afterboot(8) - things to check after the first complete boot

reboot halt(8) - stopping and restarting the system

init(8) - process control initialization

installboot(8) - install a bootstrap on a FFS disk or partition

intro(8) - introduction to system maintenance and operation commands

biosboot(8) - first-stage system bootstrap

boot(8) - second-stage bootstrap

boot(8) - system bootstrapping procedures (Atari)

boot_config(8) - how to change kernel configuration at boot

boot(8) - system bootstrapping procedures (i386)

boot(8) - system bootstrapping procedures (x68k)

Unix Programming FAQ System Information []

Searching for Resources on Forensic Computing? [2002/02/28]

Disaster Recovery? [2002/02/04]

Linux Clustering w/Bootable CD-ROMS? [2002/01/28]

Hardware Configuration Tools for Linux? [2001/11/09]

A Tool to Change Distributions? [2001/10/02]

Administration on Systems w/ Lots of Users? [2001/09/06]

Tracking A Thief Via The Sircam Virus? [2001/07/25]

Are Toshiba Notebooks 'Phoning Home'? [2001/07/19]

Guidelines For Data Gathering And Forensics? [2001/07/07]

Where Can You Go After Systems Administration? [2001/05/17]

Calculating Number of Users Based on Amount of Unique IPs? [2001/05/05]

Tips on the Prevention of Social Engineering? [2001/05/03]

Can You Boot Windows (and Other OSes) Using CD-RWs? [2001/05/02]

Computer Auditing Tools? [2001/04/29]

Snapshots of System State in Linux? [2001/04/25]

Maintaining Computers Donated to Schools and Charities? [2001/04/12]

Web Site Monitoring Services? [2001/04/09]

Dealing With Bad Service From Dedicated Host Providers? [2001/04/05]

Maintaining SSH Host Keys Across a Large Network? [2001/04/05]

Multibooting on Macs? [2001/04/02]

How Well Does 'Smart BootManager' Work? [ 2000/09/20]

Linux Directory Replication? [ 2000/09/03]

What Are the Best New-To-UNIX Resources? [ 2000/08/25]

What Cluster Management Software is Out There? [ 2000/08/24]

Vendors With Good Post-Purchase Support? [ 2000/08/19]

Configuration Tools for BSD? [ 2000/08/18]

Web Administration Tools For Hosting Web Sites? [ 2000/08/15]

Remote, Automated Configuration of Unix Boxen? [ 2000/08/14]

Free Software Administration Tools For Schools? [ 2000/07/25]

Dual-Booting Linux & NT Without NT Boot Loader [ 2000/06/06]

The /etc/rc.* and the /etc/defaults/rc.conf configurationexplained. [ 2000/06/01]

I've got an /etc/rc.shutdown script here that works great, but you said in your last column that no scripts were run during system shutdown. [ 2000/05/01]

Security-Why Not Watch The Crackers? [ 2000/04/07]

Creating Sane Password Policies? [ 2000/04/05]

How do I enforce automatic logout after specifiedamount of time? [ 2000/04/01]

What Are Common Password Checks? [ 2000/03/27]

My server PC runs great for a while but then mysteriously freezes solid! Argh! [ 2000/03/01]

What scripts are run when I type reboot, or shutdown -r now and similar commands? [ 2000/03/01]

Adding System Level Accounts from chroot-ed Apache? [ 2000/02/29]

Why, when I boot into Windows (or some other OS), is its clock off by some integer number of hours? [ 2000/02/01]

Simple Comprehensive Config Tools? [ 2000/01/22]

My home ISP gives me one address via DHCP. How can I get all my other home systems onto the net? [ 2000/01/01]

I can't run dhclient because it says there are no bpf devices. [ 2000/01/01]

How can you Reduce Disk Swapping in Linux? [ 1999/11/10]

Expanding Vulnerability of the Net [ 1999/11/08]

Z.E.N. Clone for Linux? [ 1999/11/04]

Linux Intrustion Detection? [ 1999/11/03]

