Sysadmin Tools

This page contains information about the similarities and differences between different versions of Unix.

AIX 4.X HP-UX 11.X IRIX 6.X Linux Solaris 2.X
Administration utility SMIT SAM toolchest -> System Manager control-panel admintool
Software package management installp swinstall inst rpm
glint		 pkgadd
pkgrm
pkginfo
Patch management instfix swinstall inst patchadd
patchrm

Location of Most Sysadmin Commands

AIX 4.X HP-UX 11.X IRIX 6.X Linux Solaris 2.X
/usr/sbin /sbin
/usr/sbin		 /sbin
/usr/sbin
/usr/etc
/usr/ucb		 /sbin
/usr/sbin		 /usr/sbin