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OpenBSD Man-pages reading list

Post install

  • afterboot(8)

  • syspatch(8)

  • security(8)

  • intro(8)

  • passwd(8)

  • date(1)

  • ntpd(8)

  • myname

  • mygate

  • hostname(1)

  • netstart(1)

  • ifconfig(8)

  • resolv.conf

  • newaliases

  • kbd(8)

Booting openBSD

  • init(8)

  • rc.conf(8)

  • rc.conf.local(8)

  • rc(8)

  • rcctl(8)

  • rc.d(8)

  • rc.subr(8)

  • reboot(8)

  • halt(8)

User management

  • user(8)

  • useradd(8)

  • userdel(8)

  • userinfo(8)

  • usermod(8)

  • group(8)

  • groupadd(8)

  • groupdel(8)

  • groupinfo(8)

  • groupmod(8)

  • groups(1)

  • vipw(8)

  • encrypt(1)

  • shells(5)

  • login(1)

  • nologin(8)

  • login.conf(5)

  • login(1)

  • id(1)

Root

  • su(1)
  • doas(1)

Disks and filesystems

  • fdisk
  • disklabel(8)
  • newfs(8)
  • mount(8)
  • fsck(8)
  • du(1)
  • df(1)

Securing OpenBSD

  • chflags(1)
  • ls(1)
  • securelevel(7)
  • man sysctl(8)
  • chmod(1)

Software management

  • pkg-config(1)

  • pkg_add(1)

  • pkg_create(1)

  • pkg_delete(1)

  • pkg_info(1)

  • pkg_mklocatedb(1)

  • pkg_sign(1)

  • make(1)

System maintenance

  • daily(8)
  • security(8)
  • syslogd(8)
  • syslogc(8)
  • logger(1)
  • cron(8)

Network Servers

  • sshd(8)
  • sshd_config(5)
  • smtpd(8) - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol daemon
  • smtpd.conf(5) - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol daemon configuration file
  • aliases(5) - aliases file for smtpd
  • table(5) - format description for smtpd tables
  • makemap(8) - create database maps for smtpd
  • sendmail(8) - a mail enqueuer for smtpd 8
  • inetd(8)
  • dhcpd(8) - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server
  • dhcpd.conf(5) - DHCP server configuration file
  • dhcpd.leases(5) - DHCP server lease database

Packet filtering

  • pf.conf(5)
  • pfctl(8)
  • pflogd(8)
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