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ac(8) -- connect time accounting
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If the file /var/log/wtmp exists, a record of individual login and logout times are written to it by login(1) and init(8), respectively. ac examines these records and writes the accumulated connect ti... |
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accton(8) -- enable/disable system accounting
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With an argument naming an existing file, accton causes system accounting information for every process executed to be placed at the end of the file. If no argument is given, accounting is turned off. |
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activadm(8) -- manage the ActivCard, CRYPTOCard and
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The tokenadm utility displays and edits user entries in the various token databases. It may also be invoked as one the following: activadm, cryptoadm, or snkadm. The options are as follows: -1 Display... |
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activinit(8) -- modify or add user in ActivCard, CRYPTOCard,
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The tokeninit utility may also be invoked by one of the following names: activinit, cryptoinit, or snkinit. Depending on the name it was invoked as, it will initialize the system information to allow ... |
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adduser(8) -- add and delete users from the system
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The adduser program adds new users to the system. The rmuser program removes users from the system. When not passed any arguments, both utilities operate in interactive mode and prompt for any require... |
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afsd(8) -- AFS cache manager
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afsd runs on AFS client machines. It is used to manage the file cache, fetch files from AFS servers, handle callbacks and manage the authentication information for users. In normal cases afsd will be ... |
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afterboot(8) -- things to check after the first complete boot
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Starting Out This document attempts to list items for the system administrator to check and set up after the installation and first complete boot of the system. The idea is to create a list of items t... |
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amd(8) -- automatically mount file systems
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amd is a daemon that automatically mounts filesystems whenever a file or directory within that filesystem is accessed. Filesystems are automatically unmounted when they appear to be quiescent. amd ope... |
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amq(8) -- automounter query tool
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amq provides a simple way of determining the current state of the amd(8) program. Communication is by RPC. Three modes of operation are supported by the current protocol. By default a list of mount po... |
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ancontrol(8) -- configure Aironet 4500/4800 devices
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The ancontrol command controls the operation of Aironet wireless networking devices via the an(4) driver. Most of the parameters that can be changed relate to the IEEE 802.11 protocol which the Airone... |
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apachectl(8) -- Apache HTTP server control interface
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apachectl is a front end to the Apache HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server. It is designed to help the administrator control the functioning of the Apache httpd daemon. NOTE: If your Apache inst... |
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macppc/apm(8) -- Advanced Power Management control program
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apm communicates with the Advanced Power Management daemon, apmd(8), making requests of it for current power status or to place the system into a suspend or stand-by state. With no flags, apm displays... |
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i386/apm(8) -- Advanced Power Management control program
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apm communicates with the Advanced Power Management daemon, apmd(8), making requests of it for current power status or to place the system into a suspend or stand-by state. With no flags, apm displays... |
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macppc/apmd(8) -- Advanced Power Management monitor daemon
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apmd monitors the advanced power management (APM) pseudo-device, acting on signaled events and upon user requests as sent by the apm(8) program. For suspend and standby request events delivered by the... |
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i386/apmd(8) -- Advanced Power Management monitor daemon
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apmd monitors the advanced power management (APM) pseudo-device, acting on signaled events and upon user requests as sent by the apm(8) program. For suspend and standby request events delivered by the... |
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apxs(8) -- APache eXtenSion tool
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apxs is a tool for building and installing extension modules for the Apache HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server. This is achieved by building a Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) from one or more sourc... |
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arp(8) -- address resolution display and control
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The arp program displays and modifies the Internet-to-Ethernet address translation tables used by the address resolution protocol (arp(4)). With no flags, the program displays the current ARP entry fo... |
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atactl(8) -- a program to manipulate ATA (IDE) devices
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atactl allows a user or system administrator to issue commands to and otherwise control devices which reside on standard IDE and ATA controllers. It is used by specifying a device to manipulate, the c... |
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authpf(8) -- authenticating gateway user shell
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authpf is a user shell for authenticating gateways. It is used to change pf(4) rules when a user authenticates and starts a session with sshd(8) and to undo these changes when the user's session exit... |
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i386/bad144(8) -- read/write DEC standard 144 bad sector information
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bad144 can be used to inspect the information stored on a disk that is used by the disk drivers to implement bad sector forwarding. The options are as follows: -a The argument list consists of new bad... |
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badsect(8) -- create files to contain bad sectors
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badsect makes a file to contain a bad sector. Normally, bad sectors are made inaccessible by the standard formatter, which provides a forwarding table for bad sectors to the driver; see bad144(8) for ... |
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bgpctl(8) -- control the Border Gateway Protocol daemon
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The bgpctl program controls the bgpd(8) daemon. Commands to switch between displays may be abbreviated to the minimum unambiguous prefix; for example, s s for show summary. The commands are as follows... |
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bgpd(8) -- Border Gateway Protocol daemon
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bgpd is a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) daemon which manages the network routing tables. Its main purpose is to exchange information concerning "network reachability" with other BGP systems. bgpd us... |
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i386/biosboot(8) -- i386-specific first-stage system bootstrap
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This small program (roughly 512 bytes of code) is responsible for loading the second-stage boot(8) program (typically /boot), which in turn will load the kernel. biosboot must be installed by installb... |
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amd64/biosboot(8) -- amd64-specific first-stage system bootstrap
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This small program (roughly 512 bytes of code) is responsible for loading the second-stage boot(8) program (typically /boot), which in turn will load the kernel. biosboot must be installed by installb... |
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i386/boot(8) -- i386-specific second-stage bootstrap
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The main purpose of this program is to load the system kernel while dealing with the downfalls of the PC BIOS architecture. As described in boot_i386(8), this program is loaded by the biosboot(8) prim... |
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amd64/boot(8) -- amd64-specific second-stage bootstrap
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The main purpose of this program is to load the system kernel while dealing with the downfalls of the PC BIOS architecture. As described in boot_amd64(8), this program is loaded by the biosboot(8) pri... |
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hppa/boot(8) -- hppa-specific bootstrap
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The main purpose of this program is to load the system kernel while dealing with the various features of the PA-RISC hardware. As described in boot_hppa(8), this program is loaded by the PDC firmware ... |
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i386/boot.conf(8) -- i386-specific second-stage bootstrap
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The main purpose of this program is to load the system kernel while dealing with the downfalls of the PC BIOS architecture. As described in boot_i386(8), this program is loaded by the biosboot(8) prim... |
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amd64/boot.conf(8) -- amd64-specific second-stage bootstrap
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The main purpose of this program is to load the system kernel while dealing with the downfalls of the PC BIOS architecture. As described in boot_amd64(8), this program is loaded by the biosboot(8) pri... |
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hppa/boot.conf(8) -- hppa-specific bootstrap
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The main purpose of this program is to load the system kernel while dealing with the various features of the PA-RISC hardware. As described in boot_hppa(8), this program is loaded by the PDC firmware ... |
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bootparamd(8) -- boot parameter server
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bootparamd is a server process that provides information to diskless clients necessary for booting. It consults the file /etc/bootparams. It should normally be started from /etc/rc. This version will ... |
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alpha/boot_alpha(8) -- Alpha system bootstrapping procedures
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Cold starts When powered on, the SRM firmware will proceed to its initialization, and will boot an operating system if the auto_action variable is set to ``boot'' or ``restart'', or will wait for ... |
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amd64/boot_amd64(8) -- amd64 system bootstrapping procedures
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Cold starts The Athlon64 computers and clones will perform a POST (Power On Self Test) upon being booted cold. This test will find and initialize memory, keyboard, and other devices. It will search fo... |
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cats/boot_cats(8) -- CATS system bootstrapping procedures
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System startup When powered on, after a panic, or if the system is rebooted via reboot(8) or shutdown(8), the Cyclone or ABLE firmware will proceed to its initialization, and will try to boot an opera... |
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boot_config(8) -- how to change kernel configuration at boot
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BOOT_CONFIG is a kernel option that makes it possible to change the configuration at boot time. The same interface is available from userland, using the -e argument to config(8). The boot time configu... |
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hp300/boot_hp300(8) -- hp300 system bootstrapping procedures
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Cold starts When powered on, the hp300 firmware will proceed to its initialization, and will boot an operating system from the first bootable device found. By pressing the ``enter'' key during the i... |
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hppa/boot_hppa(8) -- hppa system bootstrapping procedures
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System starts When powered on, after a panic, or if the system is rebooted via reboot(8) or shutdown(8), the hppa firmware (``PDC'') will proceed to its initialization, and will boot an operating sy... |
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i386/boot_i386(8) -- i386 system bootstrapping procedures
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Cold starts The PC AT clones will perform a POST (Power On Self Test) upon being booted cold. This test will find and initialize memory, keyboard, and other devices. It will search for and initialize ... |
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luna88k/boot_luna88k(8) -- luna88k system bootstrapping procedures
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Boot process description When powered on, or after a system reboot, the luna88k ROM monitor will proceed to its initialization, and will boot the operating system configured in nvram if autoboot is en... |
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mac68k/boot_mac68k(8) -- mac68k-specific system bootstrapping procedures
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Power fail and crash recovery Normally, the OpenBSD kernel on the mac68k architecture is booted from the native operating system by means of an application program. When the kernel takes over, it init... |
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macppc/boot_macppc(8) -- macppc system bootstrapping procedures
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System startup When powered on, after a panic, or if the system is rebooted via reboot(8) or shutdown(8), the Open Firmware will proceed to its initialization, and will boot an operating system if the... |
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mvme68k/boot_mvme68k(8) -- mvme68k system bootstrapping procedures
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Cold starts When powered on, the mvme68k BUG firmware will proceed to its initialization, and will boot an operating system if autoboot is enabled. By sending a ``break'' to the serial line during t... |
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mvme88k/boot_mvme88k(8) -- mvme88k system bootstrapping procedures
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Cold starts When powered on, the mvme88k BUG firmware will proceed to its initialization, and will boot an operating system if autoboot is enabled. By sending a ``break'' to the serial line during t... |
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sparc/boot_sparc(8) -- sparc system bootstrapping procedures
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System starts When powered on, after a panic, or if the system is rebooted via reboot(8) or shutdown(8), the PROM will proceed to its initialization, and will boot an operating system if autoboot is e... |
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sparc64/boot_sparc64(8) -- sparc64 system bootstrapping procedures
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System starts When powered on, after a panic, or if the system is rebooted via reboot(8) or shutdown(8), the PROM will proceed to its initialization, and will boot an operating system if autoboot is e... |
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vax/boot_vax(8) -- vax-specific system bootstrapping procedures
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Power fail and crash recovery Normally, the system will reboot itself at power-up or after crashes. Provided the auto-restart is enabled on the machine's front panel, an automatic consistency check o... |
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bos(8) -- is the client part of the Basic Overseer Daemon AFS server processes.
