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Preface
- Who Should Read This Book
- Before Reading This Book
- Additional Reading
- Typographic Conventions
1. Logging In to SunOS and Starting OpenWindows
- 1.1 Logging In
- 1.2 Your Login Shell
- 1.3 Logging Out
- 1.4 Keyboard Equivalents
- 1.5 OpenWindows Start-up Considerations
- 1.6 Starting the OpenWindows User Environment
- 1.7 Quitting the OpenWindows Environment
- 1.8 Special OpenWindows Start-up Options
2. Basic SunOS Commands
- 2.1 The Command Prompt
- 2.2 Entering Commands
- 2.3 Getting Help with OS Commands
3. Working with Files and Directories
- 3.1 File Concepts
- 3.2 Using File Commands
- 3.3 Directories and Hierarchy
- 3.4 Looking at Differences Between Files (diff)
- 3.5 Looking Up Files (find)
- 3.6 File and Directory Security
4. Searching Files
- 4.1 Searching for Patterns with grep
5. Passwords, Processes, and Disk Storage
- 5.1 Using a Password
- 5.2 Processes and PIDs
- 5.3 Managing Disk Storage
6. Using the vi Editor
- 6.1 Starting vi
- 6.2 The Two Modes of vi
- 6.3 Ending a Session
- 6.4 Printing a File
- 6.5 Basic vi Commands
- 6.6 Using ex Commands
- 6.7 Searching and Replacing with vi
- 6.8 Inserting One File into Another
- 6.9 Editing Multiple Files
- 6.10 Setting vi Parameters
- 6.11 Recovering from a Crash
- 6.12 Summary of Basic vi Commands
7. Using Mail
- 7.1 mailx Basics
- 7.2 Reading Letters
- 7.3 Deleting (and Undeleting) Letters
- 7.4 Printing Letters
- 7.5 Sending Letters
- 7.6 Saving and Retrieving Letters
- 7.7 Using vi with mailx
- 7.8 Mail Aliases
- 7.9 Tilde Commands
- 7.10 Getting Help: Other mailx Commands
8. Using Printers
- 8.1 Submitting Print Requests
- 8.2 Determining Printer Status
- 8.3 Canceling a Print Request
9. Using the Network
- 9.1 Networking Concepts
- 9.2 Logging In Remotely (rlogin)
- 9.3 Copying Files Remotely (rcp)
- 9.4 Executing Commands Remotely (rsh)
- 9.5 Viewing User Information (rusers)
10. Customizing Your Working Environment
- 10.1 Initialization Files
- 10.2 Environment Variables
- 10.3 Setting Default File Permissions
- 10.4 Customizing OpenWindows Fonts
- 10.5 Calibrating Your Color Monitor
A. Migrating to OpenWindows Version 3.3, or Later Versions
- A.1 SPARC: Migrating from the SunView Environment
- A.2 Migrating from a pre-Version 3.3 OpenWindows Environment
B. Making the Transition to Solaris 2.5
- B.1 Making the Transition from SunOS 4.x
- B.2 x86: Making the Transition from Solaris 2.1 for x86
C. Modifying the Keyboard
- C.1 Disabling/Enabling the Compose Key
- C.2 SPARC: Left-Handed Key Remapping
- C.3 x86: Function Key and Control Key Remapping
D. Running Networked Applications
- D.1 Using rlogin to Run a Networked Application
- D.2 More About Security
E. SPARC - DECnet Internetworking (DNI)
- E.1 Setting Up DECnet Internetworking
- E.2 Displaying a Remote Client on an OpenWindows Machine
- E.3 Displaying a Remote Client on a VAX
F. Managing Your System
- F.1 Starting Admintool
- F.2 Using Admintool to Perform Common Tasks
G. Using PCMCIA Cards
- G.1 Introduction
- G.2 Using a PCMCIA Memory Card
- G.3 Copying Files with the tar Command
- G.4 Copying Files with Volume Management Enabled
- G.5 Copying Files with Volume Management Disabled
- G.6 Using a PCMCIA Serial/ModemCard
Index
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