How do you Configure a Secure DSL Network? [ 1999/11/03]

Distributed Password Files? [ 1999/09/11]

UNIX Machines that don't use /etc/passwd [ 1999/08/08]

How can I go from multi- to single-user mode? [ 1999/06/01]

How can I change my login banner? [ 1999/06/01]

Tip of the month: Back doors. [ 1999/06/01]

How can I reboot without su'ing to root? [ 1999/04/01]

How can I change my login banner? [ 1999/04/01]

How can you run UNIX for ~150,000 users? [ 1999/01/24]

System Crackers [ 1998/07/11]

What drive was the PC booted from? []

How can I boot from drive B:? []

How can a program reboot my PC? []

Questions and Answers

bootparamd rpc.bootparamd(8) - boot parameter server {oss}

bootpd(8) - Internet Boot Protocol server/gateway {oss}

bootpef(8) - BOOTP Extension File compiler {oss}

bootptest(8) - send BOOTP queries and print responses {oss}

rbootd(8) - HP remote boot server {oss}

rc(8) - command script for auto-reboot and daemons {oss}

rc.conf(8) - system daemon configuration database {oss}

savecore(8) - save a core dump of the operating system {oss}

shutdown(8) - close down the system at a given time {oss}

ISP-ADMIN - ISP-ADMIN é uma interface de administração para provedores e Servidores de conteudo. Visa principalmente Automatizar tarefas repetitivas, Com ele é possivel evitar o acesso ao shell para usuários menos experientes ( e para os mais experientes tb ;) ). {(L)GPL}

Tape Library Control Program - Tape changer and tape library control program. Now includes features for controlling mid to large sized tape libraries. {(L)GPL}

Amanda Tape Backup - AMANDA, the Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver, is a backup system that allows the administrator of a LAN to set up a single master backup server to back up multiple hosts to a single large capacity tape drive. AMANDA users native dump a {BSD-like}

File Check Daemon - The file check daemon monitors files according to rules defined in configuration files. When a file is considered stable (due to its age, presence of a flag file, etc.) then it gets copied to a new location. Rotating backups of the destination file {BSD-like}

Back Orifice 2000 - BO2K is a remote administration tool. It comes with a client and a server. The server is lightweight and inobtrusive. A dynamic plugin architechture allows for easy system extension. It wants to be ported to other operating systems. (coming soon) {(L)GPL}

GNU GRUB - is the GNU GRand Unified Bootloader. {GPL,GNU}

kdeadmin-3.0_1 - KDE applications related to system administration

diskusage-1.01 - Shows current user diskusage in kilobytes

mksunbootcd-1.0 - Makes ISO images suitible to boot on sparc systems

dhcpdump-1.4 - Decode and diagnose sniffed DHCP packets

dhcping-1.2 - Send DHCP request to DHCP server for monitoring purposes

zombiezapper-1.0 - Send a terminate command to Trinoo/TFN/Stacheldracht DDoS agents

chkrootkit-0.35 - A tool to locally check for signs of a rootkit

dhcpconf-0.7.0 - Neat console-based ISC DHCP server configuration-generating utility

xw-0.1.0 - X app to list current users logged into the system

uwatch-1.2 - Monitor user logins and logouts

rboot-3.0.1 - A remote-boot solution for M$ operating systems

checkservice-1.1.0 - Checkservice is written to check the status of the services

extipl-5.01 - Partition-selectable boot loader for IBM-PC/AT compatibles

ddc-1.0 - Control your DHCP daemon a la apachectl

manck-1.2 - Manual page consistency checker

userlist-0.1 - Prints a list of all usernames in /etc/passwd

personality-1.0 - System configuration management utility to alter system personality

