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Hermelito Go
Director
y
Mappings

AIX

Root
/
filesyst
{/dev/hd4}
em

FreeBSD

HP-UX

/
{/dev/ad0s1 {/dev/vg00/lvol1}
a}

Home
/home
Director
{/dev/hd1}
y

/home
{/dev/vg00/lvol4}

/tmp
{/dev/hd3}

/tmp
{/dev/vg00/lvol6}

/usr
{/dev/hd2}

/usr

(Last Update:

LINUX(RedHat)
/
{/dev/sda1}

SOLARIS

{/dev/rz0a}

/export/home
/dev/vx/dsk/home}
/tmp
/dev/vx/dsk/swapv
ol}
/usr

/var
/var
/var
{/dev/hd9var} {/dev/ad0s1 {/dev/vg00/lvol8}
e}

/var

/usr/newconfig

Tru64

/
{/dev/vx/dsk/root /
vol}

/usr
{/dev/ad0s1 {/dev/vg00/lvol7}
f}

Sample
configur
ation
files

Tuesday, 26-Aug-2003 10:36:30 PDT )

/usr
{/dev/rz0g}

User
Accounts

AIX

FreeBSD

HP-UX

LINUX(RedHat)

/etc/passwd /etc/passwd /etc/passwd

Password
/etc/passwd
/etc/security /etc/master /tcb/files/auth/r/ro
files
/etc/shadow
/passwd
ot
.passwd

Solaris

Tru64

/etc/passwd
/etc/shadow

/etc/passwd

/etc/group

/etc/group

/etc/group

65535

/etc/group
/etc/group
/etc/security
/group

/etc/group
/etc/logingroup

Maximum
# of
user ID

4294967295

2147483647

65535

2147483647

Allow/De
ny
remote
login

/
etc/security/ /etc/ttys
user
{secure}
{rlogin=true}

/etc/securetty
{console}

/etc/securetty
{ttyp1}

/
/etc/securettys
etc/default/login {ttyp1}
{CONSOLE=/dev/con
sole}

Groups
file

65535

User
4294967294
nobody's
id #

65534

-2

99

Group
4294967294
nobody's
id #

65534

-2(nogroup)

99

>boot
Interact with IPL ?
Y
ISL>hpux -iS
passwd root

{lilo}
control-x
linux S
passwd root

Recover boot from

ok boot -s
root
CD/Tape
passwd root
password Installation/
Maintenance
Start Limited
Shell
getrootfs
hdisk0
vi
/etc/security
/passwd

{grub}
c
kernel vmlinuz2.4.9-13 single
ro root=/dev/hda8
initrd /initrd2.4.9-13.img
boot

60001 &
65534(nobody4)
60002 &
65534(nogroup)
boot cdrom -s
mkdir /tmp/a
mount
/dev/c0t0d0s0
/tmp/a
vi
/tmp/a/etc/shadow

65534

65534

press the HALT

Button or
(Control-P)
>>>boot -fl s
lsmbstartup
/sbin/bcheckrc
passwd root

passwd root
Create
mkuser
new user

adduser

useradd

useradd

useradd

useradd

Delete
user

rmuser

rmuser

userdel

userdel

userdel

userdel

List
users

lsuser -f ALL

logins

Modify
user
account

chuser -a

usermod

General
Commands
Unique
host ID

AIX

FreeBSD

hostid

Administ
smit
rator

logins
usermod
HP-UX

usermod

LINUX(RedHat)