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The bos utility is the client part of the Basic overseer daemon that manage AFS server processes. Most bos commands accept the following general arguments: [-cell cellname] Specifies which AFS cell to... |
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brconfig(8) -- manipulate bridge interfaces
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The brconfig utility retrieves kernel state of bridge interfaces and allows user control of these bridges. Bridge devices create a logical link between two or more Ethernet interfaces or encapsulation... |
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ccdconfig(8) -- configuration utility for the concatenated disk driver
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ccdconfig is used to dynamically configure and unconfigure concatenated disk devices, or ccds. For more information about the ccd, see ccd(4). The options are as follows: -c Configure a ccd. This is t... |
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i386/cdboot(8) -- i386-specific second-stage CD-specific bootstrap
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cdboot is a modified version of the i386 second-stage bootstrap program, boot(8), configured to be run by the OpenBSD El Torito CDROM boot sector cdbr. cdboot will look for an /etc/boot.conf configura... |
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amd64/cdboot(8) -- amd64-specific second-stage CD-specific bootstrap
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cdboot is a modified version of the amd64 second-stage bootstrap program, boot(8), configured to be run by the OpenBSD El Torito CDROM boot sector cdbr. cdboot will look for an /etc/boot.conf configur... |
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certpatch(8) -- add subjectAltName identities to X.509 certificates
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certpatch alters PEM-encoded X.509 certificates by adding a subjectAltName extension containing an identity used by the signaturebased authentication schemes of the ISAKMP protocol. After the addition... |
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chat(8) -- automated conversational script with a modem
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The chat program defines a conversational exchange between the computer and the modem. Its primary purpose is to establish a connection between the Point-to-Point Protocol Daemon (pppd(8)) and the rem... |
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chown(8) -- change file owner and group
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chown sets the user ID and/or the group ID of the specified files. The options are as follows: -H If the -R option is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed. (Symbolic links encoun... |
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chroot(8) -- change root directory
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The chroot command changes its root directory to the supplied directory newroot and executes command, if supplied, or an interactive copy of the user's shell. The chroot command is restricted to the ... |
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clri(8) -- clear inodes
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clri is obsoleted for normal file system repair work by fsck(8). clri zeros out the inodes with the specified inode numbers on the filesystem residing on the given special_device. The fsck(8) utility ... |
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compat_aout(8) -- setup for running a.out OpenBSD binaries on ELF systems
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OpenBSD supports running legacy a.out binaries. This only applies to i386 systems for now. Most programs should work. The a.out compatibility feature is active for kernels compiled with the COMPAT_AOU... |
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compat_bsdos(8) -- setup for running BSDI binaries under emulation
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OpenBSD supports the execution of BSDI binaries; most binaries should work, at least from the BSDI 2.1 era. Some things that are not currently supported are proprietary extensions made to the BSDI ker... |
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compat_freebsd(8) -- setup for running FreeBSD binaries under emulation
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OpenBSD supports running FreeBSD binaries. Most binaries should work, except for programs that use FreeBSD-specific features. These include i386-specific calls, such as syscons utilities and audio dev... |
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compat_hpux(8) -- setup for running HP-UX binaries under emulation
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OpenBSD supports running HP-UX binaries. This applies only to m68k systems (such as hp300 systems). Most programs should work, such as Matlab 4.2c and the HP-UX X11R5 server. Programs that will not wo... |
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compat_ibcs2(8) -- setup for running iBCS2 binaries under emulation
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OpenBSD supports running Intel Binary Compatibility Standard 2 (iBCS2) binaries. This only applies to i386 systems for now. Binaries are supported from SCO UNIX and other systems derived from UNIX Sys... |
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compat_linux(8) -- setup for running Linux binaries under emulation
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OpenBSD supports running Linux binaries. This only applies to i386 systems for now. Both the a.out and ELF binary formats are supported. Most programs should work, including the ones that use the Linu... |
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compat_osf1(8) -- setup for running OSF/1 binaries under emulation
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OpenBSD supports running OSF/1 (a.k.a Digital UNIX, a.k.a. Tru64) binaries on alpha systems. Most programs should work, including the ones that use the shared object libraries. Programs that make dire... |
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compat_sunos(8) -- setup for running SunOS binaries under emulation
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OpenBSD/sparc and some of the OpenBSD/m68k architectures can run SunOS executables. Most executables will work. The SunOS compatibility feature is active for kernels compiled with the COMPAT_SUNOS opt... |
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compat_svr4(8) -- setup for running SVR4/iBCS2 binaries under emulation
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OpenBSD supports running SVR4/iBCS2 binaries. This code has been tested on i386 and sparc systems. Most programs should work, but not ones that use or depend on: kernel internal data structures the /p... |
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compat_ultrix(8) -- setup for running Ultrix binaries under emulation
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OpenBSD/mips and OpenBSD/vax architectures can run RISC ULTRIX and Vax ULTRIX executables, respectively. However, the user is responsible for the legal issues of ensuring that they have a right to use... |
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comsat(8) -- biff server
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comsat is the server process which receives reports of incoming mail and notifies users if they have requested this service. comsat receives messages on a datagram port associated with the ``biff'' ... |
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config(8) -- build kernel compilation directories or modify a kernel
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In the first synopsis form, the config program creates a kernel build directory from the kernel configuration file specified by config-file. In the second synopsis form, config allows editing of the k... |
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crash(8) -- system failure and diagnosis
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This section explains what happens when the system crashes and (very briefly) how to analyze crash dumps. When the system crashes voluntarily it prints a message of the form panic: why i gave up the g... |
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cron(8) -- clock daemon
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The cron daemon schedules commands to be run at specified dates and times. Commands that are to be run periodically are specified within crontab(5) files. Commands that are only to be run once are sch... |
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cryptoadm(8) -- manage the ActivCard, CRYPTOCard and
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The tokenadm utility displays and edits user entries in the various token databases. It may also be invoked as one the following: activadm, cryptoadm, or snkadm. The options are as follows: -1 Display... |
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cryptoinit(8) -- modify or add user in ActivCard, CRYPTOCard,
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The tokeninit utility may also be invoked by one of the following names: activinit, cryptoinit, or snkinit. Depending on the name it was invoked as, it will initialize the system information to allow ... |
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cvsbug(8) -- send problem report (PR) about CVS to a central support site
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cvsbug is a tool used to submit problem reports (PRs) to a central support site. In most cases the correct site will be the default. This argument indicates the support site which is responsible for t... |
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daily(8) -- periodic system maintenance
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The three files /etc/daily, /etc/weekly, and /etc/monthly are shell scripts run on a periodic basis by the clock daemon, cron(8). They take care of some basic administrative tasks. The results are mai... |
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dev_mkdb(8) -- create /dev database
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The dev_mkdb command creates a db(3) hash access method database in ``/var/run/dev.db'' which contains the names of all of the character and block special files in the ``/dev'' directory, using th... |
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dhclient(8) -- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Client
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The dhclient utility provides a means for configuring network interfaces using DHCP, BOOTP, or if these protocols fail, by statically assigning an address. The name of the network interface that dhcli... |
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dhclient-script(8) -- DHCP client network configuration script
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The DHCP client network configuration script is invoked from time to time by dhclient(8). This script is used by the DHCP client to set each interface's initial configuration prior to requesting an a... |
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dhcp(8) -- configuring OpenBSD for DHCP
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The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) allows hosts on a TCP/IP network to configure one or more network interfaces based on information collected from a DHCP server in response to a DHCP requ... |
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dhcpd(8) -- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Server
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The Internet Software Consortium DHCP Server, dhcpd, implements the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and the Internet Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP). DHCP allows hosts on a TCP/IP network to req... |
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dhcrelay(8) -- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Relay Agent
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The dhcrelay utility provides a means for relaying DHCP and BOOTP requests from a subnet to which no DHCP server is directly connected to one or more DHCP servers on other subnets. dhcrelay listens fo... |
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disklabel(8) -- read and write disk pack label
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The disklabel utility can be used to install, examine, or modify the label on a disk drive or pack. The disk label contains information about disk characteristics (size, type, etc.) and the partition ... |
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diskless(8) -- booting a system over the network
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The ability to boot a machine over the network is useful for diskless or dataless machines, or as a temporary measure while repairing or re-installing filesystems on a local disk. This file provides a... |
