Networking manual pages
The networking manual pages describe commands, files, and
other components of UnixWare 7 that are provided for
administering and using networks.
This topic describes the UnixWare networking manual page section naming
scheme. For information on how to access manual pages from
SCOhelp and the command line, see
``UnixWare 7 Manual Pages''.
Manual page section names
UnixWare manual pages have a main section name, an optional prefix,
and an optional suffix. The main section names are:
- 1
-
Unrestricted commands, which can be run by any user.
- 1M
-
Administrative commands, whose options may be fully or partially
restricted to the root or owner accounts.
- 4
-
System files and file formats.
- 5
-
Miscellaneous information.
A variety of suffixes subdivide the sections further, to allow for logical
groupings of manual pages by technology and to enable easy scanning:
- bnu
-
Basic Networking Utilities (BNU).
- ipx
-
The IPX/SPX network protocol suite.
- ldap
-
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
- nfs
-
Network File System (NFS).
- nis
-
Network Information Service (NIS).
- nuc
-
NetWare UNIX Client (NUC).
- nws
-
NetWare Services.
- snmp
-
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
- tcp
-
TCP/IP or the Internet protocol suite
Examples include section 1nfs (Unrestricted NFS commands)
and 1Mldap (LDAP administrative commands).
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