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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers how to start using unix Post 2647 by Neo on Sunday 27th of May 2001 10:43:54 AM
Old 05-27-2001
You get started into UNIX by getting an Intel platform (what ever speed and size you can afford); get a CDROM of a UNIX distro such as Linux or BSD; follow the instructions and GO!

This above approach costs very little money and does not require an Internet connection to download software distributions. From there, you can go to a more network-centric download approach.

The second approach is to go out and get a beginners UNIX admin job; but you will do better if you have much experience with home servers running your own web site or mail site.

As for what you can do, you can do any server side application from web servers, file servers, mail servers, application servers, databases, test controllers, lab gear etc. You can also do graphical desktop applications; but Windows tends to outshine in that area.

Most businesses and people find that UNIX make the best back-end servers and Windows based systems make the best common-user desktop. Both have advantages and disadvantages.

For very sophisticated and complex graphical CAD programs and other visualization (not your typical work processors, spreadsheets, etc.) UNIX makes some very suburb systems!
Last edited by Neo; 05-27-2001 at 11:48 AM..
 

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asadmin-list-virtual-servers

asadmin-list-virtual-servers(1AS)				   User Commands				 asadmin-list-virtual-servers(1AS)

NAME

       asadmin-list-virtual-servers, list-virtual-servers - gets the virtual servers

SYNOPSIS

       list-virtual-servers --user admin_user [--password admin_password] [--host localhost] [--port 4848] [--secure|-s] [--passwordfile filename]
       [--terse=false] [--echo=false] [--interactive=true]

       Gets all the virtual server elements. This command is supported in remote mode only.

OPTIONS

       --user		       authorized domain application server administrative username.

       --password	       password to administer the domain application server.

       --host		       machine name where the domain application server is running.

       --port		       port number of the domain application server listening for administration requests.

       --secure 	       if true, uses SSL/TLS to communicate with the domain application server.

       --passwordfile	       file containing the domain application server password.

       --terse		       indicates that any output data must be very concise, typically avoiding human-friendly sentences and favoring well-
			       formatted data for consumption by a script. Default is false.

       --echo		       setting to true will echo the command line statement on the standard output. Default is false.

       --interactive	       if set to true (default), only the required password options are prompted.

       Example 1: Using list-virtual-servers

       asadmin> list-virtual-servers --user admin --password adminadmin
       --host localhost --port 4848
       Command list-virtual-servers executed successfully

EXIT STATUS

       0		       command executed successfully

       1		       error in executing the command

       asadmin-create-virtual-server(1AS), asadmin-delete-virtual-server(1AS)

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