache
BIOS
The boot process in
boot process
init
boot record
master
see MBR
partition
see partition boot record
boot sector
An overview of boots
booting
An overview of boots
from emergency floppy
Emergency boot floppies
from floppy
The boot process in
from hard disk
The boot process in
messages
The boot process in
bootstrap loader
An overview of boots
BSD
Important parts of the
buffer cache
Important parts of the | An overview of boots | More about shutdowns | More about shutdowns
C compiler
Various parts of an
cache
More about shutdowns
centralized computing
Networking
cfdisk
Partitioning a hard disk
checking a filesystem
The boot process in
chfn
Changing user properties
chmod
Creating a user by | Changing user properties
chown
Creating a user by
chsh
The /etc directory | Changing user properties
cleaning temporary files
Periodic command execution: cron
clock
Showing and setting time | Showing and setting time | When the clock is
communication
Mail
compression of kernel
The boot process in
console
The boot process in
cpio
Selecting the backup tool | Selecting the backup tool | Selecting the backup tool | Selecting the backup tool | Selecting the backup tool | Selecting the backup tool | Multilevel backups | Compressed backups
crack
Access control | Access control
crash
More about shutdowns
cron
Periodic command execution: \textttcron\indexcron | Periodic command execution: cron | Periodic command execution: cron | Periodic command execution: cron | What login does | Showing and setting time | Showing and setting time | Showing and setting time
crontab
Periodic command execution: cron
crying
Boots And Shutdowns
ctrl-alt-del
Rebooting
curs_termcap
The /etc directory
daemons
at
see at
cron
see cron
rlogin
see rlogin
starting
The boot process in
telnet
see telnet
data loss
An overview of boots
date
Showing and setting time | Showing and setting time | Showing and setting time | Showing and setting time | Showing and setting time | Showing and setting time | When the clock is
dd
Disks without filesystems | Disks without filesystems
debugfs
Checking filesystem integrity with | Other tools for the | Other tools for the
deluser
Removing a user
device driver
Important parts of the
device driver configuration
The boot process in
df
The /etc directory | Other tools for all
disk cache
More about shutdowns
distributed computing
Networking
documentation
Various parts of an
DouBle
Tips for saving disk
du
Other tools for all
dump
Mounting and unmounting | Other tools for the | Selecting the backup tool | Selecting the backup tool | Selecting the backup tool | Selecting the backup tool | Multilevel backups | Multilevel backups
dumpe2fs
Other tools for the | Other tools for the | Other tools for the
e-mail
see electronic mail
e2fsck
Checking filesystem integrity with | Checking filesystem integrity with | Checking filesystem integrity with | Checking filesystem integrity with | Checking for disk errors | Other tools for the | Other tools for the | Other tools for the
electronic mail
Mail
elm
Mail
emergency floppy
making
Emergency boot floppies
using
Emergency boot floppies
emergency shutdown
see shutdown, emergency
error messages
Syslog
exec
Logins via terminals
fault tolerance
Networking
fdformat
Formatting | Formatting | Formatting | Formatting
fdisk
The MBRboot sectors | Partition types | Partition types | Partition types | Partitioning a hard disk | Partitioning a hard disk | Partitioning a hard disk | Partitioning a hard disk
fdisk -l
The MBRboot sectors
file
The /etc directory | The /etc directory | The /etc directory
filesystem driver
Important parts of the
Filesystem Standard
see FSSTND
filesystems
root
The boot process in
find
Making backups with tar
fips
Partitioning a hard disk
floppy
booting from
see booting
floppy drive
Emergency boot floppies
floppy-image
Disks without filesystems
fork
Logins via terminals
free
The /proc filesystem | Using a swap space | Using a swap space | Allocating swap space
fsck
Formatting | Formatting | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Checking filesystem integrity with | Checking filesystem integrity with | Checking filesystem integrity with | Checking filesystem integrity with | Checking filesystem integrity with | Checking filesystem integrity with | Checking filesystem integrity with | Checking filesystem integrity with | Checking for disk errors | Other tools for the | The boot process in
FSSTND
The filesystem layout
fstab
Mounting and unmounting
ftpd
The /etc directory
games
Various parts of an
GCC
Various parts of an
getty
init | Logins from terminals | Logins from terminals | Logins from terminals | Logins from terminals | Network logins | Network logins | Network logins | The /etc directory | The boot process in | The boot process in | Logins via terminals | Logins via terminals | Logins via terminals | Logins via terminals | Logins via terminals | Logins via terminals | Logins via terminals | Logins via terminals | Logins via terminals | Logins via terminals | Logins via the network | Logins via the network
graphical user interface
Graphical user interface
group
The /etc directory
gzexe
Tips for saving disk
gzip
Tips for saving disk | Compressed backups
hard disk
booting from
see booting
hardware configuration
The boot process in
improper shutdown
see shutdown, emergency
incoming mailbox
Mail
inetd
Logins via the network
init
\textttinit\indexinit | init | init | init | init | init | init | init | Logins from terminals | Logins from terminals | The /etc directory | The /etc directory | An overview of boots | An overview of boots | The boot process in | The boot process in | The boot process in | The boot process in | More about shutdowns | Logins via terminals | Logins via terminals | Logins via terminals | Logins via terminals | Logins via terminals | Logins via terminals | Logins via terminals
and ctrl-alt-del
Rebooting
single user mode
Single user mode
installation disks
Emergency boot floppies
kernel
Various parts of an
kernel compression
The boot process in
kernel configuration
The boot process in
kernel panic
The boot process in
killing processes
init
last
What login does
letter
see electronic mail
LILO
The boot process in | The boot process in
Linux Filesystem Standard
see FSSTND
log files
Syslog
logging in
Logins from terminals
logging out
Logins from terminals
login
Logins from terminals | Logins from terminals | Logins from terminals | The /etc directory | The /var filesystem | Logins via terminals | Logins via terminals | Logins via terminals | Logins via terminals | Logins via terminals | Logins via terminals | What \textttlogin\indexlogin does | What login does | What login does | What login does | What login does
lpr
Two kinds of devices
ls
Two kinds of devices | Two kinds of devices | The buffer cache
ls -l
Two kinds of devices
lseek
What are filesystems?