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dmesg(8) -- display the system message buffer
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dmesg displays the contents of the system message buffer. It is most commonly used to review system startup messages. The options are as follows: -M core Extract values associated with the name list f... |
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dump(8) -- filesystem backup
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dump examines files on a filesystem and determines which files need to be backed up. These files are copied to the given disk, tape or other storage medium for safe keeping (see the -f option below fo... |
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dumpfs(8) -- dump file system information
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dumpfs prints out the super block and cylinder group information for the file system or special device specified. The listing is very long and detailed. dumpfs is useful mostly for finding out certain... |
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editmap(8) -- query and edit records in database maps for sendmail
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editmap queries or edits one record in database maps used by the keyed map lookups in sendmail(8). Arguments are passed on the command line and output (for queries) is directed to standard output. Dep... |
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edquota(8) -- edit user quotas
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edquota is a quota editor. By default, or if the -u flag is specified, one or more users may be specified on the command line. If a numeric ID is given instead of a name, that UID/GID will be used eve... |
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sparc/eeprom(8) -- display or modify contents of the EEPROM or OpenPROM
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eeprom provides an interface for displaying and changing the contents of the EEPROM or OpenPROM. Without any arguments, eeprom will list all of the known fields and their corresponding values. When gi... |
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sparc64/eeprom(8) -- display or modify contents of the EEPROM or OpenPROM
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eeprom provides an interface for displaying and changing the contents of the EEPROM or OpenPROM. Without any arguments, eeprom will list all of the known fields and their corresponding values. When gi... |
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extattrctl(8) -- manage FFS extended attributes
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extattrctl is the management utility for extended attributes over the FFS file system. extattrctl allows the starting and stopping of extended attributes on a file system, as well as initialization of... |
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faithd(8) -- FAITH IPv6/v4 translator daemon
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faithd provides an IPv6-to-IPv4 TCP relay. faithd must be used on an IPv4/v6 dual stack router. When faithd receives TCPv6 traffic, faithd will relay the TCPv6 traffic to TCPv4. The destination for th... |
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faq(8) -- things to check after the first complete boot
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Starting Out This document attempts to list items for the system administrator to check and set up after the installation and first complete boot of the system. The idea is to create a list of items t... |
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macppc/fdisk(8) -- DOS partition maintenance program
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In order for the BIOS to boot the kernel, certain conventions must be adhered to. Sector 0 of a bootable hard disk must contain boot code, an MBR partition table, and a magic number (0xAA55). These MB... |
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alpha/fdisk(8) -- DOS partition maintenance program
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In order for the BIOS to boot the kernel, certain conventions must be adhered to. Sector 0 of a bootable hard disk must contain boot code, an MBR partition table, and a magic number (0xAA55). These MB... |
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cats/fdisk(8) -- DOS partition maintenance program
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In order for the BIOS to boot the kernel, certain conventions must be adhered to. Sector 0 of a bootable hard disk must contain boot code, an MBR partition table, and a magic number (0xAA55). These MB... |
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i386/fdisk(8) -- DOS partition maintenance program
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In order for the BIOS to boot the kernel, certain conventions must be adhered to. Sector 0 of a bootable hard disk must contain boot code, an MBR partition table, and a magic number (0xAA55). These MB... |
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amd64/fdisk(8) -- DOS partition maintenance program
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In order for the BIOS to boot the kernel, certain conventions must be adhered to. Sector 0 of a bootable hard disk must contain boot code, an MBR partition table, and a magic number (0xAA55). These MB... |
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fingerd(8) -- remote user information server
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fingerd is a simple protocol based on RFC 1288 that provides an interface to the Name and Finger programs at several network sites. The program is supposed to return a friendly, human-oriented status ... |
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vax/format(8) -- how to format disk packs
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There are two ways to format disk packs. The simplest is to use the format program. The alternative is to use the DEC standard formatting software which operates under the DEC diagnostic supervisor. T... |
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fsck(8) -- filesystem consistency check and interactive repair
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The fsck command invokes filesystem-specific programs to check the special devices listed in the fstab(5) file or on the command line for consistency. The options are as follows: -d Debugging mode. Ju... |
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fsck_ext2fs(8) -- Second Extended File System consistency check and interactive repair
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fsck_ext2fs performs interactive filesystem consistency checks and repair for each of the filesystems specified on the command line. It is normally invoked from fsck(8). The kernel takes care that onl... |
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fsck_ffs(8) -- Fast File System consistency check and interactive repair
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The first form of fsck_ffs preens a standard set of filesystems or the specified filesystems. It is normally used in the script /etc/rc during automatic reboot. Here fsck_ffs reads the table /etc/fsta... |
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fsck_msdos(8) -- DOS/Windows (FAT) filesystem consistency checker
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The fsck_msdos utility verifies and repairs FAT filesystems (more commonly known as DOS filesystems). The first form of fsck_msdos preens the specified filesystems. It is normally started by fsck(8) r... |
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fsdb(8) -- FFS debugging/editing tool
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fsdb opens fsname (usually a raw disk partition) and runs a command loop allowing manipulation of the file system's inode data. You are prompted to enter a command with fsdb (inum X)> where X is the ... |
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fsirand(8) -- randomize inode generation numbers
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The fsirand command installs random generation numbers on all the inodes for each filesystem specified on the command line by special. This increases the security of NFS-exported filesystems by making... |
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ftp-proxy(8) -- Internet File Transfer Protocol proxy server
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ftp-proxy is a proxy for the Internet File Transfer Protocol. The proxy uses pf(4) and expects to have the FTP control connection as described in services(5) redirected to it via a pf(4) rdr command. ... |
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ftpd(8) -- Internet File Transfer Protocol server
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ftpd is the Internet File Transfer Protocol server process. The server uses the TCP protocol and listens at the port specified in the ``ftp'' service specification; see services(5). The options are ... |
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genassym.sh(8) -- emit an assym.h file
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genassym.sh is a shell script normally used during the kernel build process to create an assym.h file. This file defines a number of cpp constants derived from the configuration information genassym.s... |
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getencstat(8) -- get SCSI Environmental Services Device enclosure status
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getencstat gets summary and detailed SCSI Environmental Services (or SAFTE) device enclosure status. The overall status is printed out. If the overall status is considered okay, nothing else is printe... |
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getextattr(8) -- retrieve a named extended attribute
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getextattr is a user tool to retrieve a named extended attribute on a file or directory. The attrnamespace argument should be the namespace of the attribute to retrieve: legal values are "user" and ... |
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getNAME(8) -- get NAME sections from manual source for whatis/apropos data base
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The getNAME program looks inside manual sources to retrieve the NAME section of the manual page. It can be used to create a table of contents, report the style of manual, or to create an introduction ... |
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getty(8) -- set terminal mode
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The getty program is called by init(8) to open and initialize the tty line, read a login name, and invoke login(1). The argument tty is the special device file in /dev to open for the terminal (for ex... |
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i386/gpioctl(8) -- control GPIO devices
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The gpioctl program allows manipulation of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) device pins. Such devices can be either part of the chipset or embedded CPU, or a separate chip. The usual way of using G... |
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group(8) -- manage group information on the system
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The group utility acts as a frontend to the groupadd(8), groupmod(8), groupinfo(8), and groupdel(8) commands. For a full explanation of the options, please see the relevant manual page. The group util... |
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groupadd(8) -- add a group to the system
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The groupadd utility adds a group to the system. The options are as follows: -g gid gives the numeric group identifier to be used for the new group. -o allow the new group to have a GID which is alrea... |
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groupdel(8) -- remove a group from the system
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The groupdel utility removes a group from the system. The options are as follows: -v enables verbose mode - explain the commands as they are executed. The groupdel utility exits 0 on success, and >0 i... |
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groupinfo(8) -- displays group information
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The groupinfo utility retrieves the group information from the system. The following command line options are recognised: -e return 0 if the group exists, and non-zero if the group does not exist, on ... |
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groupmod(8) -- modify an existing group on the system
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The groupmod utility modifies an existing group. The options are as follows: -g gid gives the numeric group identifier to be used for the new group. -n newname gives the new name which the group shall... |
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growfs(8) -- grow size of an existing ffs file system
