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                    HP-UX
Systent Adntinistrator Manual
      HP 9000 Series 500 Computers


          HP Part Number 97089-90059




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      Updated to reflect HP-UX 5.2 software changes.




                                                                  Printing History   iii
iv
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Getting Started
   Welcome ...............................................................                                                              1
   What's In This Manual? .................................................                                                             1
   Conventions Used in this Manual .........................................                                                            3
        Naming Conventions ................................................                                                             3
        Key board Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..               4
   Using Other HP-UX Manuals .............................................                                                              4
   Single-user vs. Multi-user Systems ...................................... "                                                          4
   The Administrator's Responsibilities ......................................                                                          5
        Installing and Testing the Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                         5
        Installing the HP-UX Operating System ...............................                                                           5
        Evaluating Users' Needs .............................................                                                           5
        Configuring HP -UX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..             6
        Allowing Users Access to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                          6
        Adding and Moving Peripheral Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                             6
        Monitoring File System Use and Growth ...............................                                                           6
        Updating the HP-UX System ............. , ...........................                                                           7
        Backing Up and Restoring the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                            7
        Detecting/Correcting File System Errors ...............................                                                         8
        Assisting Other Users ...............................................                                                           8
        Providing a "Back-up" Administrator .................................                                                           8
   User Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..   9

Chapter 2: Installing HP-UX
   Installation Overview/Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                    11
   Before Installing HP-UX ................................................                                                             12
        System Distribution Media ..........................................                                                            12
        Check the Read Me First Document ..................................                                                             12
        System Console ....................................................                                                             13
        Verify the Hardware ................................................                                                            14
   Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..   17
        Load the First "Installation" Tape ...................................                                                          17
        Begin the Installation ..............................................                                                           18




                                                                                                        Table of Contents               v
      U sing Your System ................................................... "                                                    30
           Setting Minimum Protections ...................................... "                                                   30
           Setting the System Clock ...........................................                                                   31
           System Administrator Tasks ....................................... "                                                   33
           Moving On ...................................................... "                                                     35
      Installation Troubleshooting Hints .......................................                                                  36
           Problems Initializing the Destination Device ......................... "                                               36
           Problems While Loading From the Installation Tapes ................. "                                                 37

Chapter 3: Concepts
   Processes .............................................................                                                        41
        Process Creation ................................................. "                                                      41
        (Parent and Child Processes) ...................................... "                                                     41
        Process Termination .............................................. "                                                      43
        Process Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..     43
        Terminal Affiliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..       44
        Open Files in a Process ........................................... "                                                     44
   IDs ..................................................................                                                         45
   The Super-User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..   46
   File System Implementation ........................................... "                                                       47
        The Volume Header ............................................. '"                                                        53
        File Format and Compatibility ......................................                                                      53
        File Protection ....................................................                                                      54
        File Sharing and Locking ...........................................                                                      58
    Magnetic Tape ........................................................                                                        61
        Magtape Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..         61
        Preventive Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..            65
        Tape Streaming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..      65
    Memory Management ..................................................                                                          69
        Memory Allocation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..         69
        Virtual Memory ...................................................                                                        73
        Shared Code ......................................................                                                        76
        Demand Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..      78
        Paged External Data Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                   79
        Combining Memory Management Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                            82
        The Buffer Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..       83
    Peripheral Device I/O ..................................................                                                      85
        Device Classes ................................................... "                                                      85
        Drivers ...........................................................                                                       86
    The HP-UX Hierarchy ..................................................                                                        87




vi    Table of Contents
Chapter 4: System Startup and Shutdown
   System Startup Functions ............................................... 92
        Booting the System ...................... , , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 92
        Overview of Internal Functions of System Startup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 94
        The Boot ROM ................................... , ................ 95
        HP-UX Takes Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 96
        HP-UX Starts the Init Process ....................................... 97
        Init Brings the System to Run-Level 2 ................................ 98
        Init Spawns gettys to Cause a Login Prompt .......................... 99
        A User Logs In ................................................... 101
        System Administration Mode ....................................... 105
        Booting Problems ................................................. 105
   Shutting Down the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 106
   Power Fail or Disk Crash Recovery ...................................... 109