magic
The /etc directory
mail, electronic
see electronic mail
mailbox
Mail
MAKEDEV
The /dev directory
master boot record
The boot process in
MBR
The boot process in
memory management
Important parts of the
mkdir
Creating a user by
mke2fs
Other tools for the
mkfs
Formatting | Formatting | Creating a filesystem | Creating a filesystem | Creating a filesystem | Creating a filesystem
mkfs)
Introduction
mkswap
Creating a swap space | Creating a swap space | Creating a swap space | Creating a swap space | Creating a swap space
Motif
Graphical user interface
mount
The /etc directory | The /etc directory | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting
mount -a
Mounting and unmounting
mounting
root filesystem
The boot process in
mounting filesystems
init
mtools
Mounting and unmounting
multitasking
Important parts of the
multiuser mode
init
netdate
When the clock is | When the clock is
Network File System
see NFS
network file systems
Network file systems
network management
Important parts of the
NFS
Network file systems
now
Other tools for all
Open Look
Graphical user interface
operating system
Various parts of an
panic
The boot process in
partition boot record
The boot process in
partition table
The boot process in
passwd
The /etc directory | Access control | /etc/passwd and other informative | Creating a user by | Changing user properties
periodic command execution
see cron and at
pine
Mail
printer queue
Printing
proc
The /proc filesystem
process management
Important parts of the
programming languages
Various parts of an
ps
Allocating swap space
ramdisk
Emergency boot floppies
rdate
When the clock is
rdev
Mounting and unmounting | The boot process in | The boot process in
read-only root filesystem
The boot process in
rebooting
Rebooting
restore
Other tools for the
rlogin
Network logins | Network logins | Logins via the network
root
init | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting
root filesystem
The boot process in
run level
init
sendmail
Mail | Glossary (DRAFT)
serial terminal
The boot process in
setfdprm
The /etc directory | The /etc directory | Floppies | Floppies | Formatting
sharing printers
Printing
shutdown
More about shutdowns | More about shutdowns | More about shutdowns | More about shutdowns | Rebooting | What login does
actions
More about shutdowns
emergency
More about shutdowns
triple syncs
More about shutdowns
using
More about shutdowns
shutdown message
More about shutdowns
shutting down
More about shutdowns
single user mode
init | Single user mode
smail
Mail
social relations
Printing
socket
Important parts of the
spooling
Printing
starting a computer
An overview of boots
startup messages
The boot process in
stopping the processor
init
su
Access control | Disabling a user temporarily
sudo
Mounting and unmounting
swap space
Important parts of the
swapoff
Using a swap space
swapon
Using a swap space | Using a swap space
sync
Other tools for all | The buffer cache | The buffer cache | The buffer cache | The buffer cache | More about shutdowns | More about shutdowns
syslog
Syslog | The /var filesystem | The /proc filesystem | Formatting | What login does
system call
Various parts of an
system crash
More about shutdowns
system program
Various parts of an
tail
Disabling a user temporarily
tar
Disks without filesystems | Disks without filesystems | Selecting the backup tool | Selecting the backup tool | Selecting the backup tool | Selecting the backup tool | Selecting the backup tool | Selecting the backup tool | Making backups with \texttttar\indextar | Making backups with tar | Making backups with tar | Making backups with tar | Making backups with tar | Making backups with tar | Making backups with tar | Making backups with tar | Restoring files with \texttttar\indextar | Restoring files with tar | Restoring files with tar | Restoring files with tar | Multilevel backups | Compressed backups | Compressed backups
telnet
Various parts of an | Network logins | Network logins | Logins via the network
temporary files
Periodic command execution: cron
termcap
The /etc directory
terminal
The boot process in
terminfo
The /etc directory
text mode
The boot process in
time
Showing and setting time
top
Using a swap space
tune2fs
Other tools for the | Other tools for the
tzset
Showing and setting time
umask
Mounting and unmounting
umount
Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting | Mounting and unmounting
unmount
Mounting and unmounting
unmounting filesystems
init
update
Other tools for all | Other tools for all | Other tools for all | The buffer cache | The buffer cache | More about shutdowns | More about shutdowns | Glossary (DRAFT)
user authentication
Logins from terminals
user mode
Various parts of an
useradd
Creating a user
userdel
Removing a user
utmp
What login does | What login does | What login does
video card
The boot process in
video mode
The boot process in
vigr
Creating a user by | Changing user properties
vipw
Creating a user by | Creating a user by | Changing user properties
virtual console
The boot process in
virtual filesystem
Important parts of the
w
What login does
warning messages
Syslog
who
What login does
Windows 95
see crying
wtmp
What login does | What login does
X Window System
init | Graphical user interface
xterm
More about shutdowns
zip
Tips for saving disk



Lars Wirzenius
Sun Jun 29 13:31:22 EEST 1997