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Old 08-06-2008
autonom.us aims to be think-tank on network service software licensing issues
08-06-2008 11:00 AM
Network services are one of the fastest growing areas in modern software. However, while network services have much of the convenience of free software, only a minority are available under a free license. In fact, it was only last November that the Free Software Foundation (FSF) released the GNU Affero General Public License for network services. Under these conditions, last week's announcement of the formation of autonom.us, a new activist group "to focus on issues of software freedom in network services," seems overdue. The group's immediate plans are still evolving, but currently, its main goal -- so far as it has one yet -- seems to be as a policy discussion and advocacy group.



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rcinet

rcinet(8)						      System Manager's Manual							 rcinet(8)

NAME

       rcinet - Restarts, starts, or stops Internet network services on the system

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/rcinet option

OPTIONS

       You  must specify one of the following options with the rcinet command: Restarts the network on the system.  Starts the network on the sys-
       tem.  Stops the network on the system.

       You can restrict the restart, start, or stop operation to either IPv4 or IPv6 networks by specifying inet or inet6,  respectively,  as  the
       second parameter.  By default, the script assumes both IPv4 and IPv6.

DESCRIPTION

       The  rcinet  script allows system administrators to restart, start, or stop the Internet network services on the system while it is running
       in multiuser mode by using one of the options.

RESTRICTIONS

       Superuser privilege is required.

       Warn users that the system is being removed from the network.

       File systems that were not mounted using the /etc/fstab file or the automount command must be unmounted with the umount command.  You  must
       remount these file systems using the mount command after the network is started on your system.

ERRORS

       The rcinet script prints an error message to stderr if the network is not configured on the system.

FILES

       The network shell scripts are located in /sbin/init.d with symbolic links in /sbin/rc0.d and /sbin/rc3.d.

SEE ALSO

       Commands: mount(8)

       Network Administration

																	 rcinet(8)