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- From: zmbenhal@netcom.com (Zeyd M. Ben-Halim)
- Subject: Software list (System admin. and managemnt)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.074550.23551@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 07:45:50 GMT
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- Here is the second draft of software available for Linux. So far I've collected
- System administration and management software. Please send comments,
- corrections, and additions to me.
- The list illustrates the chaotic state Linux software is in (witness the
- number of init packages). As Linux 1.0 approaches, some effort should be put
- into cleaning this up. Not everybody uses SLS, and even it is not always
- correct or up to date. Maybe an official tree a la 386BSD would help.
-
-
- Synopsis: List of software available for the Linux OS:
- OS Version: 0.99.1
- Date: Dec 23, 1992
-
- {{{System Management & Administration:
- {{{
- adduser.tar.Z : tsx : sources/sbin
- Shell script for adding new users to /etc/passwd.
- Potential security risk because passwd is passed in the command line.
- }}}
- {{{
- adduser.c : sunsite : system/Admin
- update adduser without the gid/uid bug.
- THE most uptodate version.
- See entry for shadow-1.2.tar.Z
- }}}
- {{{
- adduser.tar.Z : sunsite : system/Admin
- old version of adduser.c
- has uid:gid transposed, don't use.
- }}}
- {{{
- pwdutils101.tar.Z : tsx : source/sbin
- : sunsite : system/administration
- update of adduser shell script to remove security bug.
- }}}
- {{{
- user-adm.tar.Z : tsx : sources/usr.bin
- YET another set of scripts for adding/deleting users/groups.
- This one use tcsh scripts.
- }}}
- {{{
- shadow-3.2.2-diff.Z,
- shadow-3.2.2-linux.tar.Z : tsx : sources/usr.bin
- Shadow password package. More secure environment of maintainance of user
- accounts.
- }}}
- {{{
- stty.tar.Z : sunsite : system/Terminal-management
- TERMIOS based stty. includes binary.
- The version that comes with SLS is less informative.
- }}}
- {{{
- blocks.c : sunsite : system/Disk-management
- real block count of files.
- }}}
- {{{
- disksplit.tar.Z : tsx : sources/usr.bin
- backup hardisk by tarring and splitting in floppy sized chunks.
- OLD.
- }}}
- diskbackup.tar.Z : tsx : sources/usr.bin
- update version (still circa 0.95) of disksplit program.
- }}}
- {{{
- at-src.tar.Z : sunsite : system/Daemons
- Ed Carp's at, batch, and cron.
- for periodic running of programs.
- }}}
- {{{
- at.tar.Z : tsx : sources/usr.bin
- older (?) version of Ed Carp's at.
- }}}
- {{{
- vixie-cron.tar.Z : tsx : sources/sbin
- : sunsite : system/Daemons
- Paul Vixie's cron package.
- }}}
- {{{
- admutils-1.4.tar.Z : tsx : sources/sbin
- : sunsite : system/administration
- Misc. admin. utilities:
- last - show last commands
- chsh - change shell
- passwd - change password
- su - substitute user
- newgrp - ??
- shutdown/halt/reboot - guess!
- ctrlaltdel - emulate 3 finger salute
- init - a SYSV-like init
- }}}
- {{{
- sysvboot.tar.Z : tsx : sources/sbin
- SYSV init derived from one in admutils-1.4.tar.Z
- }}}
- {{{
- sysvinit.tar.Z : tsx : sources/sbin
- : sunsite : system/Daemons
- Yet another SYSV init. Most complete I guess?
- also includes:
- mesg, wall, shutdown, last
- man pages.
- *patches are in sunsite:Incoming or tsx:sources/sbin
- }}}
- {{{
- bootsys.tar.Z : tsx : sources/sbin
- NO! Not another init package!!?
- A superduper SYSV init package. Any comments?
- }}}
- {{{
- lpr.tar.Z : sunsite : system/Daemons
- BSD printing package.
- }}}
- {{{
- plpsrc-0.1.tar.Z : tsx : BETA/plp
- printer daemon package.
- }}}
- {{{
- script.README, script.tar.Z : sunsite : Incoming
- record terminal session in a file.
