Cross Reference of Linux and Solaris Administration Commands

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Task

RHEL / CentOS /
Fedora

SUSE

Ubuntu / Debian

Solaris

Disk
Partition Display
s

fdisk, parted, gparted

fdisk, parted,
gparted

fdisk, parted,
gparted

prtvtoc

Disk
Partition Maximum
s

SCSI=15, IDE=63

SCSI=15, IDE=63

SCSI=15, IDE=63

File
Create
System

mkfs, mkfs.ext3,
mkfs, mkfs.ext3, parted,
mkfs, mkfs.ext3,
mkfs.reserfs, parted,
gparted
parted, gparted
gparted

mkfs, newfs

fsck

fsck

fsck, badblocks

fsck

mkswap

mkswap

mkswap

swap -a

swapon

swapon

swapon

swap -a

swapon -s

swapon -s

swapon -s

swap -s

swap -l

swap -l

swap -l

N/A

swapoff

swapoff

swapoff

N/A

File
Check
System
Create swap
Swap
space
Enable swap
Swap
space
Display swap
Swap
space usage
Display swap
Swap
space status
Swap
Disable swap
space

Notes
max
partitions
on solaris
is 7

swapoff
-a (all
swap

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RHEL / CentOS /
Fedora

Task

SUSE

Ubuntu / Debian

Solaris

Notes
spaces)

Swap
Swap
LVM
LVM

LVM

LVM

LVM
LVM
LVM

Delete swap
space
Set swap
priority level
Initialize a
disk

rm

rm

rm

swap -d

swapon -p

swapon -p

swapon -p

N/A

pvcreate, mkraid,
mdadm
lvcreate LVname
Create
vgcreate VGname
volume or
devicename
volume group
mkraid, mdadm

pvcreate, mkraid,
mdadm
lvcreate LVname
vgcreate VGname
devicename
mkraid, mdadm
lvchange -a y
Enable
lvchange -a y LVname LVname
volume or
vgchange -a y VGname vgchange -a y
volume group raidstart
VGname
raidstart
lvchange -a n
Disable
lvchange -a n LVname LVname
volume or
vgchange -a n VGname vgchange -a n
volume group raidstop, mdadm
VGname
raidstop, mdadm
Delete
lvremove LVname
lvremove LVname
volume or
vgremove VGname
vgremove VGname
volume group
Add a device lvextend LVname
lvextend LVname
to volume or vgextend VGname
vgextend VGname
volume group newdevname
newdevname
Delete a
lvreduce LVname
lvreduce LVname
device from vgreduce VGname
vgreduce VGname
the volume devicename
devicename

pvcreate, mkraid,
mdadm
lvcreate LVname
vgcreate VGname
devicename
mkraid, mdadm
lvchange -a y
LVname
vgchange -a y
VGname
raidstart
lvchange -a n
LVname
vgchange -a n
VGname
raidstop, mdadm

metainit
metainit volname raidtype
devices ...

N/A

N/A

lvremove LVname
metaclear
vgremove VGname
lvextend LVname
vgextend VGname
newdevname
lvreduce LVname
vgreduce VGname
devicename

metattach or metainit
metadetach

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Task
or volume
group

AutoFS Daemon

RHEL / CentOS /
Fedora
raidreconf

SUSE
raidreconf

Ubuntu / Debian

Solaris

raidreconf

automount

automount

automount

automountd

/etc/auto.master

/etc/auto.master

/etc/auto.master

/etc/auto_master

AutoFS Other cfg file /etc/auto.misc

/etc/auto.misc

/etc/auto.misc

/etc/auto_home

File
CD-ROM
System

iso9660

iso9660

iso9660

hsfs

File
DVD
System

udf

udf

udf

udf

File
Windows
System

vfat

vfat

vfat

pcfs

AutoFS

Master cfg
file

File
Linux/unix ext2, ext3, ext4, xfs
System
LVM
Create a soft lvcreate -Lsize
partition or -nLVname

ext2, ext3, ext4, xfs

lvcreate -Lsize
-nLVname

Notes

ext2, ext3, ext4, xfs,

ufs
reiserfs
lvcreate -Lsize
metainit -p
-nLVname

not a
comman
d but
useful
not a
comman
d but
useful
not a
comman
d but
useful
not a
comman
d but
useful
not a
comman
d but
useful
not a
comman
d but
useful