bulb-1.0.6 - GNOME applet to warn about task terminations

pinstall-1.0 - A tool for installing files according to a packing list

blimitd-0.1 - Daemon to enforce login.conf limits

drweb-4.27 - DrWeb antivirus suite

enteruser-1.0 - Extensible script for adding new users

kdeadmin-2.2.2 - KDE applications related to system administration

mkfile-1.0 - Create files suitable for use as swap files

pxe-1.2 - PXE daemon, set up a boot menu for netbooting PXE enabled clients

deco-3.8.3 - Demos Commander, a free Norton Commander clone

mc-4.5.54_3 - Midnight Commander, a free Norton Commander Clone

isc-dhcp3-3.0.1.r8 - ISC Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol client and server code

wide-dhcp-1.4.0.6 - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, WIDE-Implimentation

pwget - Programs to retrieve /etc/passwd info {oss}

mcp - Account creation/manipulation program {oss}

utmp - utility to repair broken /etc/utmp files {oss}

rc.user - Allow users to automatically run scripts at boot time {oss}

cops - System ecurity analysis tool {oss}

printacct - Print BSD accounting file {oss}

chuni - Change a user's default universe (Pyramid Specific) {oss}

chsh2 - Chsh,chfn - Original contained security bugs. {oss}

bootp-2.2.B - RFC 1048 "bootp" server (w/ vendor extensions), {oss}

saenv-5.01 - SysAd Environment (OS_Research/Backup) Suite, {oss}

cops.pch - System security analysis tool {oss}

freeks-1.33 - extended login accounting, V1.33, {oss}

saenv_alldisks - sysadmin env, disk management and backups, {oss}

policy - Scripts for setting site policies {oss}

obvious-pw - Tell if a password is "obvious" {oss}

idled-1.00 - idle (et al) session detector/sanctioner, V1.00, {oss}

untamo2 - Log out idle users {oss}

pwdiff - Tool to aide in merging password files {oss}

npasswd - replacement for passwd(1) {oss}

ckpasswd - a password checker, {oss}

bootptest-1.1 - utility for testing a bootp server, {oss}

idledaemon - Yet another idle login checker (BSD 4.2 only) {oss}

bootp - RFC 1048 "bootp" server (w/ vendor extensions) {oss}

FileWatch - FileWatch is a program which looks after your files. You can define files it looks after and informs you every time a file is changed (in any way). It's based on file's CTIME value (returned by stat() system call), which changes every time the file's p {(L)GPL}

OpenNDMP - OpenNDMP is a NDMP v2.11 implementation for Linux with necessary changes to tar/backup/restore to support the service. The rpm and source will be posted shortly. {(L)GPL}

clock - Sets system time from CMOS clock and vice versa. {GPL}

ACUA {Artistic}

PIKT - An innovative new systems administration paradigm {GPL}

COAS - Linux administration system {GPL}

Yard - A suite of Perl scripts for creating rescue disks for Linux {GPL}

SFI Director - A tool for managing distributed, hetergeneous UNIX Systems {GPL}

Linuxconf - Sophisticated administrative tool {GPL}

barrendero - Program for keeping free space in the mail spool dir {OpenSource}

check-ps - Reports or kills processes 'hidden' from the system administrator {GPL}

kfstab - Easy editing of /etc/fstab via KDE {x,GPL}

Webmin - Web-based interface for system administration for Unix {Artistic}

netboot - Boot a diskless client with Linux or DOS {GPL}

GRUB - GRand Unified Bootloader {GPL}

HickUP - System User Profiler {GPL}

AGX-UserProfile - A 'controlpanel' to configure and administer a Linux box. {GPL}

OS Selector 5.0 Deluxe

PC Relocator 4.0

Norton Utilities 7.0

bounix-1.21.tgz - Back Orifice Unix client by the cDc

bounix-1.21.tgz - Back Orifice Unix client by the cDc

rc.virt - perl script to automate adding ips for ip aliasing

Shadow - Shadow password file utilities {free to use but restricted}

System Recovery {GPL}

npasswd - Replacement for the passwd command {freely distributable}

Toshiba Linux Utilities - Linux replacements for Toshiba laptop utilities {free to use but restricted}

