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New to HP-UX

Andy Cole_1 — Thu, 05 Dec 2002 17:06:16 GMT

Hi
I am new to HP-UX system. Need your guidance. Anyone can help me as in to where to find help like where all the files are kept in. examples: passwords are kept in /etc/passwd. what is /var used for, etc. thanks

Re: New to HP-UX

James R. Ferguson — Thu, 05 Dec 2002 17:16:46 GMT

Hi:

You might start with this:

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/5963-8942/5963-8942.html

Remember that section-4 of the manpages is devoted to file formats. For example, 'man 4 passwd' would divulge the layout of '/etc/passwd'.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: New to HP-UX

James R. Ferguson — Thu, 05 Dec 2002 17:18:36 GMT

Hi (again):

...and I meant to add that the manpages (by release) can be found on the web, here:

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/os/man_pages.html

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: New to HP-UX

Pete Randall — Thu, 05 Dec 2002 17:22:13 GMT

Andy,

Are you new to Unix or just new to HP-UX?

If you're new to Unix, you might want to look into the O'Reilly books:
http://www.oreilly.com

If it's HP-UX specific info you need, try HP publishing:
http://www.hp.com/hpbooks
or
http://www.phptr.com

Pete

Re: New to HP-UX

S.K. Chan — Thu, 05 Dec 2002 17:24:45 GMT

It sounds like you need 3 things ..
http://www.docs.hp.com
http://www.hp.com/education/sections/hpux.html#hp-ux_admin
and a good SysAdmin Book ..
"Unix System Administration Handbook" - Nemeth,Snyder,Seebass & Hein (PH).

Re: New to HP-UX

Chris Vail — Thu, 05 Dec 2002 20:00:57 GMT

I've used the _HP Certified_ book by Rafeeq Ur Rehman (Prentice Hall PTR, 2000) to help me transition from Sun to HP unix. If you're familiar with other forms of unix, don't despair--a lot of what you already know applies directly. But a lot of the things that will trip you up are covered in this book.

You can get it on Amazon or from any number of e-tailers. I've even seen it at Barnes & Noble (though for the full $75 price tag).

Good luck
Chris

Re: New to HP-UX

John Payne_2 — Thu, 05 Dec 2002 20:35:45 GMT

Also, HP has a bunch of papers out there at: http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/iv/enterService.do?NODEID=English_SHW%3A%3ADE_SW_UX_swrec_EN_01_E%2FQ1
They call it the HPUX Software Recovery handbook. These papers are written by different HP engineers on various topics. While it may not suit your needs immediately, in a month or 2, they will answer some of the questions you are bound to have by then.

Hope it helps

John

Re: New to HP-UX

Kelli Ward — Fri, 06 Dec 2002 00:08:27 GMT

Hi,
Here's a couple of decent Unix cross-reference URLs. Shows how to perform same/similar tasks on different flavors of UNIX.

http://bhami.com/rosetta.html
http://www.unixguide.net/unixguide.cgi

Welcome to HP-UX
Kel

Re: New to HP-UX

Arman Mahboobi — Fri, 06 Dec 2002 00:54:36 GMT

I read the book Chris Vail mentioned and agree - a very good and clear place to start.

Re: New to HP-UX

Tom Jackson — Fri, 06 Dec 2002 12:15:51 GMT

Hi Andy:

This forum is also an excellant place to get info on specific problems you may have. The responses to my questions have always been quick, with lots of useful information. Try searching this forum first, then maybe try searching google.com. If you can't find an answer, post in one of the HP ITRC forums.

Tom

Re: New to HP-UX

Tom Jackson — Fri, 06 Dec 2002 12:20:25 GMT

Almost forgot. You may want to read the Forums Etiquette at http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x022718276953d61190040090279cd0f9,00.html.

Don't forget to dish out points!

Re: New to HP-UX

Marek Bednarczyk — Fri, 06 Dec 2002 14:24:13 GMT

Hi Andy

There is very detailed description of this what you ask for on every HPUX system. Please read the file:

/usr/share/doc/file_system.txt

Marek

Re: New to HP-UX

fg_1 — Fri, 06 Dec 2002 15:47:35 GMT

Hi

There are alot of excellent books out on HPUX

One for sure to get is the:HP Certified book by Rafeeq Ur Rehman (Dont know the ISBN #).

Another one that I found is called: Networking
unix by Salim Douba. (very inexpensive book but VERY GOOD for networking).

Gl.

Re: New to HP-UX

Shannon Petry — Fri, 06 Dec 2002 16:16:58 GMT

Well, first I'd say that Im not overtly fond of saying I know HP-UX as well as Unix.

At least in my market area, I have to be able to support Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Irix, and Linux.

Being in the field, and taking time to learn Unix ground up has been critical to my success. Learn the OS specifics as a secondary skill, not a primary.

If you know Unix very well, you will find that the details of each are very easy to figure out and learn.

Good reading would be "Essential Unix System Administration", "NFS and NIS administration", "DNS and Bind", and if your not very familiar with Unix at all, then "Unix in a Nutshell". Essential Unix System Administration covers basics for all of the major OS's, including SCO. This is for backups, devices, and basic admin functions.

Good luck, and enjoy!
Shannon

All of these books are published by O'Reilly and Associates.