Chapter 5: The System Administrator's Toolbox
   Adding/Moving Peripheral Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                       113
        Overview of the Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..             114
        Determining the Peripheral's Location ...............................                                                       115
        Connecting the Peripheral. .........................................                                                        116
        Block versus Character Device Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                         116
        Creating Device Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..            117
        Using the mkdev Script ............................................                                                         118
        Using mknod with the Supplied Tables ..............................                                                         120
        Miscellaneous Devices .............................................                                                         124
        Memory Volumes .................................................                                                            125
        Terminals and Modems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                 126
        Consoles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..   132
        Pseudo Terminals .................................................                                                          133
        Hard Disks, Flexible Disks, and Cartridge Tapes ......................                                                      134
        Nine-Thack Magnetic Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                   138
        Printers .........................................................                                                          141
        Plotters and Digitizers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..             145
   Adding/Removing Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..               147
        Creating the /etc/passwd Entry ....................................                                                         147
        The "Makeuser" Script ......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                        149
        The Step-by-Step Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                   150
        Setting the New User's Password ....................................                                                        152
        Removing a User from the System ..................................                                                          153
        Suspending a User from the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                          153
   Adding to /etc/checklist ...............................................                                                         154



                                                                                                    Table of Contents               vii
    Backing up and Restoring the File System ...............................                                                        156
        Backup Strategies and Trade-offs ...................................                                                        156
        Things to Consider about File System Backups .......................                                                        158
        Performing a System Backup .......................................                                                          160
        Backing Up Selected Files onto Flexible Disk or Magnetic Tape .........                                                     163
        Backing up Selected Files onto Cartridge Tape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                                 164
        Restoring the System ..............................................                                                         164
        Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..     168
        Performing Backups Automatically ..................................                                                         168
    Changing a Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..           170
    Changing and Creating System Run-Levels ...............................                                                         171
        Changing the System's Run-Level ...................................                                                         172
        Re-reading /etc/inittab ............................................                                                        173
        Creating New System Run-Levels ...................................                                                          173
        Example /etc/inittab ..............................................                                                         175
    Changing the HP-UX Environment Files .................................                                                          176
        / etc /inittab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..   176
        /etc/rc ..........................................................                                                          176
        /etc/passwd ......................................................                                                          177
        /etc/group .......................................................                                                          177
        /etc/motd .......................................................                                                           177
        /usr /news . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..   177
        /etc/profile or /etc/csh.login .......................................                                                      178
        /etc/utmp .......................................................                                                           178
        /etc/wtmp .......................................................                                                           178
        /etc/btmp ...................................................... ,                                                          178
        /etc/securetty ....................................................                                                         179
        $HOME/.profile, $HOME/.cshrc, $HOME/.login .....................                                                            179
        $HOME/ .exrc ................................................... ,                                                          180
        / usr /li b / terminfo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..     180
        /etc/checklist .................................................... ,                                                       180
        /etc/catman ......................................................                                                          181
        /etc/issue ........................................................                                                         182
        /etc/csh.login~ fete/reo and /ete/profile ..............................                                                    182
        /usr /lib/tztab ....................................................                                                        183
        /etc/ttytype ..................................................... ,                                                        183
        /usr/adm/errfile ................................................. ,                                                        183
    Communicating with System Users ..................................... ,                                                         184




