Index

/proc/net@/proc/net

16450 UART

16550 UART

8250 UART

access

granting , ,

NNTP ,

PPP

restricting , ,

UUCP|(

UUCP|)

access network hardware|see interface

acessing

remote files

address

bang path ,

broadcast ,

choosing (IP)

Ethernet

hybrid

IP

mail|(

mail|)

mapping to hostnames

negotiation with PPP , ,

route-addr

UUCP hostname

Address Resolution Protocol|see ARP

alias

hostname

mail

aliases@aliases|(

aliases@aliases|)

Allman, Eric

amateur radio

amd@amd

anonymous UUCP

ARP

display table

proxy , ,

ARPANET

ARP|(

ARP|)

assigning IP addresses

authoritative name server , ,

authorization

and r commands@and r commands

with NNTP

with PPP

with PPP|(

with PPP|)

auto-IRQ

automounter

autoprobing, Ethernet

autoprobing fails

avoid tinygrams

AX.25 ,

Barber, Stan

Basic Networking Utilities|see UUCP, HDB

batching

mail

news

news|(

news|)

Baud rate

BBS

Becker, Donald

Berkeley Internet Name Domain

BIND

BIND|(

BIND|)

Biro, Ross

Bit rate

BNC connector ,

BNU|see UUCP, HDB

BOOTP

bootup sequence

bounce mail

Brewery, Virtual

BSD socket library

BSMTP

bulletin board

caching-only name server

cancel control message@cancel control message

canonical hostname

centralized mail handling , ,

Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol ,

Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol|(

Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol|)

CHAP|see Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

character set in elm

chargen@chargen

chat

PPP

SLIP

chat@chat|(

chat@chat|)

chat script

chat script

UUCP

checkgroups control message@checkgroups control message

checking

ARP tables

Ethernet interface

host names

IP routing table

mail queue

name server

network configuration ,

network connections

network interface ,

NIS , ,

NNTP

PPP

reachabilty ,

sendmail@sendmail|(

sendmail@sendmail|)

smail configuration@smail configuration

TCP server activity

the routing table

UUCP

choosing

a NIS domain

IP addresses

NIS maps

UUCP hostname

C News ,

C News

active file@active file

active file@active file|(

active file@active file|)

active file@active file|(

active file@active file|)

archiving

batch parameters|(

batch parameters|)

batching

batching|(

batching|)

compressing batches

create initial configuration

expiring|(

expiring|)

history file@history file

history file@history file

ihave/sendme

LAN

list of current groups

newsmaster

NNTP support

receiving news|(

receiving news|)

relaynews@relaynews

sending news

sending news|(

sending news|)

spool directory

sys file@sys file|(

sys file@sys file|)

update active file@update active file

update low water mark

usenet@usenet

UUCP ,

C News|(

C News|)

collision, Ethernet

Collyer, Geoff

COM port

composing mail

Compressed Serial Line IP

Compressed Serial Line IP|see CSLIP

compressing TCP/IP packets ,

configuring

caching-only name server

C News on a LAN

C News|(

C News|)

default domain

dip@dip

DNS over SLIP/PPP

elm@elm|(

elm@elm|)

Ethernet , ,

Ethernet|(

Ethernet|)

hostname

hostname resolution

hostname resolution|(

hostname resolution|)

IP gateway

IPX

kernel

loopback interface

mail gateway

mail on a LAN|(

mail on a LAN|)

name server|(

name server|)

network hardware|(

network hardware|)

network interfaces

network services

newsreader

NFS

NIS ,

NIS|(

NIS|)

NNTP|(

NNTP|)

PLIP , , ,

PPP , , ,

PPP|(

PPP|)

sendmail@sendmail|(

sendmail@sendmail|)

serial port|(

serial port|)

SLIP , ,

SLIP server

SLIP|(

SLIP|)

smail@smail|see smail

the r commands@the r commands|(

the r commands@the r commands|)

Usenet news|(

Usenet news|)

use of name server

UUCP mail

UUCP|(

UUCP|)

connecting LANs

connections, display

Cox, Alan

creating

DNS zones

NIS maps

subdomains

subnets ,

CSLIP , , , ,

C News

update low water mark ,

D-Link pocket adaptor

Davies, David C.