usermod

Solaris

Tru64

uname -i

hostid

hostid

hostid

sam

linuxconf

admintool

sysman

Performa
top
nce
monitor
monitor

top

top
glance

top

top

top

System
activity sar
reporter

sa

sar

sar {sysstat}

sar

/
usr/opt/svr4/bin/
sar

Virtual
Memory
vmstat
statisti
cs

vmstat

vmstat

vmstat

vmstat

vmstat

I/O
statisti iostat
cs

iostat

iostat

iostat {sysstat}

iostat

iostat

dmesg

dmesg

dmesg

dmesg

uerf -R -o full

Error
logs

alog -o -t
boot
errpt

Physical
1TB
RAM

4TB

64 GB {>2.3.24}

Shared
Memory

2.75GB

8TB

sysctl
kernel.shmmax

2GB

4GB

900 MB

/dev/vg00/lvol2

/dev/sda2

Process
Data
Space
Swap
device

/dev/hd6

/dev/ad0s1b

Swap
file
type

/
swap
etc/swapspace
s

swap

Display
swap
size

lsps -a

swapinfo

swapinfo -a

swapon -a

swapon -a

Activate
swapon -a
Swap
Printers

AIX

FreeBSD

16TB

4TB

/
/dev/rz0b
dev/vx/dsk/swapvo
l
swap

raw

free

swap -l

swapon -s

swapon -a

swap -a

swapon -a

partition type
82

HP-UX

LINUX

Solaris

Tru64

Printer
Queues

/etc/qconfig /
/etc/lp/interface/*
var/spool/p
rint

/
/
/usr/spool/lpd
var/spool/lpd/lp/ etc/lp/interfaces
*
/*

Stop LP

stopsrc -s
lpd

/etc/init.d/lpd
stop

/
/sbin/init.d/lpd
usr/lib/lp/lpshut stop

/etc/init.d/lpd
start

/
/sbin/init.d/lpd
usr/lib/lp/lpsche
start
d

Start LP

startsrc -s
lpd

lpshut
lpd

lpsched

Submit
print
jobs

enq
lp
lpr
qprt

lp

lp

lpr

LP

enq -A

lpq

lpstat

lpq

lp
lpr

lp
lpr

lpstat

lpstat

lpq
statisti
lpstat
cs
qchk
Remove
print
jobs

cancel
lprm
qcan
enq -x

Add
printer
queue

cancel

lprm

cancel
lprm

cancel
lprm

smit mkpq

lpadmin -p pq

printtool

lpadmin -p pq

lprsetup

Remove
Printer
queue

smit rmpq

lpadmin -x pq

lpadmin -x pq

lprsetup

Make
default
printer

export
LPDEST="pq"

lpadmin -d pq

lpadmin -d pq

export
PRINTER="lp"

TCP/IP

cancel
lprm

AIX

HP-UX

LINUX(RedHat)

Solaris

Tru64

Network
/
/
IP
lsattr -E -l /
etc/rc.config.d/netc etc/sysconfig/net
configur inet0
etc/rc.conf
onf
work-scripts/
ation

/etc/hostname.*
/etc/inet/*
/etc/rc.config
/etc/defaultroute
r

Hosts IP
addresse /etc/hosts
s

/etc/inet/hosts

Name
service
switch

/etc/hosts

/etc/hosts

/
/
etc/netsvc.co etc/host.co /etc/nsswitch.conf
nf
nf

/etc/hosts

/
/
/etc/svc.conf
etc/nsswitch.conf etc/nsswitch.conf

Network
paramete no -a
rs

sysctl

ndd -h

sysctl -a | grep
net

ndd /dev/[tcp|ip]
?

Routing
daemon

routed

gated

routed

in.routed

gated

/etc/hosts

routed

NIC
Configur ifconfig -a
ations

ifconfig -a lanscan -v

Secondar
ifconfig
ifconfig en0
y IP
xl0 alias
alias IP
Address
IP
Login
prompt

HERALD @
/etc/security
/login.cfg

odmget -q
"attribute=nu
m and
uniquetype=pt
y/pty/pty"
PdAt | sed
"s/0-64/0Increase 512/" |
the # of odmchange -q
pseudo- "attribute=nu
terminal m and
s
uniquetype=pt
y/pty/pty" -o
PdAt

ifconfig -a

ifconfig lan0:1 IP

modprobe ip_alias
ifconfig hme0:1
ifconfig eth0:1
IP up
IP

telnetd -b
/etc/issue

/etc/issue

rebuild your kernel

with these new
values NPTY=#
NSTRPY=#
reboot

512

Remote
Shell

remsh
rsh

YP/NIS

ifconfig -a
ifconfig ln0
alias

BANNER @
/etc/default/teln /etc/issue
etd

{/etc/system}
set pt_cnt = #
{SYSV}
set npty = #
{BSD}
cd /dev
./MAKEDEV -v pty

insf -d ptys -n #
insf -d ptym -n #
insf -d pts -s # -e
-v

{/etc/iu.ap}
ptsl 0 # ldterm
ttcompat

cd /dev
./MAKEDEV PTY_1

halt
boot -r

chdev -l pty0
-anum=256 -P
reboot
Maximum
# of
ptys

ifconfig -a

{MAXUSERS}

256

176
{BSD}
3000
{SYSV}

rsh

remsh

rsh

rsh

rsh

/sbin/ypbind

/usr/sbin/ypbind

8192

service
binder

usr/lib/netsv usr/sbin/yp usr/lib/netsvc/yp/yp

c/yp/ypbind bind
bind

System
Files

AIX

FreeBSD

HP-UX

usr/lib/netsvc/yp
/ypbind
LINUX(RedHat)