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The growfs utility extends the newfs(8) program. Before starting growfs, the partition must be set to a larger size using disklabel(8). The growfs utility extends the size of the file system on the sp... |
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halt(8) -- stopping and restarting the system
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The halt and reboot utilities flush the file system cache to disk, run the system shutdown script, send all running processes a SIGTERM (and subsequently a SIGKILL), and, respectively, halt or restart... |
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hp300/hilinfo(8) -- provides information on HIL devices
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hilinfo prints information about the device list. The options are as follows: -a For each device, display the type and the complete hil information bitstring. -t For each device, display the type. If ... |
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macppc/hotplugd(8) -- devices hot plugging monitor daemon
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The hotplugd daemon monitors the hotplug(4) pseudo-device, acting on signaled events by executing the scripts in the /etc/hotplug directory. By default it uses the /dev/hotplug device for reading even... |
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alpha/hotplugd(8) -- devices hot plugging monitor daemon
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The hotplugd daemon monitors the hotplug(4) pseudo-device, acting on signaled events by executing the scripts in the /etc/hotplug directory. By default it uses the /dev/hotplug device for reading even... |
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i386/hotplugd(8) -- devices hot plugging monitor daemon
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The hotplugd daemon monitors the hotplug(4) pseudo-device, acting on signaled events by executing the scripts in the /etc/hotplug directory. By default it uses the /dev/hotplug device for reading even... |
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amd64/hotplugd(8) -- devices hot plugging monitor daemon
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The hotplugd daemon monitors the hotplug(4) pseudo-device, acting on signaled events by executing the scripts in the /etc/hotplug directory. By default it uses the /dev/hotplug device for reading even... |
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sparc64/hotplugd(8) -- devices hot plugging monitor daemon
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The hotplugd daemon monitors the hotplug(4) pseudo-device, acting on signaled events by executing the scripts in the /etc/hotplug directory. By default it uses the /dev/hotplug device for reading even... |
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hprop(8) -- propagate the KDC database
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hprop takes a principal database in a specified format and converts it into a stream of Heimdal database records. This stream can either be written to standard out, or (more commonly) be propagated to... |
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hpropd(8) -- receive a propagated database
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hpropd receives a database sent by hprop. and writes it as a local database. By default, hpropd expects to be started from inetd if stdin is a socket and expects to receive the dumped database over st... |
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httpd(8) -- Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol Server
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httpd is the Apache HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server program. It is designed to be run as a stand-alone daemon process. When used like this it will create a pool of child processes to handle ... |
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identd(8) -- TCP/IP IDENT protocol server
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identd is a server which implements the TCP/IP proposed standard IDENT user identification protocol as specified in the RFC 1413 document. identd operates by looking up specific TCP/IP connections and... |
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ifconfig(8) -- configure network interface parameters
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The ifconfig utility is used to assign an address to a network interface and/or configure network interface parameters. ifconfig must be used at boot-time to define the network address of each interfa... |
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inetd(8) -- internet ``super-server''
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inetd should be run at boot time by /etc/rc (see rc(8)). It then listens for connections on certain internet sockets. When a connection is found on one of its sockets, it decides what service the sock... |
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init(8) -- process control initialization
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The init program is the last stage of the boot process. It normally runs the automatic reboot sequence as described in reboot(8), and if this succeeds, begins multi-user operation. If the reboot scrip... |
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alpha/installboot(8) -- install disk bootstrap software
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The installboot utility prepares a disk for bootstrapping. The OpenBSD/alpha disk bootstrap software is split into two parts: a small first-stage boot program that is written into the disklabel area o... |
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i386/installboot(8) -- installs a bootstrap on an FFS disk or partition
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installboot is used to install a ``first-stage'' boot program into the boot area of an FFS disk partition. It inserts the block number and offset of the inode of the second-stage boot program boot(8... |
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amd64/installboot(8) -- installs a bootstrap on an FFS disk or partition
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installboot is used to install a ``first-stage'' boot program into the boot area of an FFS disk partition. It inserts the block number and offset of the inode of the second-stage boot program boot(8... |
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sparc/installboot(8) -- install a bootstrap on an FFS filesystem partition
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installboot prepares an FFS filesystem partition for bootstrapping from the PROM. The sparc bootblocks are split into two parts: a small firststage program that is written into the superblock area in ... |
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sparc64/installboot(8) -- install a bootstrap on an FFS filesystem partition
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installboot prepares an FFS filesystem partition for bootstrapping from the PROM. The sparc bootblocks are split into two parts: a small firststage program that is written into the superblock area in ... |
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mvme68k/installboot(8) -- install a bootstrap on an FFS disk
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installboot is used to install a "first-stage" boot program into the boot area of an FFS disk partition, and initialize the table of block numbers the bootxx program uses to load the second-stage bo... |
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mvme88k/installboot(8) -- install a bootstrap on an FFS disk
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installboot is used to install a "first-stage" boot program into the boot area of an FFS disk partition, and initialize the table of block numbers the bootxx program uses to load the second-stage bo... |
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intro(8) -- introduction to system maintenance and operation commands
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The manual pages in section 8 contain information related to system operation and maintenance. They describe commands used to create new file systems, newfs(8); verify the integrity of the file system... |
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iopctl(8) -- a program to control IOP devices
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The iopctl command can be used to interrogate and control I2O devices. The following options are available: -f ctldev Specify the control device to use. The default is /dev/iop0. The following command... |
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iostat(8) -- report I/O statistics
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iostat displays kernel I/O statistics on terminal, disk and CPU operations. By default, iostat displays one line of statistics averaged over the machine's run time. The use of -c presents successive ... |
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ipsecadm(8) -- interface to set up IPsec
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The ipsecadm utility sets up security associations in the kernel to be used with ipsec(4). It can be used to specify the encryption and authentication algorithms and key material for the network layer... |
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isakmpd(8) -- ISAKMP/Oakley a.k.a. IKE key management daemon
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The isakmpd daemon establishes security associations for encrypted and/or authenticated network traffic. At this moment, and probably forever, this means ipsec(4) traffic. The way isakmpd goes about i... |
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kadmin(8) -- Kerberos administration utility
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The kadmin program is used to make modifications to the Kerberos database, either remotely via the kadmind(8) daemon, or locally (with the -l option). Supported options: -p string, --principal=string ... |
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kadmind(8) -- server for administrative access to Kerberos database
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kadmind listens for requests for changes to the Kerberos database and performs these, subject to permissions. When starting, if stdin is a socket it assumes that it has been started by inetd(8), other... |
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macppc/kbd(8) -- set national keyboard translation
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kbd is used to change the keyboard encoding. The execution of kbd normally occurs in the system multi-user initialization file /etc/rc to set a national keyboard layout. If called as kbd -l, all avail... |
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sgi/kbd(8) -- set national keyboard translation
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kbd is used to change the keyboard encoding. The execution of kbd normally occurs in the system multi-user initialization file /etc/rc to set a national keyboard layout. If called as kbd -l, all avail... |
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alpha/kbd(8) -- set national keyboard translation
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kbd is used to change the keyboard encoding. The execution of kbd normally occurs in the system multi-user initialization file /etc/rc to set a national keyboard layout. If called as kbd -l, all avail... |
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vax/kbd(8) -- set national keyboard translation
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kbd is used to change the keyboard encoding. The execution of kbd normally occurs in the system multi-user initialization file /etc/rc to set a national keyboard layout. If called as kbd -l, all avail... |
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cats/kbd(8) -- set national keyboard translation
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kbd is used to change the keyboard encoding. The execution of kbd normally occurs in the system multi-user initialization file /etc/rc to set a national keyboard layout. If called as kbd -l, all avail... |
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i386/kbd(8) -- set national keyboard translation
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kbd is used to change the keyboard encoding. The execution of kbd normally occurs in the system multi-user initialization file /etc/rc to set a national keyboard layout. If called as kbd -l, all avail... |
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amd64/kbd(8) -- set national keyboard translation
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kbd is used to change the keyboard encoding. The execution of kbd normally occurs in the system multi-user initialization file /etc/rc to set a national keyboard layout. If called as kbd -l, all avail... |
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hppa/kbd(8) -- set national keyboard translation
