Open System Services Management and Operations Guide (G06.30+, H06.08+, J06.03+)

Contents
About This Document...................................................................................15
Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs)................................................................................15
Intended Audience..................................................................................................................15
Unsupported Utilities...............................................................................................................16
Acknowledgment....................................................................................................................16
New and Changed Information in the 527191-018 Edition (February 2014).....................................16
New and Changed Information in the 527191-017 Edition (August 2013)........................................16
New and Changed Information in the 527191-016 Edition (February 2013).....................................17
New and Changed Information in the 527191-015 Edition (August 2012)........................................18
New and Changed Information in the 527191-014 Edition (February 2012).....................................19
Document Organization..........................................................................................................20
Notation Conventions..............................................................................................................21
General Syntax Notation....................................................................................................21
Notation for Messages.......................................................................................................22
Related Information.................................................................................................................24
Prerequisite Reading and Training........................................................................................24
Additional Reading............................................................................................................24
Problem Reporting.........................................................................................................24
Installation...................................................................................................................25
Configuration...............................................................................................................25
Periodic Task Management.............................................................................................25
Print Spooler.....................................................................................................................25
UNIX System Administration................................................................................................25
UNIX Security...............................................................................................................25
Publishing History...................................................................................................................26
HP Encourages Your Comments................................................................................................26
1 Introducing Open System Services..............................................................27
The Operating System Environments..........................................................................................27
Management Tools.................................................................................................................27
Management and Operations Tasks..........................................................................................28
OSS File System Concepts.......................................................................................................30
OSS Files..........................................................................................................................30
The /G Directory...............................................................................................................31
The /E Directory................................................................................................................31
The /dev Directory.............................................................................................................32
File Types Supported In the OSS Environment.........................................................................32
Components to Be Managed...................................................................................................33
Input/Output Utilities..........................................................................................................33
OSSTTY Servers............................................................................................................33
Terminal Helper Servers.................................................................................................33
OSS Security.....................................................................................................................33
OSS File-System Components...............................................................................................33
Interprocess Communication Facilities...................................................................................35
OSS Shared Memory and Semaphores............................................................................39
OSS Message Queues...................................................................................................39
Pipes and FIFOs............................................................................................................39
OSS Sockets.................................................................................................................39
2 Operating the OSS Environment.................................................................46
Starting and Stopping the OSS Environment...............................................................................46
Possible Ways to Start the OSS File System............................................................................46
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