Solaris

Tru64

NFS
/
/etc/exports
/etc/exports
exported
etc/exports

/etc/exports

NFS
Client
mounted /etc/xtab
director
ies

/etc/xtab

/var/lib/nfs/xtab /etc/rmtab

Max File
128 GB
System

128 GB

2 TB

1 TB
8000 TB {vxfs}

128 GB {<= 3.2G}

512 GB {>= 4.0}
16 TB {advfs}

Max File
64 GB
Size

128 GB

2 GB
{512B
block size}
8192 GB {8KB
block size}

1 TB
2 GB {=<2.5.1}

128 GB {<= 3.2G}

512 GB {>= 4.0}
16 TB {advfs}

Max #
File
64 K
Descript
ors

60~ K

sysctl fs.filemax

64 K

64 K

DISK/LVM
Commands

AIX

HP-UX:Disk
&Filesystem

FreeBSD

/etc/dfs/dfstab
/etc/exports
/etc/dfs/sharetab

LINUX(RedHat)

/
var/adm/mountdtab

SOLARIS

Tru64

/
Filesyst
etc/filesyste /etc/fstab
em table
ms

/etc/fstab

/etc/fstab

/etc/vfstab

/etc/fstab

Free
disk
blocks

df -k

bdf

df -k

df -k

df -k

Device
listing

lsdev -C

/sbin/ioscan

cat /proc/devices sysdef

Disk

bootinfo -s

diskinfo

cat

df -k

fdisk -v

format -d c#t#d#

file /dev/rrz0c

informat
hdisk#
ion

ad0

/dev/rdsk/c#t#d#

/proc/scsi/scsi0/ format>current
sda/model
format>inquiry

Disk
Label

disklabel
ad0

pvdisplay -v
/dev/dsk/C#t#d#

fdisk -l

prtvtoc

disklabel -p rz0

sub disk

logical extents

logical extents

sub disk

sub disk

Volume

logical volume

logical volume

Volume

Volume

Plex

Plex

lspv -l
hdisk#

LVM
Partition
Concepts
Volume

Plex
Volume group

volume group

volume group

disk group

disk group

Journal
Filesyst jfs
em type

vxfs

ext3
reiserfs

vxfs

advfs

Default
volume
group

/dev/rootvg

/dev/vg00

Display
volume
group

lsvg -l
rootvg

vgdisplay -v vg00

vgdisplay -v

Modify
physical chpv
volume

pvchange

pvchange

Prepare
mkdev -c disk
physical
-l hdisk#
disk

pvcreate

List
physical lspv
volume
Remove
disk
from
volume
group

reducevg

vinum ld

/
/dev/vol/rootdg
dev/vx/dsk/rootdg
vxprint -l -g
rootdg

volprint -l -g
rootdg

pvcreate

vxdiskadd

voldiskadd

pvdisplay

pvdisplay

vxprint -dl

volprint -dl

vgreduce

vgreduce

vxdg rmdisk

voldg rmdisk

Move
logical
volumes
to
migratepv
another
physical
volumes

vinum move
-f drive
object

pvmove

pvmove

vxassist move

volassist move

vgcreate

vgcreate

vxdg init

voldg init

Remove
volume
group

vgremove

vgremove

Volume
chvg
group
varyonvg
availabi
varyoffvg
lity

vgchange

vgchange

Restore
volume
group

vgcfgrestore

vgcfgrestore

Create
volume
group

mkvg

Exports
volume
group

exportvg

vgexport

vgexport

vxdg deport

voldg deport

Imports
volume
group

importvg

vgimport

vgimport

vxdg import

voldg import

Volume
group
listing

lsvg

vgscan

vgscan

lvchange

lvchange

vxedit set

voledit set

Change
logical
volume
chlv
characte
ristics

List
logical
volume

lslv

Make
logical
volume

vinum lv

lvdisplay

lvdisplay

vxprint -vl

volprint -vl

mklv

lvcreate

lvcreate

vxassist make

volassist make

Extend
logical
volume

extendlv

lvextend

lvextend

vxassist growto

volassist growto

Reduce
logical
volume

AIX reduce LV

lvreduce

lvreduce

vxassist shrinkto

volassist
shrinkto

Remove
logical
volume

rmlv

lvremove

lvremove

vxedit rm

voledit -g rootdg
-rf rm vol1

Prepare
boot
volumes

bootlist -m
normal

lvlnboot

lilo

vxbootsetup

extendfs
/dev/vg00/lvol8
fsadm -F vxfs -b
{LE * 1024} /mt

resize2fs