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kbd is used to change the keyboard encoding. The execution of kbd normally occurs in the system multi-user initialization file /etc/rc to set a national keyboard layout. If called as kbd -l, all avail... |
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sparc/kbd(8) -- set national keyboard translation
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kbd is used to change the keyboard encoding. The execution of kbd normally occurs in the system multi-user initialization file /etc/rc to set a national keyboard layout. If called as kbd -l, all avail... |
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sparc64/kbd(8) -- set national keyboard translation
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kbd is used to change the keyboard encoding. The execution of kbd normally occurs in the system multi-user initialization file /etc/rc to set a national keyboard layout. If called as kbd -l, all avail... |
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kdc(8) -- Kerberos 5 server
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kdc serves requests for tickets. When it starts, it first checks the flags passed, any options that are not specified with a command line flag are taken from a config file, or from a default compiled-... |
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kgmon(8) -- generate a dump of the operating system's profile buffers
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kgmon is a tool used when profiling the operating system. When no arguments are supplied, kgmon indicates the state of operating system profiling as ``running'', ``off'', or ``not configured'' (... |
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kpasswdd(8) -- Kerberos 5 password changing server
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kpasswdd serves request for password changes. It listens on UDP port 464 (service kpasswd) and processes requests when they arrive. It changes the database directly and should thus only run on the mas... |
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ktutil(8) -- manage Kerberos keytabs
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ktutil is a program for managing keytabs. Supported options: -v, --verbose Verbose output. command can be one of the following: add [-p principal] [--principal=principal] [-V kvno] [--kvno=kvno] [-e e... |
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kvm_mkdb(8) -- create kernel database
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kvm_mkdb creates a database in /var/db containing information about the specified file. If no file is specified, /bsd is used by default. The file is named kvm_filename.db, where filename is the name ... |
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ldconfig(8) -- configure the shared library cache
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ldconfig is used to prepare a set of ``hints'' for use by the run-time linker ld.so(1) to facilitate quick lookup of shared libraries available in multiple directories. It scans a set of built-in sy... |
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lmccontrol(8) -- configure Lan Media Corporation SSI/HSSI/T1/T3 devices
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The lmccontrol command controls the operation of the Lan Media devices via the lmc(4) driver. Most of the parameters that can be changed relate to the line characteristics or layer 2 protocol options.... |
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locate.updatedb(8) -- update locate database
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locate.updatedb updates the database used by locate(1). It is typically run once a week by the /etc/weekly script. The contents of the newly built database can be controlled by the /etc/locate.rc file... |
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login_activ(8) -- provide ActivCard, CRYPTOCard and SNK-004 authentication
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The login_token program implements an X9.9 token card challenge response authentication mechanism (see login.conf(5)). It must be invoked by one of the names: login_activ, login_crypto, or login_snk. ... |
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login_chpass(8) -- change password authentication type
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The login_chpass utility is typically called from login(1). It is functionally the same as calling the program: ``passwd user''. This will use the login_lchpass(8) utility to change the user's loca... |
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login_crypto(8) -- provide ActivCard, CRYPTOCard and SNK-004 authentication
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The login_token program implements an X9.9 token card challenge response authentication mechanism (see login.conf(5)). It must be invoked by one of the names: login_activ, login_crypto, or login_snk. ... |
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login_krb5(8) -- provide KerberosV authentication type
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The login_krb5 utility implements the KerberosV authentication mechanism. It is called by login(1), su(1), ftpd(8), and others to authenticate the user with KerberosV. The user argument is the user's... |
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login_krb5-or-pwd(8) -- provide KerberosV or password authentication type
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The login_krb5-or-pwd program first attempts to authenticate the user via KerberosV and, failing that, falls back to standard password authentication. If KerberosV is not configured on the system, log... |
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login_lchpass(8) -- change local password authentication type
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The login_lchpass utility is typically called from login(1). It is functionally the same as calling the program: ``passwd -l user''. Only the login service is supported. See login.conf(5). The class... |
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login_passwd(8) -- provide standard password authentication type
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The login_passwd utility is called by login(1), su(1), ftpd(8), and others to authenticate the user with passwd-style authentication. The user argument is the login name of the user to be authenticate... |
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login_radius(8) -- contact radiusd for authentication
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The login_radius utility contacts the radiusd daemon to authenticate a user. If no class is specified, the login class will be obtained from the password database. When executed as the name login_styl... |
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login_reject(8) -- provide rejected authentication
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The login_reject utility provides the rejection authentication class. The user name, while required, is ignored. The class name, which is optional, is also ignored. The reject authentication mechanism... |
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login_skey(8) -- provide S/Key authentication type
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The login_skey utility is called by login(1), su(1), ftpd(8), and others to authenticate the user with S/Key authentication. The service argument specifies which protocol to use with the invoking prog... |
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login_snk(8) -- provide ActivCard, CRYPTOCard and SNK-004 authentication
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The login_token program implements an X9.9 token card challenge response authentication mechanism (see login.conf(5)). It must be invoked by one of the names: login_activ, login_crypto, or login_snk. ... |
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login_token(8) -- provide ActivCard, CRYPTOCard and SNK-004 authentication
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The login_token program implements an X9.9 token card challenge response authentication mechanism (see login.conf(5)). It must be invoked by one of the names: login_activ, login_crypto, or login_snk. ... |
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logresolve(8) -- resolve hostnames for IP-adresses in Apache logfiles
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logresolve is a post-processing program to resolve IPadresses in Apache's access logfiles. To minimize impact on your nameserver, logresolve has its very own internal hash-table cache. This means tha... |
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lpc(8) -- line printer control program
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lpc is used by the system administrator to control the operation of the line printer system. For each line printer configured in /etc/printcap, lpc may be used to: +o disable or enable a printer, +o d... |
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lpd(8) -- line printer spooler daemon
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lpd is the line printer daemon (spool area handler) and is normally invoked at boot time from the rc(8) file. It makes a single pass through the printcap(5) file to find out about the existing printer... |
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mail.local(8) -- store mail in a mailbox
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mail.local reads the standard input up to an end-of-file and appends it to each user's mail file. The user must be a valid user name. The options are as follows: -f from Specify the sender's name. -... |
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mailq(8) -- print the mail queue
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mailq prints a summary of the mail messages queued for future delivery. It may only be run by the superuser. The first line printed for each message shows the internal identifier used on this host for... |
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mailstats(8) -- display mail statistics
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The mailstats utility displays the current mail statistics. First, the time at which statistics started being kept is displayed, in the format specified by ctime(3). Then, the statistics for each mail... |
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mailwrapper(8) -- invoke appropriate MTA software based on configuration file
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At one time, the only Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) software easily available was sendmail(8). As a result of this, most Mail User Agents (MUAs) such as mail(1) had the path and calling conventions expect... |
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makedbm(8) -- create a YP database
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makedbm is the utility in YP that creates the database file containing the YP map. The database format is a slightly modified version of ndbm. The options are as follows: -u Dump a database to standar... |
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hp300/MAKEDEV(8) -- create system and device special files
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The shell script MAKEDEV, found in the /dev directory, is used to create various special files. See intro(4) for a more complete discussion of special files. MAKEDEV takes any number of device names a... |
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macppc/MAKEDEV(8) -- create system and device special files
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The shell script MAKEDEV, found in the /dev directory, is used to create various special files. See intro(4) for a more complete discussion of special files. MAKEDEV takes any number of device names a... |
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sgi/MAKEDEV(8) -- create system and device special files
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The shell script MAKEDEV, found in the /dev directory, is used to create various special files. See intro(4) for a more complete discussion of special files. MAKEDEV takes any number of device names a... |
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alpha/MAKEDEV(8) -- create system and device special files
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The shell script MAKEDEV, found in the /dev directory, is used to create various special files. See intro(4) for a more complete discussion of special files. MAKEDEV takes any number of device names a... |
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vax/MAKEDEV(8) -- create system and device special files
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The shell script MAKEDEV, found in the /dev directory, is used to create various special files. See intro(4) for a more complete discussion of special files. MAKEDEV takes any number of device names a... |
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cats/MAKEDEV(8) -- create system and device special files
