Q:  Where can I find administrative information, error logs, etc. in NEXTSTEP?

Getting User Information

·	console
·	/usr/adm/messages
·	NMI Monitor (NeXT hardware only)
·	UNIX Accounting

Finding Information On-Line

·	Digital Librarian
		- UNIX Manual Pages
		- NeXT Manuals
			Network and System Administration
			Developer Documentation
			User Documentation
		- Release Notes
		
·	Header Files (in /usr/include)
·	NeXTanswers 
·	UNIX man(1) command

·	UNIX Manual Pages
		1  User-level commands
			Commands used by ordinary UNIX users
			ls, vi, csh
		2  System calls
			Low-level system facilities
			open(), pipe(), fork()
		3  Library calls
			Higher-level, frequently-used facilities
			fopen(), printf(), malloc(), cos()
		4  Device interfaces
			Information about accessing, controlling (usually) I/O 				devices
			sg, sd, null
		5  File formats
			What various system files look like
			aliases, Mach-O, dumpdates, fstab
		6  Games
			Not shipped
		7  Miscellaneous
			Stuff which belongs nowhere else
			ASCII collating sequence, xroff macros
		8  Maintenance commands
			Commands used to administer the system
			su, dump, ifconfig, ping

The UNIX File System and NFS

·	Hierarchy
/			File system root directory
	bin		Standard binaries
	dev		® /private/dev
	etc		® /private/etc
	usr		User-related things
		bin	More binaries
		ucb	Berkeley extensions to V7
		etc	Other things (executable)
		adm	® /private/adm
		lib	Libraries
		local	Local enhancements
		...
	private	Local files
		adm	Administrative stuff
		dev	Device special files
		etc	Local configuration files
		tmp	Temporary file storage
		...
	tmp		® /private/tmp
	lib		More library stuff
	lost+found	Files fsck(8) ªreconnectedº

·	File system integrity
·	NFS Ð the Network File System
		ªTransparentº network file access
		Heterogeneous, multi-vendor (including non-UNIX)
		Mount options: rw, hard, bg, intr

QA417

Valid for 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 3.1