resize_reiserfs

vxva
mkfs -M

Reduce/S
plit
rmlvcopy
mirrors

lvsplit

lvsplit

Merge
mirrors

lvmerge

lvmerge

vinum rm
vol

Remove
boot
volumes
Extend
File
system

Create
mirrors

lvrmboot

chfs -a
size=# /mt

mklv -c 2

vinum
mirror
drive

lvcreate -m 1

vxassist mirror

volassist make
vol 100mb
mirror=true

Add
mirrors

mklvcopy lv
2

lvextend -m 1

Create
striped
volumes

vinum
mklv -u 3 -S
stripe
64K
drive

lvcreate -i 3 -I 64

System
mksysb -i
recovery
/dev/rmt0
tape
Backup

savevg -i
rootvg

Restore

restvg

MISC

AIX

lvcreate -i 3 -I
64

vxassist make vol volassist make

100mb
vol 100mb
layout=raid5
layout=stripe

/
opt/ignite/bin/make_
recovery
vinum
saveconfig

FreeBSD

Startup
script

/etc/rc

Kernel

/
usr/lib/boot/ /kernel
unix_up

/etc/rc

/
usr/sys/bin/btcre
ate

fbackup

tar cvf /dev/rst0

ufsdump
/

vdump

frecover

tar xvf
/dev/rst0

vrestore

HP-UX

LINUX(RedHat)

ufsrestore
SOLARIS

Tru64

/sbin/rc

/etc/rc.d/rc

/etc/init.d

/sbin/init.d

/stand/vmunix

/boot/vmlinuz

/kernel/genunix

/vmunix

Kernel
lsattr -E -l
Paramete
sysctl -a
sys0
rs

sysdef
kmtune
kmsystem

sysctl -a

sysdef -i

sysconfig
dxkerneltuner

Reconfig
cd
ure the chdev -l sys0 /sys/i386/c
kernel
onf
-a
vi KERNEL
config
KERNEL
cd
../../compi
le/KERNEL
make depend
make
make

cd /stand/build
cd
vi /etc/system
/usr/lbin/sysadm/sys /usr/src/linux
reboot
tem_prep -v -s
make mrproper
system
make menuconfig
vi system
mk_kernel -s system make dep
make clean
cd /stand
mv system
make bzImage
system.prev
make install
mv vmunix
make modules
vmunix.prev
make modules_install
mv dlkm dlkm.prev

doconfig

cp
arch/i386/boot/bzIma
ge /boot/vmlinuz2.2.16
mkinitrd /boot/initrd2.2.16.img 2.2.16
vi /etc/lilo.conf
lilo

install

mv
/stand/build/system
system
kmupdate
/stand/build/vmunix_
test

kldstat

kmadmin -s

lsmod

modinfo

Load
module

kldload

kmadmin -L

insmod

modload

Unload
module

kldunload

kmadmin -U

rmmod

modunload

netconf

sys-unconfig

netsetup

grep -i Physical
/var/adm/syslog/sysl free
og.log

prtconf

uerf | grep
memory

getconf KERNEL_BITS

getconf WORD_BIT

isainfo -kv

64

List
modules

genkex

Initiali
/
install_assis
ze
stand/sysin set_parms initial
t
system
stall
Physical
bootinfo -r
RAM

sysctl
hw.physmem

Kernel
Bits

bootinfo -K

Crash
utility

crash

crash

adb

lcrash

crash

kdbx

Trace
System
Calls

syscalls

truss

tusc

strace

truss

trace

Machine
model

uname -m
bootinfo -m

uname -m

model
uname -m

uname -m

uname -imp

uname -p

uname -r

uname -r

uname -r

uname -r

sizer -v

OS Level oslevel

Run
Level

who -r

who -r

Core
dump
files

/var/adm/ras

/var/adm/crash

Boot
single
user

Key on
service
mode/F4
Boot from
CD/Tape
Select
Maintenance
Limited
function
Shell

Maintena
nce mode

runlevel

who -r
/var/crash/`uname
-n`

{lilo}
control-x
linux S

ok boot -s

>boot
Interact with IPL ?
Y
ISL>hpux -iS

>boot
Interact with IPL ?
ok boot -as
Y
ISL>hpux -lm

{grub}
c
ok boot -s
kernel vmlinuz2.4.9-13 single
ro root=/dev/hda8
initrd /initrd2.4.9-13.img
boot

control-B

Stop-A

Return
to
console

co

ok go

/
Timezone
/
etc/environme
Manageme
etc/localti /etc/TIMEZONE
nt
nt
me
/etc/profile
/etc/ntp.conf /
startsrc -s etc/rc.conf
xntpd
{xntpd_enab
le="YES"}

