> 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 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list