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<h1>UNIX System Manager's Manual (SMM)</h1>
<h2>Reference Manual - Section 8</h2>
Section 8 of the UNIX Programmer's Manual contains information related to
system operation, administration, and maintenance.
<h2>System Installation and Administration<h2>
<h3>Installing and Operating 4.3BSD on the VAX</h3>
The definitive reference document for those occasions when
you find you need to start over again.
<h3>Building 4.3BSD UNIX Systems with <b>Config</b></h3>
In-depth discussions of the use and operation of the <b>config</b>
program, and how to build your very own Unix kernel.
<h3>Using ADB to Debug the Kernel</h3>
Techniques for figuring out after the fact why the kernel crashed.
<h3>Disc Quotas in a UNIX Environment</h3>
A light introduction to the techniques
for limiting the use of disc resources.
<h3>Fsck - The UNIX File System Check Program</h3>
A reference document for using the <b>fsck</b> program during
times of file system distress.
<h3>Line Printer Spooler Manual</h3>
This document describes the structure and installation procedure
for the line printer spooling system.
<h3>Sendmail Installation and Operation Guide</h3>
The last word in installing and operating the <b>sendmail</b> program.
<h3>Timed Installation and Operation Guide</h3>
Describes how to maintain time synchronization between machines
in a local network.
<h3>UUCP Implementation Description</h3>
Describes the implementation of uucp; for the installer and administrator.
<h3>USENET Version B Installation</h3>
How to install and maintain the News system.
<h3>Name Server Operations Guide</h3>
If you have a network this will be of interest.
<h2>Supporting Documentation</h2>
<h3>Bug Fixes and Changes in 4.3BSD</h3>
This document summarizes changes visible to the user accustomed to 4.2BSD.
<h3>Changes to the Kernel in 4.3BSD</h3>
A summary for the hard-core of changes in the kernel from 4.2BSD to 4.3BSD.
<h3>A Fast File System for UNIX</h3>
A description of the 4.2BSD file system organization, design and implementation.
<h3>4.3BSD Networking Implementation Notes</h3>
A concise description of the system interfaces used within the
networking subsystem.
<h3>Sendmail - An Internetwork Mail Router</h3>
An overview document on the design and implementation of <b>sendmail</b>.
<h3>On the Security of UNIX</h3>
Hints on how to break UNIX, and how to avoid your system being broken.
<h3>Password Security - A Case History</h3>
How the bad guys used to be able to break the password algorithm, and why
they cannot now (at least not so easily).
<h3>A Tour Through the Portable C Compiler</h3>
How the portable C compiler works inside.
<h3>Writing NROFF Terminal Descriptions</h3>
A description of how to add a printer with new characteristics
to Version 7 <b>nroff</b>.
<h3>A Dial-Up Network of UNIX Systems</h3>
Describes UUCP, a program for communicating files between UNIX systems.
<h3>The Berkeley UNIX Time Synchronization Protocol</h3>
The protocols and algorithms used by timed,
the network time synchronization daemon.
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