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LVM

LVM

LVM

LVM

LVM

LVM

Task
logical
volume (no
RAID)
Create a soft
partition or
logical
volume
(RAID 0)
Create a soft
partition or
logical
volume on a
specific
device
Delete a soft
partition or
logical
volume
Extend a
volume or
logical
volume
Extend a file
system after
volume
has been
grown
Reduce a
volume or
logical
volume

RHEL / CentOS /
Fedora
VGname

SUSE
VGname

lvcreate
lvcreate -iNumOfStripes
-iNumOfStripes
-IStripeSize -nLVname
-IStripeSize
VGname
-nLVname VGname
mdadm, mkraid
mdadm, mkraid
lvcreate
lvcreate -iNumOfStripes
-iNumOfStripes
-IStripeSize -nLVname
-IStripeSize
VGname
-nLVname VGname
mdadm, mkraid
mdadm, mkraid
+ devicename
+ devicename
lvremove
lvremove
/dev/VGname/LVna
/dev/VGname/LVname
me
raidreconf
raidreconf
lvextend -Lsize
lvextend -Lsize
/dev/VGname/LVna
/dev/VGname/LVname
me
raidreconf
raidreconf

Ubuntu / Debian

Solaris

VGname
lvcreate
-iNumOfStripes
-IStripeSize
-nLVname VGname
mdadm, mkraid
lvcreate
-iNumOfStripes
-IStripeSize
-nLVname VGname
mdadm, mkraid
+ devicename
lvremove
/dev/VGname/LVna
me
raidreconf
lvextend -Lsize
/dev/VGname/LVna
me
raidreconf

metainit with RAID 0 on

devices
first, then metainit -p to create
the soft partition volume
metainit with RAID 0 on
devices
first, then metainit -p to create
the soft partition volume
+ devicename
metaclear

metattach volume

resize2fs, resize_reiserfs

resize2fs,
resize_reiserfs

resize2fs

growfs

resize2fs,
lvreduce

resize2fs,
lvreduce

resize2fs,
lvreduce

metadetach Volname
devicename

Notes

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LVM
LVM
LVM
LVM
LVM
LVM
LVM
LVM
LVM
LVM
LVM
LVM

Task
Set up or
display
metadb
Display
metadevice
status
Initialize raw
devices to
metadevices
Attach
metadevices
Detach
metadevices
Clear and
remove
metadevices
Replace a
metadevice
Rename a
volume
Check
metadevice
ID
configuration
Manage hot
spares
Set
submirrors
offline
Set