Dawson, Terry

daytime@daytime

DDI

debugging

DNS databases

PPP setup

UUCP setup

default IP route|see route, default

default mail route

delegating

DNS subdomains ,

IP subnets

delivering

mail|(

mail|)

news

news|(

news|)

Dent, Arthur

dev/cua*@/dev/cua*|(

dev/cua*@/dev/cua*|)

dev/modem@/dev/modem

dev/ttyS*@/dev/ttyS*|(

dev/ttyS*@/dev/ttyS*|)

device, serial|(

device, serial|)

device driver interface|see DDI

dial-up IP

dialin device

dialout device

dip@dip|(

dip@dip|)

diphosts@diphosts

diplogin@diplogin

directing mail to a file

diskless clients

display

active connections

ARP table

interface configuration

interface statistics

IP routing table ,

NIS map nicknames

UUCP configuration

DNS

checking

configuring server|(

configuring server|)

converting /etc/hosts@converting /etc/hosts

creating zones

database

debugging databases

lookup

query

resource record ,

reverse mapping|(

reverse mapping|)

root name servers ,

RR|see DNS, resource record

time to live

tools

ttl|see DNS, time to live

zone , , , ,

dnswalk@dnswalk

DNS|(

DNS|)

domain

mail routing

Domain Name System|see DNS

domain name

default

NIS vs. DNS

setting NIS

domainname@domainname

domainname@domainname

domain name|(

domain name|)

domains

top-level

dotted quad ,

driver

D-Link

Ethernet ,

ISDN

PLIP

PPP ,

SLIP

dummy interface

dynamic routing

Ekwall, Bjorn@Ekwall, Bjørn

electronic mail

elm@elm|(

elm@elm

national character sets

elm@elm|)

email|see mail

Eriksson, Peter

establishing the connection

eth0 (Ethernet interface)@eth0 (Ethernet interface)

Ethernet

address ,

address vs. IP address

autoprobing|(

autoprobing|)

Becker drivers

cabling

collision

configuration

installation

thin ,

through parallel port

Ethernet|(

Ethernet|)

exchanging

mail|(

mail|)

news , ,

exporting an NFS volume

exports@exports

External Data Representation

Faith, Rik

FDDI

feed, news

feeding mail to a command

FidoNet

file sharing

File System Standard

finger@finger

Flintstone, Fred

flooding algorithm

forwarding

IP ,

mail ,

UUCP

fstab@fstab

fstab@fstab

fstab@fstab

FTP, location of code

FTP, location of code

full user names

gated@gated

gated@gated

gated@gated

gateway

gateway

configuring

IP

mail

gateway|(

gateway|)

generating a paths file@generating a paths file

getty@getty

Gortmaker, Paul

Groucho Marx University ,

group.bygid@group.bygid

group.byname@group.byname

ham radio ,

handshake, hardware , ,

Hankins, Greg

hardware

handshake , ,

networking|(

networking|)

serial|(

serial|)

HDB|see UUCP, HDB

HDLC

HoneyDanBer|see UUCP, HDB

host

host

standalone

host.conf@host.conf

host.conf@host.conf

host.conf@host.conf

hostcvt@hostcvt

hostname

ambiguous

and domain name

canonical

catching unqualified

fully qualified

lookup ,

mapping to addresses

obtaining from address

resolution , , , ,

setting

UUCP

hosts.byaddr@hosts.byaddr

hosts.byname@hosts.byname

hosts.byname@hosts.byname

hosts.equiv@hosts.equiv

hosts@hosts

hosts@hosts

converting to BIND master files

hosts@hosts

hosts file@hosts file

HOWTO

HOWTO

Ethernet

Networking

Serial

UUCP

ICMP

ICMP

Port Unreachable

Redirect

IDA|see sendmail, IDA

ifconfig@ifconfig

ifconfig@ifconfig

IMAP

in-addr.arpa domain@in-addr.arpa domain

inetd.conf@inetd.conf|(

inetd.conf@inetd.conf|)

inetd@inetd

inetd@inetd

inetd@inetd

inews@inews

initializing networking

INN , ,

installing

network binaries

Interactive Mail Access Protocol

interface , , ,

interface

configuration

dummy

Ethernet

loopback

netmask , ,

PLIP

PPP ,

SLIP

statistics

internationalization for elm

Internet

Internet

connecting to , ,

mail routing

vs. internetworking

Internet Control Message Protocol

InterNet News (INN)

Internet Protocol|see IP

internetworking ,

IP

address

address

and hostname ,

assigning

negotiation in PPP , ,

address vs. hostname

address|(

address|)

broadcast address

Control Protocol ,

default route ,

dial-up ,

dynamic routing

forwarding ,

gateway , ,

interface

interface configuration

metric

netmask , ,

network

Network Control Protocol (PPP)

networks ,

parallel line|see PLIP

routing , , , , ,

routing protocols

routing table , ,

routing|(

routing|)

serial line ,

serial line|see SLIP

sub-networks|see IP, subnet

subnet , , ,

subnet|(

subnet|)

tinygrams

IPCP|see IP, Control Protocol

IPX

IP|(

IP|)

IRQ ,

ISDN

ISO-8859-1

Johnson, Michael K.

junk newsgroup@junk newsgroup

Karr, Ronald S.

