> What I'm looking for is a cheat sheet of linux commands that are distro 
> independent for starting/stoping daemons, services, user admin, editing 
> init levels etc.  Does anyone have an "essentials" list they keep in their 
> back pocket for times when the IU is only a command line?

here's a generalized Unix-independent cheat sheet:
http://bhami.com/rosetta.html

covers about 17 different Unix variants, with some of the basic tasks you
might want to do as an administrator.

beyond that; 'man' is your friend. :) when I teach introductory Linux
classes I tell the students that you can figure out just about everything on
Linux starting from little more than cd, ls, cat, and man; it just might
take you a while. :) 

Of course, this is like saying that you can build a computer that only has
two assembly-level instructions ['subtract' and 'branch not equal']; but
it's a lot more efficient when you learn more instructions. :)

Carl Soderstrom.
-- 
Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
www.real-time.com

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