viii Table of Contents
Configuring the HP-UX Operating System ...............................                                                     185
     Configurable Attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..         185
     How to Configure Your Operating System ............................                                                   188
     Setting the Default Configuration Parameters ........................                                                 189
Controlling Disk Use .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..     190
Creating File Systems .................................................                                                    191
Creating Groups/Changing Group Memhership ...........................                                                      193
Creating and Using a Recovery System ..................................                                                    194
     When to Create/Recreate the Recovery System .......................                                                   194
     Creating a Recovery System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..              195
     Using the mkrs Script .............................................                                                   197
     Booting the Recovery System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..               198
     Shutting Down the Recovery System ................................                                                    199
     Using the Recovery System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..             199
     Notes on the System Console Device ................................                                                   203
Media Utilities .......................................................                                                    205
     Initializing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..   205
     Initializing Disks to SDF Format ....................................                                                 206
     Initializing Media to LIF Format ....................................                                                 209
     Commands and Utilities to Transfer Files ............................                                                 211
     Commands to Monitor Your File System .............................                                                    216
     Commands to Verify the Integrity of your Media ......................                                                 216
Modifying the Boot Area ..............................................                                                     217
     How to Add Segments .............................................                                                     217
     Removing Segments ...............................................                                                     218
     Replacing Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..       219
     Checking the Boot Area ...........................................                                                    219
     Optional System Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..             219
Mounting and Unmounting File Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                      221
     To Mount a File System ...........................................                                                    222
     To U nmount a File System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..             225
     Errors ...........................................................                                                    226
     Mounting/Unmounting File Systems Using /etc/checklist ..............                                                  227
New Naming Conventions for Device Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                      228
Removing Optional Products and File sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                      231
Setting the System Clock ..............................................                                                    232




                                                                                             Table of Contents              ix
      Setting Up the LP Spooler ........................................... "                                                      235
           What is in this Section ............................................                                                    235
           LP Spooler Terminology and Overview ..............................                                                      236
           Installing the LP Spooler ..........................................                                                    237
           Example ....................................................... "                                                       240
           General-Purpose LP Spooler Commands .............................                                                       241
           System Administrator LP Spooler Commands ...................... "                                                       241
           Other LP Spooler Adminstrator Duties ............................ "                                                     242
           How Models Work ................................................                                                        246
      Updating HP-UX and Installing Optional Products .......................                                                      247
           Preparing to Update ............................................ "                                                      247
           Locate and Write-protect the Product ............................. "                                                    249
           Load the Update Tools ............................................                                                      249
           Perform the Update ............................................. "                                                      250
      Using Opt install to Install Optional Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                       258

Chapter 6: System Accounting
   What Is in This Chapter? ..............................................                                                         264
   Installation and Daily Usage ...........................................                                                        265
        How to Install System Accounting ..................................                                                        265
        Summary of Daily Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                    268
   Overview of System Accounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                   269
        Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..   270
        Introduction to Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                   272
        System Data Flow ................................................                                                          276
        Login and Directory Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                   278
   Disk Space Usage Accounting ...........................................                                                         281
        Reporting Disk Space Usage ........................................                                                        281
        Creating Total Accounting Records .................................                                                        284
   Connect Session Accounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                286
        Writing Records to wtmp - acctwtmp... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                                 286
        Displaying Connect Session Records - fwtmp .......................                                                         287
        Fixing whup Errors                wtmpfix ....................................                                             289
        Creating Total Accounting Records .................................                                                        289




x    Table of Contents
       Process Accounting ...................................................                                                          293
            Thrning Process Accounting On ....................................                                                         293
            Thrning Process Accounting Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                      295
            Checking the Size of pacct .........................................                                                       296
            Displaying Process Accounting Records                                acctcom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..          298
            Command Summary Report - acctcms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                                   307
            Creating Total Accounting Records .................................                                                        311
       Charging Fees to Users - chargefee ....................................                                                         313
       Summarizing and Reporting Accounting Information ......................                                                         314
            Displaying Total Accounting Records                              prtacct ......................                            314
           Merging Total Accounting Files - acctmerg .........................                                                         317
           Creating Daily Accounting Information - runacct ...................                                                         319
            Displaying runacct Reports - prdaily ..............................                                                        325
            Creating Monthly Accounting Reports - monacct ...................                                                          327
       Updating the Holidays File .............................................                                                        329
       Fixing Corrupted Files ................................................                                                         330
           Fixing wtmp Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..             330
           Fixing tacct Errors ................................................                                                        331
       Sample Accounting Shell Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                  332
           grpdusg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..   332
           acct_ bill ................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                334
       System Accounting Files ...............................................                                                         337
           Files in the /usr/adm directory ............................. .- .......                                                    337
           Files in the /usr/adm/acct/nite directory ............................                                                      337
           Files in the /usr/adm/acct/sum directory ............................                                                       338
           Files in the /usr/adm/acct/fiscal directory ...........................                                                     339

