Unix System Basics by the Terminal Technician.

Well,it's been a while since I last appeared (in New York) and I think it's
about time I wrote some of my findings...

Introduction: Commands

escription: This section describes publicly accessible commands in alphabetic
   order.Certain distinctions of purpose are made in the headings:

CCTON - START OR STOP SYSTEM ACCOUNTING DATA COLLECTION
BASIC  - VAX/BASIC SUBSYSTEM
BIBLIO - BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA BASE SYSTEM
CDISK  - CERL DEDICATED FILESYSTEM DISK USAGE ACCOUNTING.
CONFIG - BUILDS SYSTEM CONFIGURATION FILES.
CRASH  - WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE SYSTEM CRASHES.
DCHECK - FILE SYSTEM DIRECTORY CONSISTENCY CHECK.
DISKUSE - FILESYSTEM DISK USAGE ACCOUNTING BY USER ID:
DMESG - COLLECT SYSTEM DIAGNOSTIC MESSAGES TO READ THEIR ERROR LOG!
DSKCHK - EXAMINE CERL (root) DEDICATED FILESYSTEM ALLOCATION INFO (map)
DUMP - INCREMENTAL FILE DUMP.
FILSYS,FLBLK, INO - FORMAT OF FILE SYSTEM VOLUME
FSCK - FILE SYSTEM CONSISTENCY CHECK AND INTERACTIVE REPAIR!!
FSTAB - STATIC INFO ABOUT THE HOST'S FILESYSTEMS..
HIER - SEE FILE SYSTEM HEIRARCHY (map)
HOSTNAME - SET (!) or PRINT HOST SYSTEM'S NAME..
ICHECK - FILE SYSTEM STORAGE CONSISTENCY CHECK.
INTRO X - X IS SYSTEM ERROR NUMBER,AND PRINTS HELP FILES ON SYSTEM CALLS.
LABELFS - LABELS A FILE SUB-SYSTEM.
MKFS - MAKE A FILE SYSTEM.
MOUNT, XXXXXX - MOUNT THE VOLUME OF YOUR CHOICE.(heheh)
MSGS - SYSTEM JUNK AND BOGUS MAIL SECTION..(good place to announce the hack,by
       mailing a letter to everyone on the system...heheheh).
MTAB - MOUNTED FILE SYSTEM TABLE (!)
NFCOMMENT - USER INTERFACE TO THE NOTESFILE SYSTEM...(tell the sysop he's a 
            moron...)
PSTAT - PRINT THE SYSTEM FACTS..
QUOT - SUMMARIZE FILE OWNERSHIPS (if you get it..)
REBOOT - REBOOT SYSTEM...(only if they are fools..this one only worked once..)
RESTOR - INCREMENTAL FILE SYSTEM RESTORE
RETRIEVE - INCREMENTAL FILE SYSTEM RESTORE
SA, ACCTON - SYSTEM ACCOUNTING..(in other words,turn the log on,or off..hehe)
SAVECORE - SAVES A CORE DUMP OF THE CURRENT (modified,heheh) OPERATING SYSTEM
           TO THE SYSTEM DISK..
SHUTDOWN - CLOSE DOWN THE SYSTEM AT THE GIVE TIME..(see reboot above..)
STAT,SEESTAT - COLLECT STATS,PRINT GRAPHS OF SYSTEM STATISTICS..
SYSCALL - INDIRECT SYSTEM CALL..
SYSTEM - ISSUE A SHELL COMMAND..
TYPES - PRIMATIVE SYSTEM DATA TYPES
UPTIME - HOW LONG THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN UP..
USERS - COMPACT LIST OF USERS WHO ARE ON THE SYSTEM
VADVISE - GIVE ADVICE TO PAGING SECTION..(instant feedback,heheh)
VLIMIT - CONTROL MAXIMUM SYSTEM RESOURCE CONSUMPTION...(heheh,eat memory)
WHO - WHO'S ON THE SYSTEM WITH YOU...

ell,this is the first section of a massive series on Hacking a Unix based
system..My favorite is the University of Illinois,and the Corps of Engineers
Research Laboratory...or is it,the University of California ?

            This article originally appeared on Metronet,Baltimore Maryland
             301-944-1210 .



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