Chapter 1 "Introduction To System Configuration and Operation," (8 pages)
Provides an overview of the guide, the audience expectations and
assumptions, and the tasks expected of a system administrator. It
describes the various tools available to the administrator and
the various pieces of the administration documentation.
Chapter 6, "Configuring Disk and Swap Space," (12 pages)
Describes simple disk space management. Procedures for checking disk space
and establishing user disk usage quotas are described, along with less intrusive
strategies for maintaining reasonable disk usage. Also, techniques for managing
system swap space are provided. This chapter does not describe the process for
adding an additional disk or creating and maintaining file systems. Those topics
are covered in the IRIX Admin: Disks and
Filesystems
guide.
Describes the cadmin object system of system administration utilities. The cadmin system
provides utilities to access media and other physical resources on the
local system and other systems on the local area network.
Chapter 9, "Maintaining the File Alteration Monitor," (4 pages)
Provides information about the famd alteration monitor daemon. This
program provides information to applications concerning changes to files
used simultaneously by several programs.
Chapter 10, "Using The Command (PROM) Monitor," (28 pages)
Describes the boot-level utilities provided to configure and test your
system. It describes the boot environment of the workstation and each
of the Command Monitor commands.