Unix rookie questions

[Keith Gabryelski]

In article <1909cb3f.ARN0fab at cbmami.UUCP> jason at cbmami.UUCP writes:
>[...] Every time the A3000UX is booted, we need to log in and issue
>the command "share /mnt/amiga", is there a file that we can add this
>command to, so that it is executed each time the A3000UX is booted?

/etc/dfs/dfstab.  `man dfstab' for more information.

>[...]  Is there a file that is executed during shutdown, so that we
>could use some rsh commands to notify the AmigaDos machines that the
>net is going down?

Depends on how you shutdown.  If you use `shutdown' you can modify it
to deal with such things.  You could modify the /etc/init.d/nfs.

>What is the best shell to use?

This is a religious question that is better asked of oneself.  What do
you want to do?  How do you want to do it?  The bourne shell is fine
for some people.  Others claim KSH or nothing.  Some even go so far as
to think CSH is useful :-).

KSH or CSH are probably your best bet.  They are probably the most used
(non bourne shells) around.  They both support job control, aliasing,
and history.

TCSH is not on the current release of Amiga Unix.  I did try porting
it at one time but got distracted.  Since I probably would not use it
on a daily basis it never went very high on my priority list.  If
someone were to send me diffs I'm sure it would make it into the
release someday, though.

>Can someone recomend a good book for me?  I need to learn the basics
>like group and user ID's etc...  It appears I am the system
>administrator for this network (by default)...

There are many introduction to UNIX manuals out there.  There is a
specific System V Release 4 manual that goes from basics to advanced
system operations.  It is from Prentice Hall and is about two inches
thick.  I Have forgotten its name though.

Pax, Keith

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Keith Gabryelski                                 Advanced Products Group
ag at amix.commodore.com                                 ...!cbmvax!amix!ag