>>> boot -fl s

ok boot -as

Interrup
t Key

NTP
Daemon

who -r

control-P

/
/etc/TIMEZONE
/etc/svid3_tz
etc/sysconfig/clo
/etc/default/init timezone
ck

/
/etc/ntp.conf
/
etc/rc.config.d/netd /etc/rc.d/init.d/ etc/inet/ntp.conf
aemons
xntpd
/etc/init.d/xntpd
/sbin/init.d/xntpd

rcmgr set XNTPD_C

ONF YES
/sbin/init.d/xntp
d

/etc/rc.net
work
Software

AIX

HP-UX

LINUX(RedHat)

SOLARIS

Tru64

Install
installp -a
Software

pkg_add

swinstall

rpm -i package

pkgadd

setld -l

Uninstal
l
installp -u
software

pkg_delete

swremove

rpm -e package

pkgrm

setld -d

rpm -qa

pkginfo

setld -i

pkginfo -i
pkginfo -p

setld -v

List
installe
lslpp -L all pkg_info -a swlist
d
software
Verify
installe
lppchk -v
d
software
List all lslpp -f
files
fileset

swlist -l fileset -a
rpm -V package
state
pkg_info -L swlist -l file
package
fileset

List
installe
instfix -i
d
patches

swlist -l patch
what /stand/vmunix

Package
owner

swlist -l file |
grep path

lslpp -w path

SW
Director /usr/lpp
y
Devices

AIX

/var/db/pkg /var/adm/sw/
FreeBSD

HP-UX

Devices

/dev

/dev

/dev

Install
devices
for

cfgmgr -v

/
insf -e
dev/MAKEDEV

rpm -ql package

pkgchk -l package setld -i package

patchadd -p

rpm -qf file

pkgchk -l -p path

/var/lib/rpm

/var/sadm

LINUX(RedHat)

dupatch -track
-type patch

/var/adm/smlogs

SOLARIS

Tru64

/dev

/devices

/dev

/dev/MAKEDEV

drvconfig
devlinks
disks

scu scan edt

scsimgr -scan_all

attached
peripher
als

tapes
ports

Remove
device

rmdev -l

rmsf

rem_drv

Device
drivers

lscfg

lsdev

prtconf -D

CPU

lsdev -Cc
processor

sysctl
hw.model

List
lsdev -Cc tty
Terminal

ioscan -fnC
processor

cat /proc/cpuinfo psrinfo -v

ioscan -fnC tty

pmadm -l

psrinfo -v

Diagnost
diag
ics

pciconf -l

stm

lspci
pnpdump

/
usr/platform/`una
me -m`/
sbin/prtdiag
ok test-all
/opt/SUNWvts/bin/
sunvts

Whole
Disk

/dev/hdisk#

/dev/ad0s1c /dev/dsk/c#t#d0

/dev/sda

/dev/c#t#d0s2

CDROM

/dev/cd0

/dev/acd0c

/dev/dsk/c#t2d0

/dev/cdrom

/dev/dsk/c#t6d0s2 /dev/rz3c

CDROM
file
type

cdrfs

cd9660

cdfs

iso9660

hsfs

cdfs

Rewindin
g tape
/dev/rmt0
drive

/dev/rwt0d

/dev/rmt/0m

/dev/rst0
{ c 9 0}

/dev/rmt/0

/dev/rmt0

Nonrewindin
/dev/rmt0.1
g tape
drive

/dev/nrwt0d /dev/rmt/0mn

/dev/nrst0
{ c 9 128 }

/dev/rmt/0n

/dev/nrmt0

Floppy
drive

/dev/fd0

/dev/fd0

/dev/diskette

/dev/fd0c

/dev/rfd0

/dev/rz0c

Links

AIX

FreeBSD

HP-UX

LINUX(RedHat)

SOLARIS

Tru64

FAQ

AIX-FAQ

FreeBSD
FAQ

HP-UX FAQ

LINUX FAQ

Solaris 2 FAQ

Tru64 FAQ

Online
Manual

AIX 4.3 Books

FreeBSD
Hand Book

HP-UX 11.00
Collection

Linux
Documentation
Project

Solaris 7
Documentation

Tru64 Documents

Technica
RS/6000
l
TechSupport
Support

IT Resource Center

Red Hat support

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