Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition

Chapter 2. System and Network Administration Overview

Common Commands

Following are lists of commonly used system administration commands.

Clocks

hwclock	Manage hardware clock.
rdate	Get time from network time server.
zdump	Print list of time zones.
zic	Create time conversion information files.

Daemons

apmd	Advanced Power Management daemon.
atd	Queue commands for later execution.
bootpd	Internet Boot Protocol daemon.
fingerd	Finger daemon.
ftpd	File Transfer Protocol daemon.
identd	Identify user running TCP/IP process.
imapd	IMAP mailbox server daemon.
inetd	Internet services daemon.
klogd	Manage syslogd.
lpd	Printer daemon.
mountd	NFS mount request server.
named	Internet domain name server.
nfsd	NFS daemon.
pppd	Maintain Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) network connections.
rdistd	Remote file distribution server.
rexecd	Remote execution server.
rlogind	rlogin server.
routed	Routing daemon.
rpc.rusersd	Remote users server.
rpc.statd	NFS status daemon.
rshd	Remote shell server.
rwhod	Remote who server.
sshd	Secure shell daemon.
syslogd	System logging daemon.
talkd	Talk daemon.
tcpd	TCP network daemon.
tftpd	Trivial File Transfer Protocol daemon.
update	Buffer flush daemon.
ypbind	NIS binder process.
yppasswdd	NIS password modification server.
ypserv	NIS server process.

Hardware

agetty	Start user session at terminal.
arp	Manage the ARP ...