RHEL / CentOS /
Fedora

SUSE

Ubuntu / Debian

Solaris

vgdisplay, lvdisplay,
lsraid

vgdisplay, lvdisplay, vgdisplay, lvdisplay,

metadb
lsraid
lsraid

vgdisplay, lvdisplay
cat /proc/mdstat

vgdisplay, lvdisplay vgdisplay, lvdisplay

metastat
cat /proc/mdstat
cat /proc/mdstat

pvcreate

pvcreate

vgchange, lvchange

vgchange, lvchange vgchange, lvchange metattach

vgchange, lvchange

vgchange, lvchange vgchange, lvchange metadetach

vgremove, lvremove

vgremove, lvremove vgremove, lvremove metaclear

raidreconf

raidreconf

raidreconf

metareplace

raidreconf

raidreconf

raidreconf

metarename

mdadm

mdadm

mdadm

metadevadm

mdadm, raidhotadd,
raidhotremove

mdadm, raidhotadd, mdadm, raidhotadd,

metahs
raidhotremove
raidhotremove

mdadm

mdadm

mdadm

metaoffline

mdadm

mdadm

mdadm

metaonline

pvcreate

metainit

Notes

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LVM
LVM

LVM

LVM

LVM

LVM

LVM
LVM

Task

RHEL / CentOS /
Fedora

submirrors
online
Change
volume
vgchange, lvchange
parameters
Back up
volume group vgcfgbackup
metadata
Recover soft
partition
vgcfgrestore
configuration
information
Set up root
file system
N/A
for
mirroring
Administer
disk sets for N/A
sharing
Resynchroniz
e volume
N/A
during
reboot
vgextend, lvextend,
Expand a file resize2fs,
system size resize_reiserfs,
raidreconf
Has entries N/A
that starts up
the

SUSE

Ubuntu / Debian

Solaris

Notes

vgchange, lvchange vgchange, lvchange metaparam

vgcfgbackup

vgcfgbackup

N/A

vgcfgrestore

vgcfgrestore

metarecover

N/A

N/A

metaroot

N/A

N/A

metaset

N/A

N/A

metasync

vgextend, lvextend,
resize2fs,
resize_reiserfs,
raidreconf
N/A

vgextend, lvextend,
resize2fs,
growfs
resize_reiserfs,
raidreconf
N/A
/etc/system

not a
comman
d, file

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LVM

LVM

LVM

LVM

LVM

LVM

LVM

Task

RHEL / CentOS /
Fedora

kernel
metadevice
modules
Sets the
default
/etc/sysconfig/lvm
number of
/etc/raidtab
available
volumes
Scan for
devices
lvmdiskscan
visible to
LVM2
Scan disks
for logical
lvscan
volumes
Display
physical
pvdisplay
volume
attributes
Report
physical
pvs
volume
information
Scan all
supported
logical
pvscan
volume block
devices for
physical disk
Perform
vgck

SUSE

Ubuntu / Debian

Solaris

/kernel/drv/md.conf

lvmdiskscan

lvmdiskscan

N/A

N/A

pvdisplay

pvdisplay

N/A

pvs

pvs

N/A

pvscan

pvscan

N/A

vgck

vgck

N/A

Notes

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LVM

LVM

LVM
Pkg
Pkg
Pkg
Pkg
Pkg
Pkg

Task

RHEL / CentOS /
Fedora

consistency
check on the
volume group
Scan all disks
for volume
group data vgscan
and rebuild
caches
Import a
volume group vgimport
to this server
Export a
volume group
vgexport
out of this
server
Install
rpm -i
packages
yum install
Display
rpm -qa
installed
yum list installed
packages
Remove
rpm -e
software
yum remove
package
Upgrade/inst rpm -U
all package yum upgrade/update
Verify correct rpm -V
installation yum-verify
List the
rpm -ql package-name
contents of
an installed

SUSE

Ubuntu / Debian

Solaris

vgscan

vgscan

N/A

vgimport

vgimport

N/A

vgexport

vgexport

N/A

apt-get install

pkg install

dpkg -l

pkginfo or pkparam

apt-get remove

pkgrm

?
?
?

apt-get
upgrade/update
apt-get check or
debsums
apt-file list packagename

pkg update
pkgchk
Look in
/var/sadm/install/contents rpm -

Notes

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Pkg

Task

RHEL / CentOS /
Fedora

package
Which
package
rpm -qf filename
contains a file

SUSE

Ubuntu / Debian

apt-file search
filename

Solaris

Look in
/var/sadm/install/contents

Pkg

List all
available
packages

yum list

Pkg

Report
package
information

rpm -qi
?
yum info package-name

Patch

rpm -F
Install a patch
yum update

apt-get update

patchadd

Patch

Remove a
patch

N/A

N/A

N/A

patchrm

Patch

Display
installed
patches

N/A

N/A

N/A

showrev -p

insmod

insmod

insmod

modload

lsmod

lsmod

lsmod

modinfo

rmmod

rmmod

rmmod

modunload

/etc/sysconfig/network

Install
module
KMod List modules
Remove
KMod
module
Network Configure
KMod

dpkg -l \*

Notes

pkg list -n

It is odd
that you
cannot do
this with
rpm.