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The shell script MAKEDEV, found in the /dev directory, is used to create various special files. See intro(4) for a more complete discussion of special files. MAKEDEV takes any number of device names a... |
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i386/MAKEDEV(8) -- create system and device special files
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The shell script MAKEDEV, found in the /dev directory, is used to create various special files. See intro(4) for a more complete discussion of special files. MAKEDEV takes any number of device names a... |
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amd64/MAKEDEV(8) -- create system and device special files
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The shell script MAKEDEV, found in the /dev directory, is used to create various special files. See intro(4) for a more complete discussion of special files. MAKEDEV takes any number of device names a... |
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mac68k/MAKEDEV(8) -- create system and device special files
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The shell script MAKEDEV, found in the /dev directory, is used to create various special files. See intro(4) for a more complete discussion of special files. MAKEDEV takes any number of device names a... |
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hppa/MAKEDEV(8) -- create system and device special files
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The shell script MAKEDEV, found in the /dev directory, is used to create various special files. See intro(4) for a more complete discussion of special files. MAKEDEV takes any number of device names a... |
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sparc/MAKEDEV(8) -- create system and device special files
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The shell script MAKEDEV, found in the /dev directory, is used to create various special files. See intro(4) for a more complete discussion of special files. MAKEDEV takes any number of device names a... |
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sparc64/MAKEDEV(8) -- create system and device special files
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The shell script MAKEDEV, found in the /dev directory, is used to create various special files. See intro(4) for a more complete discussion of special files. MAKEDEV takes any number of device names a... |
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mvme68k/MAKEDEV(8) -- create system and device special files
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The shell script MAKEDEV, found in the /dev directory, is used to create various special files. See intro(4) for a more complete discussion of special files. MAKEDEV takes any number of device names a... |
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mvme88k/MAKEDEV(8) -- create system and device special files
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The shell script MAKEDEV, found in the /dev directory, is used to create various special files. See intro(4) for a more complete discussion of special files. MAKEDEV takes any number of device names a... |
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luna88k/MAKEDEV(8) -- create system and device special files
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The shell script MAKEDEV, found in the /dev directory, is used to create various special files. See intro(4) for a more complete discussion of special files. MAKEDEV takes any number of device names a... |
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makekey(8) -- encrypt passwords from the command line or standard input
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encrypt prints the encrypted form of string to the standard output. This is mostly useful for encrypting passwords from within scripts. The options are as follows: -k Run in makekey compatible mode; a... |
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makemap(8) -- create database maps for sendmail
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makemap creates the database maps used by the keyed map lookups in sendmail(8). It reads input from the standard input and outputs them to the indicated mapname. Depending on how it is compiled, makem... |
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makewhatis(8) -- create a whatis.db database
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makewhatis strips the NAME lines from compiled or raw man(1) pages and creates a whatis.db database (that is, a subject index) for use with apropos(1), whatis(1), and man(1)'s -k option. If manpath i... |
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map-mbone(8) -- Multicast connection mapper
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map-mbone attempts to display all multicast routers that are reachable from the multicast router starting_router. If not specified on the command line, starting_router is ``localhost''. map-mbone se... |
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i386/memconfig(8) -- control system cache behaviour with respect to memory
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A number of supported system architectures allow the behaviour of the CPU cache to be programmed to behave differently depending on the region being written. memconfig provides an interface to this fa... |
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mfs(8) -- construct a new file system
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Before running newfs or mount_mfs, the disk must be labeled using disklabel(8). newfs builds a file system on the specified special device, basing its defaults on the information in the disk label. Ty... |
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mkalias(8) -- a YP map conversion program
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mkalias is used to convert a mail.aliases map to a mail.byaddr map. This is an inverse map of user@host (or user!host) back to alias. The options are as follows: -v Verbose mode. -e Check host to veri... |
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hppa/mkboot(8) -- create LIF files
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Creates the LIF file containing the bootstrap program and possibly other programs to be used by the HP 9000/700 and HP 9000/800 systems. An argument to the -l option specifies the load point for the b... |
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mkhybrid(8) -- create an hybrid ISO9660/JOLIET/HFS filesystem with optional Rock Ridge attributes.
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mkhybrid is effectively a pre-mastering program to generate an HFS/ISO9660/JOLIET hybrid filesystem. It is based on mkisofs(1) and will generate a pure ISO9660 filesystem unless the HFS hybrid command... |
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mknetid(8) -- a YP filter program
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mknetid is used to create a map named netid.byname. The map consists of information from passwd(5), group(5) and hosts(5), concatenated with a netid(5) file, if one exists. The options are as follows:... |
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mknod(8) -- build special file
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The mknod command creates device special files. Normally the shell script /dev/MAKEDEV is used to create special files for commonly known devices; it executes mknod with the appropriate arguments and ... |
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modload(8) -- load a kernel module
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The modload utility loads a loadable kernel module into a running system. The input file is an object file (.o file). The options to modload are as follows: -d Debug. Used to debug modload itself. -n ... |
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modstat(8) -- display status of loaded kernel modules
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The modstat utility displays the status of any loadable kernel modules present in the kernel. The options are as follows: -i id Display the status of only the module with this ID. -n name Display the ... |
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modunload(8) -- unload a kernel module
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The modunload utility unloads a loadable kernel module from a running system. The id or name is the ID or name of the module as shown by modstat(8). One of the following options must be specified: -i ... |
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monthly(8) -- periodic system maintenance
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The three files /etc/daily, /etc/weekly, and /etc/monthly are shell scripts run on a periodic basis by the clock daemon, cron(8). They take care of some basic administrative tasks. The results are mai... |
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mopd(8) -- MOP loader daemon
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mopd services MOP Load requests on the Ethernet connected to interface or all interfaces if -a is given. In a load request received by mopd a filename can be given. This is the normal case for, e.g., ... |
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mount(8) -- mount file systems
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The mount command invokes a file system specific program to prepare and graft the special device or remote node (rhost:path) on to the file system tree at the point node. If either special or node are... |
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mountd(8) -- service remote NFS mount requests
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mountd is the server for NFS mount requests from other client machines. mountd listens for service requests at the port indicated in the NFS server specification; see Network File System Protocol Spec... |
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mount_ados(8) -- mount an AmigaDOS file system
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The mount_ados command attaches the AmigaDOS filesystem residing on the device special to the global filesystem namespace at the location indicated by node. This command is invoked by mount(8) when us... |
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mount_cd9660(8) -- mount an ISO-9660 filesystem
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The mount_cd9660 command attaches the ISO-9660 filesystem residing on the device special to the global filesystem namespace at the location indicated by node. This command is invoked by mount(8) when ... |
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mount_ext2fs(8) -- mount an ext2fs file system
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The mount_ext2fs command attaches an ext2fs file system special device on to the file system tree at the point node. This command is invoked by mount(8) when using the syntax mount [options] -t ext2fs... |
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mount_fdesc(8) -- mount the file-descriptor file system
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The mount_fdesc command attaches an instance of the per-process file descriptor namespace to the global filesystem namespace. The conventional mount point is /dev and the filesystem should be union mo... |
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mount_ffs(8) -- mount a Berkeley Fast File System
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The mount_ffs command attaches the Berkeley Fast File System on the special device on to the file system tree at point node. This command is invoked by mount(8) when using any of the following syntax:... |
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mount_kernfs(8) -- mount the /kern file system
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The mount_kernfs command attaches an instance of the kernel parameter namespace to the global filesystem namespace. The conventional mount point is /kern. This command is invoked by mount(8) when usin... |
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mount_mfs(8) -- construct a new file system
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Before running newfs or mount_mfs, the disk must be labeled using disklabel(8). newfs builds a file system on the specified special device, basing its defaults on the information in the disk label. Ty... |
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mount_msdos(8) -- mount an MS-DOS file system
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The mount_msdos command attaches the MS-DOS filesystem residing on the device special to the global filesystem namespace at the location indicated by node. This command is invoked by mount(8) when usi... |
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mount_nfs(8) -- mount NFS file systems
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The mount_nfs command calls the mount(2) system call to prepare and graft a remote NFS file system (rhost:path) on to the file system tree at the point node. This command is normally executed by mount... |