Kempen, Fred van ,

kernel network configuration

LAN

LAN

connecting

hostname resolution

mail

news

passwords , ,

r commands@r commands

Lapsley, Phil

Latin-1 character set

LCP|see Link Control Protocol (PPP)

LDP|see Documentation Project

leaf site

lilo@lilo

line discipline , ,

Link Control Protocol (PPP)

Link Control Protocol (PPP)|(

Link Control Protocol (PPP)|)

Linux Activists@ Activists

Linux Documentation Project@ Documentation Project ,

lmail@lmail

lo (loopback interface)@lo (loopback interface)

Local Area Network|see LAN

localhost@localhost

lock files

and PPP

looking up addresses

loopback

address

interface

looped back serial line

mail

mail

address formats|(

address formats|)

aliases|(

aliases|)

bang path address ,

batching

bounce ,

centralizing , ,

composing

daemon

default route

delivering|(

delivering|)

directing to a file

domain-based routing ,

feeding to a command

forcing UUPC delivery

forwarding ,

gateway

headers

maps ,

message format

multi-media

on a LAN

over UUCP

paths file@paths file

paths file@paths file|(

paths file@paths file|)

preventing UUPC delivery

queue

queue|(

queue|)

route-addr address

routing

between Internet and UUCP

domain-based

Internet

smart-host

UUCP networks

routing|(

routing|)

site hiding

mailboxes

mounting via NFS

mailbox file

Mail Exchanger (DNS record)

maintenance, system

manual configuration (Ethernet)

manual configuration (PLIP)

maps, Usenet ,

Marx, Groucho

Maximum Receive Unit (PPP)

Maximum Transfer Unit , ,

metamail@metamail

metric, routing|see routing, metric

mgetty@mgetty

mgetty@mgetty

modem, speed

mountd@mountd

mountd@mountd

mounting

an NFS volume

automatically

the proc filesystem@the proc filesystem

MRU|see PPP, Maximum Receive Unit

mthreads@mthreads

multi-media mail

MX (DNS record)

Nagle's algorithm

named.boot@named.boot|(

named.boot@named.boot|)

named@named

named@named|(

named@named|)

name server

authoritative , ,

caching-only ,

checking

configuring|(

configuring|)

primary

root ,

secondary

synchronizing

name server|(

name server|)

name space (DNS)

national character sets in elm

NCP|see Network Control Protocols

Net-1

Net-2d

Net-2Debugged

Net-2e , ,

Net-3 , ,

Net-BSD ,

netstat@netstat|(

netstat@netstat|)

network

network

booting

connections|see network, port

devices

display connections

hostname resolution

interconnecting|see internetworking

interface|see interface

Internet

kernel options

names

packet-switched

passwords ,

port

port numbers

port|(

port|)

programming interface

protocols

services|see port

synchronizing passwords

TCP/IP|see TCP/IP

unreachable

UUCP|see UUCP

Network Control Protocols

Network File System|see NFS

Network Information System|see NIS

Network News Transfer Protocol|see NNTP

networks file@networks file

Network Unreachable error message@``Network Unreachable'' error message

newgroup control message@newgroup control message

news

active file@active file

active file@active file

add new group

archiving articles

article

batching , ,

cancel article

control messages

C release|see C News

deleting old news

distribution

exchanging ,

exchanging|(

exchanging|)

expiring ,

expiring old articles

faking

feeding ,

feeding|(

feeding|)

flooding algorithm

follow-up

groups

history ,

ihave/sendme

limit a feed

message id ,

newsmaster

NNTP

nntpd@nntpd

pulling ,

pushing ,

reader|see newsreader

remove old group

spool

update active file@update active file

Usenet

newsmaster

newsreader

configuring

creating thread databases , ,

nn@nn

tass@tass

threading ,

tin@tin

trn@trn

news|(

news|)

NFS

automounter

exporting a volume

exports@exports

hard-mounting vs. soft-mounting

limitations

matching uids and gids

mounting a volume ,

restricting block size

server ,

timeout

nfsd@nfsd

nfsd@nfsd

NFS|(

NFS|)

