admintool(1M) Maintenance Commands admintool(1M)
NAME
admintool - system administration with a graphical user
interface
SYNOPSIS
admintool
DESCRIPTION
admintool presents a graphical user interface for the accom-
plishment of several system administration tasks in a dis-
tributed 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 read-only
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:
o Set up a print server.
o Connect a system to a remote printer.
o Modify print configurations.
o 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:
o Terminal - Hardwired
o Modem - Dial-in only
o Modem - Dial-out only
o Modem - Bidirectional
o Initialize Only - No connection
User Account Manager
The User Account Manager allows you to administer user
accounts on a network. You can:
o Create new user accounts.
o Modify existing accounts.
o 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 informa-
tion 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
SunOS 5.4 Last change: 07 Apr 1994