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mount_ntfs(8) -- mount an NTFS file system
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The mount_ntfs command attaches the NTFS filesystem residing on the device special to the global filesystem namespace at the location indicated by node. This command is normally executed by mount(8) a... |
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mount_null(8) -- demonstrate the use of a null file system layer
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The mount_null command creates a null layer, duplicating a sub-tree of the file system namespace under another part of the global file system namespace. It is implemented using a stackable layers tech... |
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mount_portal(8) -- mount the portal daemon
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The mount_portal command attaches an instance of the portal daemon to the global filesystem namespace. The conventional mount point is /p. This command is normally executed by mount(8) at boot time. T... |
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mount_procfs(8) -- mount the process file system
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The mount_procfs command attaches an instance of the process namespace to the global filesystem namespace. The conventional mount point is /proc. This command is normally executed by mount(8) at boot ... |
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mount_umap(8) -- sample file system layer
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The mount_umap command is used to mount a subtree of an existing file system that uses a different set of UIDs and GIDs than the local system. Such a file system could be mounted from a remote site vi... |
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mount_union(8) -- mount union filesystems
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The mount_union command attaches directory above uniondir in such a way that the contents of both directory trees remain visible. By default, directory becomes the upper layer and uniondir becomes the... |
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mount_xfs(8) -- mount the xfs filesystem
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The mount_xfs command mounts one of the xfs character devices. The character device is used for communication with a user-land cachemanager and fileprovider. The options are as follows: -o options Opt... |
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mrinfo(8) -- displays configuration info from a multicast router
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mrinfo attempts to display the configuration information from the specified multicast_router. mrinfo uses the ASK_NEIGHBORS IGMP message to the specified multicast router. If it router responds, the v... |
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mrouted(8) -- IP multicast routing daemon
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mrouted is an implementation of the Distance-Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP), an earlier version of which is specified in RFC 1075. It maintains topological knowledge via a distance-vector r... |
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mtrace(8) -- print multicast path from a source to a receiver
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Assessing problems in the distribution of IP multicast traffic can be difficult. mtrace utilizes a tracing feature implemented in multicast routers (mrouted version 3.3 and later) that is accessed via... |
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mtree(8) -- map a directory hierarchy
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The utility mtree compares the file hierarchy rooted in the current directory against a specification read from the standard input. Messages are written to the standard output for any files whose char... |
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named(8) -- Internet domain name server
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named is a Domain Name System (DNS) server, part of the BIND 9 distribution from ISC. For more information on the DNS, see RFCs 1033, 1034, and 1035. When invoked without arguments, named will fork in... |
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named-checkconf(8) -- named configuration file syntax checking tool
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named-checkconf checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a named configuration file. |
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named-checkzone(8) -- zone file validity checking tool
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named-checkzone checks the syntax and integrity of a zone file. It performs the same checks as named does when loading a zone. This makes named-checkzone useful for checking zone files before configur... |
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ncheck(8) -- generate names from inode-numbers
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ncheck_ffs generates a list of filenames and inode numbers for the given file system. Names of directories are followed by a `.'. b The options aPe as follows: r -a Prini the file names `.' and `..... |
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ncheck_ffs(8) -- generate names from inode-numbers
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ncheck_ffs generates a list of filenames and inode numbers for the given file system. Names of directories are followed by a `.'. b The options aPe as follows: r -a Prini the file names `.' and `..... |
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ndp(8) -- control/diagnose IPv6 neighbor discovery protocol
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The ndp command manipulates the address mapping table used by the Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP). -a Dump the currently existing NDP entries. The following information will be printed: Neighbor IPv... |
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netgroup_mkdb(8) -- generate the netgroup databases
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netgroup_mkdb creates db(3) style databases for the specified file. If no file is specified, /etc/netgroup is used. These databases are then installed into /etc/netgroup.db. The file must be in the co... |
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netstart(8) -- command scripts for network startup
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netstart is the command script that is invoked by rc(8) during an automatic reboot and after single user mode is exited; it performs network initialization. The netstart script can also be used to sta... |
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newaliases(8) -- rebuild the data base for the mail aliases file
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Newaliases rebuilds the random access data base for the mail aliases file /etc/mail/aliases. It must be run each time this file is changed in order for the change to take effect. Newaliases is identic... |
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newfs(8) -- construct a new file system
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Before running newfs or mount_mfs, the disk must be labeled using disklabel(8). newfs builds a file system on the specified special device, basing its defaults on the information in the disk label. Ty... |
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newfs_msdos(8) -- construct a new MS-DOS (FAT) file system
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The newfs_msdos utility creates a FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32 file system on device special, using disktab(5) entry disktype to determine geometry, if required. The options are as follows: -N Don't create... |
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newsyslog(8) -- trim log files to manageable sizes
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newsyslog is a program that should be scheduled to run periodically by cron(8). When it is executed it archives log files if necessary. If a log file is determined to require archiving, newsyslog rear... |
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nfsd(8) -- remote NFS server
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nfsd runs on a server machine to service NFS requests from client machines. At least one nfsd must be running for a machine to operate as a server. Unless otherwise specified, four servers for UDP tra... |
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nologin(8) -- politely refuse a login
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nologin displays a message that an account is not available and exits non-zero. It is intended as a replacement shell field for accounts that have been disabled. If the file /etc/nologin.txt exists, n... |
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nslookup(8) -- query Internet name servers interactively
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Nslookup is a program to query Internet domain name servers. |
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nsupdate(8) -- Dynamic DNS update utility
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nsupdate is used to submit Dynamic DNS Update requests as defined in RFC2136 to a name server. This allows resource records to be added or removed from a zone without manually editing the zone file. A... |
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ntalkd(8) -- remote user communication server
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Talkd is the server that notifies a user that someone else wants to initiate a conversation. It acts as a repository of invitations, responding to requests by clients wishing to rendezvous to hold a c... |
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ntpd(8) -- Network Time Protocol daemon
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The ntpd daemon synchronizes the local clock to one or more remote NTP servers, and can also act as an NTP server itself, redistributing the local time. It implements the Simple Network Time Protocol ... |
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pac(8) -- printer/plotter accounting information
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pac reads the printer/plotter accounting files, accumulating the number of pages (the usual case) or feet (for raster devices) of paper consumed by each named user, and prints out how much each user c... |
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macppc/pdisk(8) -- HFS(DPME) partition maintenance program
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pdisk is a menu driven program which partitions disks using the standard Apple disk partitioning scheme described in "Inside Macintosh: Devices". It does not support the intel/dos partitioning schem... |
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mac68k/pdisk(8) -- HFS(DPME) partition maintenance program
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pdisk is a menu driven program which partitions disks using the standard Apple disk partitioning scheme described in "Inside Macintosh: Devices". It does not support the intel/dos partitioning schem... |
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pfctl(8) -- control the packet filter (PF) and network address translation (NAT) device
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The pfctl utility communicates with the packet filter device using the ioctl interface described in pf(4). It allows ruleset and parameter configuration and retrieval of status information from the pa... |
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pflogd(8) -- packet filter logging daemon
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pflogd is a background daemon which reads packets logged by pf(4) to the packet logging interface pflog0 and writes the packets to a logfile (normally /var/log/pflog) in tcpdump(8) binary format. Thes... |
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ping(8) -- send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
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ping uses the ICMP protocol's mandatory ECHO_REQUEST datagram to elicit an ICMP ECHO_REPLY from a host or gateway. ECHO_REQUEST datagrams (``pings'') have an IP and ICMP header, followed by a ``str... |
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ping6(8) -- send ICMPv6 ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
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ping6 uses the ICMPv6 protocol's mandatory ICMP6_ECHO_REQUEST datagram to elicit an ICMP6_ECHO_REPLY from a host or gateway. ICMP6_ECHO_REQUEST datagrams (``pings'') have an IPv6 header, and ICMPv6... |
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popa3d(8) -- Post Office Protocol (POP3) server
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popa3d is a POP3 server. It offers network access to user mailboxes through the POP3 protocol. The server uses the TCP protocol and listens at the port specified in the ``pop3'' service specificatio... |
