Preface

This book, Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Command-Line Interface Reference Manual, provides information about the commands that you can run to manage hosts, users, components, and plans in the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System software.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is for people who want to use the Sun N1^TM Service Provisioning System to manage hosts, users, and to install and manage applications in data centers.

How This Book Is Organized

This book contains an overview of the command-line interface, chapters that describe the commands associated with managing the provisioning software, and an appendix that describes the format of input types.

Related Books

The Sun N1 Service Provisioning System documentation includes these other books:

• Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Release Notes

• Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Installation Guide

• Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 System Administration Guide

• Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Operations and Provisioning Guide

• Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Plan and Component Developer's Guide

• Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 XML Schema Reference Guide

• Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Plug-In Developer's Guide

Documentation, Support, and Training

The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources:

• Documentation

• Support

• Training

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface	Meaning	Example
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail.
AaBbCc123	What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output	machine_name% su Password:
aabbcc123	Placeholder: replace with a real name or value	The command to remove a file is rm filename.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default UNIX® system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–2 Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine_name%
C shell for superuser	machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell	$
Bourne shell and Korn shell for superuser	#