Main index

Introducing UNIX and Linux

Maintaining your Linux OS

Overview
Basic management
      Passwords
      Checking storage space
      Checking processes
      Managing users
      Shutting down and restarting your computer
      Automating tasks
Linux file management
      File compression and archiving tools
      File managers
      File splitters
Linux networking
      Getting started
      MAC and IP addresses
      Domain names
      Adding a Linux host to an existing network
      Building a private network
      Configuring the network interface
Security
Uninstalling Linux
Summary

Summary

The following system and network administration commands were introduced in this chapter

passwd change login password
df reports available disk space
ps reports process status
kill terminates processes
adduser creates new user
useradd creates new user
userdel removes a user
shutdown close down processes and shut down machine
compress reduces file to compressed form
gzip reduces file to compressed form
gunzip uncompresses gzip file
tar file and directory archive tool
split splits and joins large files
ypmatch prints values from Network Information System
ssh secure shell for remote login
fdisk modifies disk partition table

Copyright © 2002 Mike Joy, Stephen Jarvis and Michael Luck