nosh Guide

This is a guide to the nosh package. You can find reference documentation in the package itself. Each command has a manual page, accessible through the normal man or info commands.

• Introduction
• Interfaces that you are used to
• Interfaces that are new
• Cheatsheets:
  • Service management cheatsheet
  • Chain loading cheatsheet
  • Logging cheatsheet
• Command and tool list
• Anatomy …
  • … of a typical service
  • … of a typical TCP service
  • … of a typical target
  • … of a typical sysinit service
• Creating bundles
  • … working from old rc scripts
• External formats
  • Converting systemd units
  • /etc/fstab conversion
  • /etc/rc.conf conversion
    • rc.conf amalgamation
  • enabling/disabling login services with /etc/ttys
  • Converting jails
  • stuff converted for each user
    • system-level services for each user
    • user-level services for each user
    • demand starting user-level Desktop Bus services
  • Conversion notes:
  • uschedule
• Startup and shutdown
  • … where system manager is in charge
  • Emergency and rescue startup modes
  • Compatible old-style startup
• Constraining services
  • … with resource limits
  • … with jails
• Mounting filesystems
• Networking
• Logging
  • Logging services and plumbing
  • Log post-processing
  • Beyond cyclog
  • Security of logging
  • Handling old log mechanisms
• Timestamps
• Terminals
• Virtual terminal login
• Kernel virtual terminals
• User-space virtual terminals
• Terminal resources
• Real terminal login
• Gazetteer
• Packages and Ports
• Troubleshooting
• Service notes:
• appcafe
• dnscache, tinydns, and axfrdns
• linux-lockfiles
• polkitd
• uhidd
• urxvtd
• head0