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Using TCP/IP Services Management Commands

1.1 Entering Commands

CREATE NETWORK

CREATE PROXY

CREATE ROUTE

• UNIX container directories

These directories are used by the NFS server software. Use the following

commands to create and delete container directories and ﬁles:

CREATE CONTAINER

DELETE CONTAINER

CREATE DIRECTORY

REMOVE DIRECTORY

REMOVE FILE

1.1.4 Adding and Deleting Records

To add and delete records from the TCP/IP Services databases, use the

CONVERT, ADD, and REMOVE management commands.

Use the following commands to add records to and delete records from the proxy

and export databases:

• ADD EXPORT

• REMOVE EXPORT

• ADD PROXY

• REMOVE PROXY

You cannot modify information that you enter into databases. Instead, delete the

record with the REMOVE command and then issue a new ADD command.

TCP/IP Services provides the following kinds of CONVERT management

commands:

• CONVERT/CONFIGURATION BIND

Converts BIND conﬁguration information to BIND Version 8.1 format.

• CONVERT/VMS

Populates an existing database with entries from a UNIX database ﬁle.

• CONVERT/UNIX

Reads a TCP/IP Services database and converts the information to a UNIX-

formatted (sequential) database ﬁle. For example, CONVERT/UNIX HOST

reads the hosts database and converts the records into a UNIX-formatted

/etc/hosts

ﬁle.

1.1.5 Starting and Stopping Software

You can start and stop software components interactively by using the following

commands:

• START MAIL

• START ROUTING

• STOP ROUTING

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