Appendix A: Using the FSCK Command
   Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..      341
   Updating the HP-UX File System .......................................                                                              342
        Super-Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..         342
        I-nodes ..........................................................                                                             343
        File Attributes File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..             343
        Data Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..         344
        Free Map Blocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..              344
   Corruption of the File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                    345
        Improper System Shutdown and Startup .............................                                                             345
        Hardware Failure .................................................                                                             345




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       Detection and Correction of Corruption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                        346
           File-System Size and I-node-List Size ................................                                                      346
           Free Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..     347
       Executing the FSCK Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                      348
           A Walk Through. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..            351
           FSCK and Virtual Memory ........................................                                                            358

Appendix B: System Loader Messages
   Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 359
   Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 360

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 363

Subject Index ............................................................ 371




xii Table of Contents
    Getting Started                                                                   1
    Welcome
    This manual is written for you, the Series 500 HP-UX system administrator. Although
    some familiarity with computers is assumed, this manual will serve people with varying
    levels of expertise. If you are already a UNIX l expert, you will find much here that
    is familiar but may well encounter something new. The HP-UX Operating System is
    composed primarily of Bell Laboratories' System V.2 UNIX. However, Hewlett-Packard
    has incorporated its own extensions as well as features from the University of California
    at Berkeley Unix 4.1 and 4.2 BSD (Berkeley Systems Distribution) systems and from
    Bell's System V UNIX.

    Who is the system administrator? The system administrator is the person responsible
    for installing the HP-UX Operating System software, updating the software, tuning the
    system for optimum performance, maintaining the system, and repairing the system
    when something goes wrong. Additionally, the system administrator should become an
    HP-UX "guru", the local expert to whom other HP-UX users go for help.




    What's In This Manual?
    This manual is a guide designed to help you fulfill your duties as system administrator.
    The following is an overview of the chapters in this manual.

    Chapter 1: Getting Started
    This chapter provides an overview of the System Administrator Manual, explains the
    conventions the manual uses, mentions other manuals which will aid you in administrative
    tasks, points out differences between single-user and multi-user systems, and discusses
    the system administrator's responsibilities.




1   UNIX is a trademark of AT&T Bell Laboratories.



                                                                         Getting Started   1
Chapter 2: Installing HP-UX
This chapter defines terminology used throughout the manual, provides step-by-step
instructions for installing the HP-UX Operating System software and explains what to
do after the system has been successfully installed.

Chapter 3: Concepts
Certain concepts used and implemented in HP -UX must be understood by the system
administrator. This chapter discusses such concepts as processes, IDs, the super-user,
block and character input/output, the file system and its use of mass storage devices,
compatibility issues, file protection, and memory management.

Chapter 4: System Startup and Shutdown
Many things happen between the time you power up the computer running HP-UX and
the time a user has logged in (gained access) to the system. This chapter examines what
happens in the HP-UX system. It also describes the proper method of shutting down
the system.

Chapter 5: The System Administrator's Toolbox
Arranged alphabetically by task, this chapter contains instructions for accomplishing
tasks the system administrator generally performs. It also includes a list of environment
files you may wish to customize.

Chapter 6: System Accounting
As system administrator you may want to periodically evaluate how well your Series
500 HP-UX system is operating, as well as how many resources those logging onto your
system are using. This chapter discusses the various accounting features available on
HP-UX, how to install them and how to produce various useful reports.




2   Getting Started
Conventions Used in this Manual
Naming Conventions
The following naming conventions are used throughout this manual.
   



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