NIS

and shadow passwords

client|( ,

client|) ,

creating maps

databases

domain|(

domain|)

locating server

map ,

map|(

map|)

nickname

passwd maps@passwd maps|(

passwd maps@passwd maps|)

passwd maps@passwd maps

server|( ,

server|) ,

traditional code

NIS+@NIS+

NIS|(

NIS|)

nn@nn

NNTP ,

NNTP

and C News

authorization

restricting access ,

nntpaccess@nntp_access

nntpd@nntpd

Noll, Curt Landon

nslookup@nslookup|(

nslookup@nslookup|)

nsswitch.conf@nsswitch.conf|(

nsswitch.conf@nsswitch.conf|)

NYS|(

NYS|)

obtaining the source code ,

Packet Assembler/Disassembler

PAD

PAP|see Password Authentication Protocol

Parallel Line IP|see PLIP

parallel port

Ethernet

IP

passwd.byname@passwd.byname

passwd.byuid@passwd.byuid

passwd@passwd

passwd@passwd

real user names

Password Authentication Protocol ,

passwords

and remote login

network-wide|(

network-wide|)

pathalias@pathalias

pathalias@pathalias|(

pathalias@pathalias|)

paths file@paths file

paths file@paths file|(

paths file@paths file|)

PC/TCP compatibility

ping@ping

PLIP ,

PLIP

routing

plip1 (PLIP interface)@plip1 (PLIP interface)

point-to-point link , , ,

Point-to-Point Protocol

Point-to-Point Protocol|see PPP

POP

port

COM

numbers

portmap@portmap

portmapper daemon

portmapper failure (error message)

port|see network, port

Post Office Protocol

PPP , ,

PPP

and IP addresses

async map

authentication|(

authentication|)

chat script|(

chat script|)

compressing data ,

daemon

debug information

default route

driver

dynamic address assignment

escaping control characters

IP addresses|(

IP addresses|)

lock files

Maximum Receive Unit

option files

proxy ARP

routing

routing|(

routing|)

security

server

using CHAP

using CHAP|(

using CHAP|)

using PAP

using PAP|(

using PAP|)

pppd@pppd

pppd@pppd|(

pppd@pppd

pppd@pppd|)

ppprc@.ppprc

PPP|(

PPP|)

proc filesystem@proc filesystem

protocol

protocol

AX.25 ,

CSLIP

Ethernet

IPX ,

IP|see IP

NNTP

PPP

SLIP

TCP

UDP

UUCP

X.25

protocol numbers

protocols@protocols|(

protocols@protocols|)

proxy ARP , ,

queuing mail

Quinlan, Dan

RARP ,

rc.inet@rc.inet

rc.inet@rc.inet

rc.inet@rc.inet

rc.inet@rc.inet

rc.inet@rc.inet

rc.inet@rc.inet

rcp@rcp

rc scripts@rc scripts

reaching a host

real user names

Reber, Tobias

remote

command execution

execution ,

file access , ,

file system

login , ,

X11 session

Remote Procedure Call

mapping ports to programs

program numbers

Remote Procedure Call|(

Remote Procedure Call|)

resolv.conf@resolv.conf

resolver

configuring|(

configuring|)

environment variables

library

robustness

using a name server

using NIS

resource record|see DNS, resource record

restricting access

Reverse Address Resolution Protocol|see RARP

reverse mapping|(

reverse mapping|)

rhosts@.rhosts

RIP|see Routing Information Protocol

rlogin@rlogin

rmail@rmail

rmail@rmail

rmgroup control message@rmgroup control message

rnews@rnews

rnews@rnews

rnews@rnews

round-trip time (IP)

route, default , ,

route@route

route@route

route@route

routed@routed

routing

daemon

dynamic , , , ,

ICMP Redirect

IP datagrams|see IP, routing

IP gateway

mail|see mail routing

metric ,

over PPP

protocols

proxy ARP

smart-host

table ,

Routing Information Protocol , ,

rpc@rpc

rpcinfo@rpcinfo

RPC|see Remote Procedure Call

RR|see DNS, resource record

RS-232

rsh@rsh

rsmtp@rsmtp

RTS/CTS

Salz, Rich

security

security

PPP

PPP|(

PPP|)

r commands@r commands

remote login

SLIP

system

TCP servers ,

UUCP logins|(

UUCP logins|)