- }}}
- {{{
- setterm.tar.Z : sunsite : system/Terminal-management
- set terminal characteristics.
- }}}
- {{{
- screen3.2.linux.tar.Z,
- screen3.2-termcap.patch : sunsite : system/Terminal-management
- multiplex several terminal sessions on the the same line.
- }}}
- {{{
- set-deskjet.c : sunsite : Incoming
- a little program to make a DJ printer translate nl to nl/cr.
- }}}
- {{{
- time.doc, timesrc.tar.Z : tsx : sources/sbin
- setting time and time zones.
- Is this up to date?
- }}}
- {{{
- timesrc.tar.Z : tsx : sources/usr.bin
- another time setting packages.
- }}}
- {{{
- poeigl-1.7.tar.Z : tsx : sources/sbin
- : sunsite : system/Daemons
- Poe Init/Getty/Login package:
- agetty - alternative getty (with sun4 man page)
- login - login
- hostname - set hostname
- msg - toggle message access to your terminal
- who - who's logged-in
- write - send a message to user
- users - variant of who
- init - init (not SYSV, standard linux init)
- -- pathnames.h uses /var/spool/mail instead of /usr/spool/mail
- }}}
- {{{
- qpl-init.tar.Z : tsx : sources/sbin
- Ancient 0.12 init package (SUNOS compatible)
- }}}
- {{{
- ps-0.98.tar.Z,
- ps-0.98.diff.Z : tsx : sources/sbin
- Ps/top/w/uptime for 0.98 kernel
- OBSELETE - look for 0.98.4 version (will work with 0.99)
- - or get /proc based version
- }}}
- {{{
- mount-0.97.tar.Z : tsx : sources/sbin
- mount/umount for 0.97 kernel
- OBSELETE - look for 0.98.5 version
- }}}
- {{{
- fixkbd.tar.Z : tsx : sources/sbin
- patch kernel image to select keyboard
- }}}
- {{{
- tty.c.shar : sunsite : sources/usr.bin
- display name of user's terminal.
- }}}
- {{{
- doshell.c : tsx : sources/usr.bin
- ???
- }}}
- {{{
- hostname.c : tsx : sources/usr.bin
- set or display hostname.
- }}}
- {{{
- uname.c : tsx : sources/usr.bin
- display system info.
- }}}
- {{{
- kbrate.c : tsx : sources/sbin
- set keyboard repeat rate.
- }}}
- {{{
- gettyps204.tar.Z : tsx : sources/sbin
- : sunsite : system/Daemons
- getty that works on hard-wired terminals AND dial-ups.
- includes man pages.
- }}}
- {{{
- setserial.tar.Z : tsx : sources/sbin
- set serial IRQ updated to support higher speeds.
- }}}
- fdformat.c, fdformat2.c : sunsite : system/Disk-management
- format a floppy, also available from system-0.98.tar.Z
- format floppy with extra security features.
- }}}
- {{{
- mtools.tar.Z : sunsite : system/Disk-management
- access to MSDOS disks.
- * is the version mtools.n2.tar.Z in tsx:sources/usr.bin the same thing?
- }}}
- {{{
- pfdisk.tar.Z : sunsite : system/Disk-mnangement
- hard disk partitioner. I've never used it.
- }}}
- {{{
- system-0.98.tar.Z : tsx : sources/sbin
- : sunsite : Incoming
- misc. system utilities:
- doshell - ??
- ed - standard editor ; also available separately.
- fdformat - low-level floppy format
- fdisk - partition table manibulator
- frag - show fragmentation of file
- fsck - file system check/repair
- kill - kill process
- makehole - ??
- mkfs - create a file system
- mkswap - creat a swap file
- more - paged display of files
- setfdparm - set floppy parameters
- setroot - patch kernel to set root partition
- setserial - set serial IRQ
- setterm - set terminal characteristics
- sync - flush fs buffers
- update - periodic syncs
- }}}
- {{{
- syslogd.tar.Z : sunsite : system/Daemons
- syslog daemon.
- }}}
- {{{
- syslogd.c : tsx : sources/sbin
- syslog daemon.
- }}}
-