=head1 NAME

vserver - controls and builds virtual servers

=head1 SYNOPSIS

vserver [options] vserver-name command [args]

=head1 DESCRIPTION

The vserver utility enables you to control different aspects of your
vservers, such as stopping and starting them, installing packages
inside the vservers, or building new vservers.

=head1 COMMANDS

Possible commands are:

B<start> [--nodeps] <start-vservers-opts>*
            starts the specified vserver

B<stop> [--nodeps] <start-vservers-opts>*
            stops the specified vserver

B<restart>     restarts the specified vserver; this is the subsequent
            execution of a synchronized 'stop' and a 'start'

B<condrestart> restarts the vserver when it is running already

B<suexec> <user> <shell-command> <args*>
            executes a command as the specified user in the vserver

B<exec> <shell-command> <args*>
            executes a command as root in the vserver

B<enter>       executes the configured shell in the vserver

B<chkconfig> <chkconfig-options*>
            modifies the init-system; currently, only Red Hat's
            chkconfig is supported

B<running>     succeeds iff the vserver is running

B<status>      gives out some human readable status information about
            the vserver, and succeeds iff the vserver is running

B<build> <buildopts>*
            builds a new vserver from scratch (please refer to
            B<vserver-build>(8) for details)

B<unify> [-R]  (de)unify vserver
		
B<pkg install> <pkg>
            installs package(s) in the vserver
		
B<apt-get>,B<apt-config>,B<apt-cache> <apt-opts>*
            execute the apt-* command for the given vserver

B<rpm> <rpm-opts>*
            execute the rpm command for the given vserver

B<pkgmgmt externalize|internalize> [-y]
            externalize or internalize the package-management for 
            the given vserver. 'Externalize' means that package
            metadata and management tools (apt-get,rpm) are living
            in the host, while 'internalize' means that data and
            programs from the vserver will be used.

B<unify> <vunify-opts>*
            unify the vserver with its reference vserver(s).
		    
=head1 OPTIONS

B<--help>
    show help

B<-s | --sync>
    start/stop vserver synchronously

B<-v | --verbose>
    detailed output

B<--silent>
    cuts most informative messages

=head1 FILES

I</etc/vservers/.default/>
    default configuration common to all vservers

I</etc/vservers/*/>
    separate configuration subdirectory for each vserver

I</var/lib/vservers>
    default location of vservers

=head1 SEE ALSO

B<vserver-build>(8), B<vserver-copy>(8), B<vserver-stat>(8),
B<vtop>(8), B<vps>(8), B<vpstree>(8),
B<chcontext>(8), B<chbind>(8), B<reducecap>(8)

=head1 BUGS

Please report bugs to enrico.scholz@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de
 
=head1 AUTHORS

manual page written by Daniel Hermann <hermann@tkm.uni-karlsruhe.de>
using output of "vserver --help"