UUCP|(

UUCP|)

sendbatches@sendbatches

sendmail.cf@sendmail.cf|see sendmail, sendmail.cf

sendmail@sendmail

sendmail@sendmail|(

sendmail@sendmail

sendmail.cf@sendmail.cf

sendmail@sendmail

CF

sendmail@sendmail

IDA

sendmail@sendmail

tables

sendmail@sendmail

CF|(

sendmail@sendmail

transport|see sendmail, mailers

sendmail@sendmail

mailers

sendmail@sendmail

deliver@deliver

sendmail@sendmail

postmaster@postmaster

sendmail@sendmail

local hostnames

sendmail@sendmail

local hostnames

sendmail@sendmail

UUCP

sendmail@sendmail

routing

smart-host

sendmail@sendmail

relay host

sendmail@sendmail

mailers

sendmail@sendmail

tables

sendmail@sendmail

CF

sendmail@sendmail

Internet site

sendmail@sendmail

UUCP leaf site

sendmail@sendmail

CF|)

sendmail@sendmail

mailertable@mailertable

sendmail@sendmail

mailers

sendmail@sendmail

fully qualified domain name

sendmail@sendmail

unqualified hostname

sendmail@sendmail

routing

UUCP

sendmail@sendmail

mailers

sendmail@sendmail

UUCP

sendmail@sendmail

routing

sendmail@sendmail

fully qualified domain name

sendmail@sendmail

unqualified hostname

sendmail@sendmail

mailers

sendmail@sendmail

writing mail to a file

sendmail@sendmail

user aliases

sendmail@sendmail

aliases

sendmail@sendmail

postmaster

sendmail@sendmail

tables

sendmail@sendmail

installing

sendmail@sendmail

version

sendmail@sendmail

generating sendmail.cf@generating sendmail.cf|(

sendmail@sendmail

CF|(

sendmail@sendmail

generating sendmail.cf@generating sendmail.cf|)

sendmail@sendmail

CF|)

sendmail@sendmail

running

sendmail@sendmail

testing|(

sendmail@sendmail

tables

sendmail@sendmail

testing|)

sendmail@sendmail

routing

domain

sendmail@sendmail

relay host

sendmail@sendmail

remote site misconfigured

sendmail@sendmail

forcing mail

sendmail@sendmail

forcing UUPC delivery

sendmail@sendmail

unqualified hostname

sendmail@sendmail

routing

UUCP

sendmail@sendmail

UUCP

sendmail@sendmail

mailers

sendmail@sendmail

preventing UUPC delivery

sendmail@sendmail

unqualified hostname

sendmail@sendmail

routing

UUCP

sendmail@sendmail

UUCP

sendmail@sendmail

mailers

sendmail@sendmail

queue operation

sendmail@sendmail

run the queue

sendmail@sendmail

statistics

sendmail@sendmail

file locations

sendmail@sendmail|)

sendsys control message@checkgroups control message

senduuname control message@checkgroups control message

serial line IP|see SLIP

serial line IP|see PPP

serial line

device file

hardware handshake ,

looped back

protecting characters

speed

server

inetd@inetd|(

inetd@tcpd|(

inetd@tcpd|)

inetd@inetd|)

nfsd@nfsd

NIS

NNTP

sendmail@sendmail

UUCP|(

UUCP|)

ypserv@ypserv

services

services

and port numbers

restricting access ,

setting up

well-known ,

services.byname@services.byname

services@services|(

services@services|)

setserial@setserial

setting

domain name

hostname

NIS domain ,

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol|see SMTP

site

site

leaf

sl0 (PPP interface)@sl0 (PPP interface)

sl0 (SLIP interface)@sl0 (SLIP interface)

slattach@slattach

SLIP , , ,

SLIP

let users initiate

routing

SLIPDISC

SLIP|(

SLIP|)

smail@smail

smail@smail|(

smail@smail

config file@config file

smail@smail

utilities

smail@smail

UUCP|(

smail@smail

BSMTP

smail@smail

config file@config file|(

smail@smail

local hostnames

smail@smail

routing

smart-host

smail@smail

config file@config file|)

smail@smail

UUCP|)

smail@smail

on a LAN|(

smail@smail

handling mail for a domain

smail@smail

SMTP|(

smail@smail

SMTP|)

smail@smail

on a LAN|)

smail@smail

troubleshooting

smail@smail

log files

smail@smail

compiling

smail@smail

delivery modes

smail@smail

queuing mail

smail@smail

check mail queue

smail@smail

run the queue

smail@smail

config file@config file

smail@smail

routing

smail@smail

transports@transports

smail@smail

routers@routers

smail@smail

directors@directors

smail@smail

routing|(

smail@smail

paths file@paths file

smail@smail

routing

UUCP

smail@smail

UUCP

smail@smail

routing

U