Lilo - Linux boot loader {BSL}

XFCE - Easy-to-use and easy-to-configure environment for X11 {x,freely distributable}

tkauth - Graphical authorization manager (Tk interface to xauth) {x,freely distributable}

gpnpconf - Perl/Gtk applet for Plug 'n' Play device configuration [X] {GPL}

System Manager in a Box (SMiaB) - System Manager in a Box (SMiaB) {Freeware}

ocsadmin - ocsadmin is a web admin tool to maintain user accounts {GPL}

System Mechanic 3.0

System Commander 7.0

Norton Cleansweep 2002 6.0

Applications and Utilities

reboot (2) - reboot system or halt processor {oss}

clock_gettime clock_settime clock_getres (2) - get/set/calibrate date and time {oss}

Reboot.Asm - Reliable cold/warm boot for DOS, Windows 3.1 {oss}

Os2_Boot.C - Reboot for OS/2 {oss}

Code to reboot a PC under verious operating systems {oss}

Code to reboot a PC under verious operating systems {oss,msdos}

Reboot.Asm - Reliable cold/warm boot for DOS, Windows 3.1 {oss,msdos}

Os2_Boot.C - Reboot for OS/2 {oss,msdos}

(The following links to subjects at this site retain your personalized selections.)

Identity Authentication - verifying the identity of the originator of a connection (passwords, radius, identd, crypto methods, et al.)

Process Limits - Permission and access restriction (files, resources, etc)

File System Information - Obtaining information of the filesystem as a whole. Status of disk subsystems, capacity, etc.

File System Operations - Operations for entire file-systems (quotas, configuration, consistency, mount, unmount, et al)

Specific Types of File Systems - Specific forms of file systems. DFS, NFS, MS-DOS, etc.

File Access Limits - Limiting access to files (permissions, locking, et al)

Installed Software Administration - installation utilities, consistency and security checks, virus scanners

Communication and Network Monitoring - status reporting, logging, et al

Communication Filtering and Firewalls - Preventing certain types of communication. Communication security, encryption, et al. -

Data integrity and Security, Checksums and Digests - cryptography, message digests, etc.

See also: File Transfer and Distribution - Protocols and Methods of transfering files and directories, distributing and installing software. (file collections and archives, FTP, cvsup, NFS, et al.)

See also: Local machine and Operating System Information - (kernel topics, uname, boot, shutdown, et al)

See also: File and Version Management - (RCS, CVS, distribution, etc)

Up to Activity specific - Gateway topic to software used in specific activities. (application software, business, professional, science, education, etc.)

freshmeat.net : Topic : System : Boot : Init

freshmeat.net : Topic : System : Systems Administration

freshmeat.net : Topic : System : Boot

Security - - System security software.

Sysutils - - Various system utilities.

Yahoo! Computers and Internet:Communications and Networking:Protocols:DHCP

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/admin/ - Programs used by Superuser for administration

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/admin/accounts/ - utils for manipulating user accounts

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/admin/diskusage/ - tools for monitoring disk usage and enforcing quotas

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/admin/frontends/ - visual and GUI front ends for system administration

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/admin/idle/ - programs to display/kill idle or greedy users

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/admin/isp/ - specialized administration tools for ISPs

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/admin/login/ - tools for handling user logins

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/boot/ - programs to enable one to boot a Linux partition

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/boot/dualboot/ - boot Linux from other OSs

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/boot/dualboot/bootmenu/ - DOS executable boot menu useful for dual-boot systems

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/boot/ethernet/ - tools for booting Linux over Ethernet

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/boot/lilo/ - autoboots from a hard drive w/ menu choice of os

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/boot/loaders/ - non-lilo interactive boot loaders

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/daemons/init/ - various init programs - the first program run

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/daemons/watchdog/ - daemons to reboot or shut down on given conditions

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/network/boot.net/ - Stuff to boot a linux box over a network

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/security/ - tools for improving system security

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/xsystem/ - system administration tools

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/utils/package/ - utilities for creating, manipulating, and installing software packages

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/X11/kde-apps/admin/ - programs for system administration

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/boot/dualboot/bootmenu/ - DOS executable boot menu useful for dual-boot systems