KTU FOSS LAB - Dr Binu V P

chfn change the info displayed about you when you are fingered finger userID displays login information about the userID indicated ftp host FTP client for connecting to host ifconfig display & configure network interface (like ipconfig) ip address - get all the ip details hostname -I    will get ip address of your machine host ip/name performs DNS lookup on IP or name ifup devicename activates devicename (usually primary NIC card: eth0) ifdown devicename deactivates devicename (usually primary NIC card: eth0) lynx text based WWW browser. q exits the program mesg option sets your account to accept a talk requests ( y or n ). See talk netstat prints various network information (try netstat --inet -a) nslookup ip/name resolves the name (if IP is entered) or IP (if name is entered) ping host sends ping packet (ICMP echo request) to host quota displays disk usage and limits route show and manipulate IP routing tables. No switch shows info. talk u...