About This Guide

Concepts and Planning explains the concepts related to planning and administering the Advanced Server for UNIX (ASU) software.

Audience

This guide is intended for anyone who is responsible for planning, installing, configuring, and administering the ASU software.

Organization

The guide is organized as follows:

Chapter 1 Describes the ASU software.
Chapter 2 Describes the ASU domain environment.
Chapter 3 Describes domain user accounts and groups.
Chapter 4 Describes how the ASU server shares Tru64 UNIX based file systems.
Chapter 5 Describes how the ASU server shares Tru64 UNIX based printers.
Chapter 6 Describes how to monitor the ASU server.

Related Documentation

The following documents provide more information about the ASU software:

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Conventions

The following conventions are used in this guide:

%
$

A percent sign represents the C shell system prompt. A dollar sign represents the system prompt for the Bourne, Korn, and POSIX shells.

#

A number sign represents the superuser prompt.

file

Italic (slanted) type indicates variable values, placeholders, and function argument names.

[ | ]
{ | }

In syntax definitions, brackets indicate items that are optional and braces indicate items that are required. Vertical bars separating items inside brackets or braces indicate that you choose one item from among those listed.

colored text

In syntax definitions, literal elements are colored green. Variable values, placeholders, and function argument names are colored red. No special colored text is used outside of syntax descriptions.

. . .

In syntax definitions, a horizontal ellipsis indicates that the preceding item can be repeated one or more times.

cat(1)

A cross-reference to a reference page includes the appropriate section number in parentheses. For example, cat(1) indicates that you can find information on the cat command in Section 1 of the reference pages.

[Return]

In an example, a key name enclosed in a box indicates that you press that key.

[Ctrl/x]

This symbol indicates that you hold down the first named key while pressing the key or mouse button that follows the slash. In examples, this key combination is enclosed in a box (for example, [Ctrl/C] ).