(NADM) - NFS network administration commands

Table of Contents

Intro: introduction to ONC maintenance and operation commands
automount: automatically mount NFS filesystems
biod: NFS block I/O daemon
exportfs: export and unexport directories to NFS clients
lockd: network lock daemon
makedbm: make a Network Information Service (NIS) dbm file
map2ascii: Network Information Service (NIS) database conversion routines
mountd: NFS mount request server
nfs: NFS start/stop script
nfsd, biod: NFS daemons
nfsstat: Network File System statistics
nis: NIS start/stop script
nmountall: nmountall, numountall -- mount, unmount multiple filesystems
numountall: unmount multiple filesystems
pcnfsd: NFS authentication and print request server
portmap: Internet port to RPC program number mapper
portmapper: Internet port to RPC program number mapper
revnetgroup: reverse the netgroup file
rexd: RPC-based remote execution server
rpcinfo: report RPC information
rpcinit: RPC start/stop script
rusersd: network user name server
rwall: write to all users over a network
rwalld: network rwall server
showmount: show all remote mounts
statd: network status monitor
ypbind: store NIS server locations
ypinit: build and install Network Information Service (NIS) databases
ypmake: rebuild Network Information Service (NIS) databases
yppasswdd: server for modifying the Network Information Service (NIS) password file
yppoll: what version of an NIS map is at an NIS server host
yppush: force propagation of a changed NIS map
ypserv: look up database information
ypserv, ypbind, ypxfrd: Network Information Service (NIS) server, binder and transfer processes
ypset: point ypbind at a particular server
ypshad2pwd: install and update the /etc/passwd.yp passwd file
ypwhich: which host is the Network Information Service (NIS) server or map master
ypxfr: transfer an NIS map from an NIS server to here
ypxfrd: transfer NIS maps