admintool(1M)         Maintenance Commands          admintool(1M)



NAME
     admintool - system  administration  with  a  graphical  user
     interface

SYNOPSIS
     admintool

DESCRIPTION
     admintool presents a graphical user interface for the accom-
     plishment  of  several system administration tasks in a dis-
     tributed environment. Membership in the sysadmin group  (gid
     14)  is  used  to  restrict  access to administrative tasks.
     Members of the sysadmin group can use admintool  to  create,
     delete, and modify system files.  Non-members have read-only
     permissions (where applicable).

     Spot help is available using the Help key on  the  keyboard.
     On-line  Help handbooks are available from each application,
     and can also be called from the admintool window.

USAGE
     admintool includes the following applications:

  Database Manager
     The Database Manager application allows complete maintenance
     of system databases using any of three naming services.  The
     databases are:

          aliases
          auto_home
          bootparams
          ethers
          group
          hosts
          netgroup
          netmasks
          networks
          passwd
          protocols
          rpc
          services
          timezone

     The supported naming services are:

          NIS+        Network  Information  Service   Plus,   the
                      replacement for NIS.

          NIS         Network Information Service, formerly known
                      as YP; NIS databases may not be modified by
                      admintool.

          None        Text files in the /etc directory.

  Host Manager
     The Host Manager  application  supports  the  definition  of
     client  machines  on the server that will serve them.  Three
     types of clients are supported:

          diskless    Clients that depend on the server  for  all
                      disk needs.

          standalone  Clients that  may  use  the  server  as  an
                      optional file server.

          dataless    Clients that have a local disk but  use  it
                      only for root and swap.

  Printer Manager
     The Printer Manager application allows you  to  install  and
     set up printers on a system or on a network.  You can:

          o  Set up a print server.

          o  Connect a system to a remote printer.

          o  Modify print configurations.

          o  Delete print configurations.

  Serial Port Manager
     The Serial Port Manager configures a  system's  serial  port
     software to work with terminals and modems.  The Serial Port
     Manager provides templates for  common  terminal  and  modem
     configurations  which  can then be modified for a particular
     device. The available configuration templates are:

          o  Terminal - Hardwired

          o  Modem - Dial-in only

          o  Modem - Dial-out only

          o  Modem - Bidirectional

          o  Initialize Only - No connection

  User Account Manager
     The User Account  Manager  allows  you  to  administer  user
     accounts on a network.  You can:

          o  Create new user accounts.

          o  Modify existing accounts.

          o  Delete user accounts.

     User account information can be managed in any of the  three
     naming  services  (none,  NIS,  or  NIS+).  The User Account
     Manager can set up home  directories  with  the  appropriate
     files  and  user account information. It can manage informa-
     tion in the following databases:

          aliases
          auto_home
          cred
          group
          passwd
          shadow

SEE ALSO
     nis+(1), admind(1M), sys-unconfig(1M), sysidtool(1M)

     Administration Application Reference Manual
     Common Administration Tasks
     Peripherals Administration
     Security, Performance, and Accounting Administration
     User Accounts, Printers, and Mail Administration

SunOS 5.4           Last change: 07 Apr 1994