Introduction

Introduction

Purists among you will note that the commands covered in this section are usually associated with TCP/IP and thus might organizationally have been included in that chapter. My justification for organizing them into two chapters is that these commands are concerned with accomplishing actual work in a network environment, whereas the commands in the TCP/IP chapter are more concerned with the infrastructure used to facilitate that work. Also the TCP/ IP chapter was getting awfully long.

The commands covered in this chapter include

ftp

Transfer files between networked machines.

hostname

Display or set name of host.

netstat

Display network usage information.

ping

Request confirmation packed from remote host.

rarp

Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.

rcp

Display remote copying service.

rdate

Get date information across network.

rdist

Distribute files across network.

rlogin

Login to remote computer.

rsh

Execute a remote shell.

rusers

Display network user information.

rwall

Write to all users on network.

rwho

Display network user information.

telnet

Display remote access to network host.

tftp

Display trivial file transfer protocol.

 



Linux Desk Reference
Linux Desk Reference (2nd Edition)
ISBN: 0130619892
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2000
Pages: 174
Authors: Scott Hawkins

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