Look in
apt-cache showpkg
/var/sadm/pkg/PKGNAME/pkg
package-name
info

/etc/hostname.*

Package
mgmt in
linux is
different.
Package
mgmt in
linux is
different.
Package
mgmt in
linux is
different.

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Task

TCP/IP

Network

Network
Network
Network
Network
Network
Network

Network
Network

RHEL / CentOS /
Fedora

SUSE

Ubuntu / Debian

/etc/inet/*
/etc/defaultrouter
/etc/defaultdomain
/etc/nodename
/etc/netmasks

etc/network/interfac
and
es
/etc/sysconfig/networkin
/etc/NetworkManage
g/*
r

Display
ifconfig
interface
ip
settings
Display
interface
netstat -i
status and
statistics
Configure
ifconfig
interface
ip
Display
network
netstat
statistics
Change
/etc/resolv.conf
resolver
Change name
/etc/nsswitch.conf
services
Display
kernel
sysctl -a | grep ^net
network
params
Configure
kernel
sysctl -w variable=value
network
params
Check for
ethtool

Solaris

ifconfig
ip

ifconfig
ip

ifconfig -a

netstat -i

netstat -i

netstat -i

ifconfig
ip

ifconfig
ip

ifconfig

netstat

netstat

netstat

/etc/resolv.conf

/etc/resolv.conf

/etc/resolv.conf

/etc/nsswitch.conf

/etc/nsswitch.conf

/etc/nsswitch.conf

sysctl -a | grep ^net sysctl -a | grep ^net

ndd /dev/ip \?
ndd /dev/tcp \?

sysctl -w
variable=value

sysctl -w
variable=value

ndd

ethtool

ethtool

ndd

Notes

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Network
Network
Network
Network
Network
Network

NFS

NFS

NFS

NFS
NFS

RHEL / CentOS /
Fedora
network link mii-tool
Rename
ip
interface
Check
netstat -r
routing table route
Ping
ping
traceroute
Trace router
zenmap
nmap
Check ports
zenmap
tcpdump
Capture
tethereal
packets
ethereal
wireshark
/etc/init.d/nfs start
Manually
/etc/init.d/nfsserver
start NFS
service nfs start
server
/etc/init.d/nfs-kernelserver start
Task

SUSE

Share all
exported file exportfs -a
systems
Share one
exportfs -o

Solaris

mii-tool

mii-tool

ip

ip

netstat -r
route
ping
traceroute
zenmap
nmap
zenmap
tcpdump
tethereal
ethereal
wireshark

netstat -r
route
ping
traceroute
zenmap
nmap
zenmap
tcpdump
tethereal
ethereal
wireshark

/etc/init.d/nfs.server
start

mount -F nfs
server://resource
/mnt/point

/etc/default/nfskernel-server
/etc/default/nfscommon

/etc/default/nfs /

exportfs -a

exportfs -a

shareall

exportfs -o

exportfs -o

share

mount server://resource
Mount clinet
?
/mnt/point
Server config
/etc/sysconfig/nfs
file

Ubuntu / Debian

Notes

N/A
netstat -r
ping
traceroute
nmap
snoop
wireshark

for new

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Task

RHEL / CentOS /
Fedora

exported file
system
NFS
Config file /etc/exports
Device Create device
udev
Creation files

SUSE

Ubuntu / Debian

Solaris

Notes
file
systems

/etc/exports

/etc/exports

/etc/dfs/dfstab

udev

udev

devfsadm