NAME

admintool - system administration with a graphical user interface

SYNOPSIS

admintool

DESCRIPTION

admintool presents a graphical user interface for the accomplishment of several system administration tasks in a distributed environment. Membership in the sysadmin group (gid 14) is used to restrict access to administrative tasks. Members of the sysadmin group can use admintool to create, delete, and modify system files. Non-members have readonly permissions (where applicable).

Spot help is available using the Help key on the keyboard. On-line Help handbooks are available from each application, and can also be called from the admintool window.

USAGE

admintool includes the following applications:

Database Manager

The Database Manager application allows complete maintenance of system databases using any of three naming services. The databases are:

aliases
auto_home
bootparams
ethers
group
hosts
netgroup
netmasks
networks
passwd
protocols
rpc
services
timezone

The supported naming services are:

NIS+

Network Information Service Plus, the replacement for NIS.

NIS

Network Information Service, formerly known as YP; NIS databases may not be modified by admintool.

None

Text files in the /etc directory.

Host Manager

The Host Manager application supports the definition of client machines on the server that will serve them. Three types of clients are supported:

diskless

Clients that depend on the server for all disk needs.

standalone

Clients that may use the server as an optional file server.

dataless

Clients that have a local disk but use it only for root and swap.

Printer Manager

The Printer Manager application allows you to install and set up printers on a system or on a network. You can:

Set up a print server.

Connect a system to a remote printer.

Modify print configurations.

Delete print configurations.

Serial Port Manager

The Serial Port Manager configures a system's serial port software to work with terminals and modems. The Serial Port Manager provides templates for common terminal and modem configurations which can then be modified for a particular device. The available configuration templates are:

Terminal - Hardwired

Modem - Dial-in only

Modem - Dial-out only

Modem - Bidirectional

Initialize Only - No connection

User Account Manager

The User Account Manager allows you to administer user accounts on a network. You can:

Create new user accounts.

Modify existing accounts.

Delete user accounts.

User account information can be managed in any of the three naming services (none, NIS, or NIS+). The User Account Manager can set up home directories with the appropriate files and user account information. It can manage information in the following databases:

aliases
auto_home
cred
group
passwd
shadow

SEE ALSO

nis+(1), admind(1M), sys-unconfig(1M), sysidtool(1M)

Administration Application Reference Manual

Common Administration Tasks

Peripherals Administration

Security, Performance, and Accounting Administration

User Accounts, Printers, and Mail Administration