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portmap(8) -- DARPA port to RPC program number mapper
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portmap is a server that converts RPC program numbers into DARPA protocol port numbers. It must be running in order to make RPC calls. When an RPC server is started, it will tell portmap what port num... |
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ppp(8) -- Point to Point Protocol (a.k.a. user-ppp)
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This is a user process PPP software package. Normally, PPP is implemented as a part of the kernel (e.g., as managed by pppd(8)) and it's thus somewhat hard to debug and/or modify its behaviour. Howev... |
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pppctl(8) -- PPP control program
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This program provides command line control of the ppp(8) daemon. Its primary use is to facilitate simple scripts that control a running daemon. pppctl is passed at least one argument, specifying the s... |
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pppd(8) -- Point-to-Point Protocol daemon
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PPP is the protocol used for establishing internet links over dial-up modems, DSL connections, and many other types of point-topoint links. The pppd daemon works together with the kernel ppp(4) driver... |
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pppoe(8) -- PPP Over Ethernet translator
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The pppoe program can, with the help of ppp(8), act as a server or client for running PPP Over Ethernet. The options are as follows: -i interface Specify the interface that pppoe is to use, which shou... |
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pppstats(8) -- report statistics for the specified PPP interface
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The pppstats utility reports PPP-related statistics at regular intervals for the specified PPP interface. If the interface is unspecified, it will default to ppp0. The display is split horizontally in... |
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pstat(8) -- display system data structures
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pstat displays open file entry, swap space utilization, terminal state, and vnode data structure information. If corefile is given, the information is sought there, otherwise in the running kernel via... |
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pwd_mkdb(8) -- generate the password databases
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pwd_mkdb creates db(3) style secure and insecure databases for the specified file. These databases are then installed into /etc/spwd.db and /etc/pwd.db, respectively. The file argument is installed in... |
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i386/pxeboot(8) -- i386-specific second-stage PXE bootstrap
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pxeboot is a modified version of the i386 second-stage bootstrap program, boot(8), configured to run under Intel's Preboot Execution Environment (PXE). PXE is a form of smart boot ROM, built into man... |
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amd64/pxeboot(8) -- amd64-specific second-stage PXE bootstrap
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pxeboot is a modified version of the amd64 second-stage bootstrap program, boot(8), configured to run under Intel's Preboot Execution Environment (PXE). PXE is a form of smart boot ROM, built into ma... |
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quot(8) -- display disk space occupied by each user
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quot is used to gather statistics about the disk usage for each local user. The options are as follows: -a Include statistics for all mounted filesystems. -c Display three columns containing number of... |
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quotacheck(8) -- filesystem quota consistency checker
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quotacheck examines each filesystem, builds a table of current disk usage, and compares this table against that recorded in the disk quota file for the filesystem. If any inconsistencies are detected,... |
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quotaoff(8) -- turn filesystem quotas on and off
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quotaon announces to the system that disk quotas should be enabled on one or more filesystems. quotaoff announces to the system that the specified filesystems should have any disk quotas turned off. T... |
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quotaon(8) -- turn filesystem quotas on and off
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quotaon announces to the system that disk quotas should be enabled on one or more filesystems. quotaoff announces to the system that the specified filesystems should have any disk quotas turned off. T... |
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raidctl(8) -- configuration utility for the RAIDframe disk driver
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raidctl is the user-land control program for raid(4), the RAIDframe disk device. raidctl is primarily used to dynamically configure and unconfigure RAIDframe disk devices. For more information about t... |
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rarpd(8) -- reverse ARP daemon
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rarpd services Reverse ARP requests on the Ethernet connected to interface. Upon receiving a request, rarpd maps the target hardware address to an IP address via its name, which must be present in bot... |
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rbootd(8) -- HP remote boot server
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The rbootd utility services boot requests from HewlettPackard workstations over a local area network. All boot files must reside in the boot file directory; further, if a client supplies path informat... |
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rc(8) -- command scripts for system startup
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rc is the command script that is invoked by init(8) during an automatic reboot and after single user mode is exited; it performs system housekeeping chores and starts up system daemons. Additionally, ... |
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rc.conf(8) -- system daemon configuration database
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This file contains a series of Bourne-shell syntax assignments that are used to configure the system daemons. It is not read by the kernel, but is sourced by various other files in the /etc/rc.* serie... |
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rc.conf.local(8) -- system daemon configuration database
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This file contains a series of Bourne-shell syntax assignments that are used to configure the system daemons. It is not read by the kernel, but is sourced by various other files in the /etc/rc.* serie... |
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rc.local(8) -- command scripts for system startup
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rc is the command script that is invoked by init(8) during an automatic reboot and after single user mode is exited; it performs system housekeeping chores and starts up system daemons. Additionally, ... |
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rc.securelevel(8) -- command scripts for system startup
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rc is the command script that is invoked by init(8) during an automatic reboot and after single user mode is exited; it performs system housekeeping chores and starts up system daemons. Additionally, ... |
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rc.shutdown(8) -- command script run at system shutdown
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When the system is administratively shut down using either the reboot(8) or halt(8) command, either of these programs checks for the existence of a /etc/rc.shutdown script to run before halting the sy... |
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rdate(8) -- set the system's date from a remote host
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rdate displays and sets the local date and time from the host name or address given as the argument. The time source may be an RFC 868 TCP protocol server, which is usually implemented as a built-in s... |
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rdconfig(8) -- configure RAM disks
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The rdconfig command configures RAM disk devices. It will associate the special file special_file with a range of user-virtual memory allocated by the rdconfig process itself. The rdconfig command sho... |
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rdump(8) -- filesystem backup
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dump examines files on a filesystem and determines which files need to be backed up. These files are copied to the given disk, tape or other storage medium for safe keeping (see the -f option below fo... |
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reboot(8) -- stopping and restarting the system
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The halt and reboot utilities flush the file system cache to disk, run the system shutdown script, send all running processes a SIGTERM (and subsequently a SIGKILL), and, respectively, halt or restart... |
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release(8) -- building an OpenBSD release
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There are several steps necessary to build a system release. They are: 1. Update sources. 2. Build and install a new kernel. 3. Build a new system. 4. Make and validate the system release. 5. Build an... |
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renice(8) -- alter priority of running processes
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renice alters the scheduling priority (an integer) of one or more running processes. The following who parameters (pid, pgrp and user) are interpreted as process IDs, process group IDs, or user names.... |
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repquota(8) -- summarize quotas for a file system
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repquota prints a summary of the disk usage and quotas for the specified filesystem(s). The options are as follows: -a Print the quotas of all filesystems listed in /etc/fstab. -g Print only group quo... |
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restore(8) -- restore files or file systems from backups made with dump
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The restore command performs the inverse function of dump(8). A full backup of a file system may be restored and subsequent incremental backups layered on top of it. Single files and directory subtree... |
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revnetgroup(8) -- generate reverse netgroup data
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revnetgroup processes the contents of a file in netgroup(5) format into what is called reverse netgroup form. That is, where the original file shows netgroup memberships in terms of which members resi... |
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rip6query(8) -- RIPng debugging tool
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rip6query requests remote RIPng daemon on destination to dump RIPng routing information. -I lets you specify outgoing interface for the query packet, and is useful when link-local address is specified... |
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rmail(8) -- handle remote mail received via uucp
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The rmail utility interprets incoming mail received via uucp, collapsing ``From'' lines in the form generated by mail.local(8) into a single line of the form ``return-path!sender'', and passing th... |
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rmgroup(8) -- delete a Unix group
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rmgroup deletes the specified Unix group from group database. rmgroup will not delete the system groups wheel, daemon, kmem, sys, tty, operator, bin, nogroup, nobody, or groups with gid 0. Do not dele... |
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rmt(8) -- remote magtape protocol module
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rmt is a program used by the remote dump and restore programs in manipulating a magnetic tape drive through an interprocess communication connection. rmt is normally started up with an rcmd(3) or rcmd... |
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rmuser(8) -- add and delete users from the system
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The adduser program adds new users to the system. The rmuser program removes users from the system. When not passed any arguments, both utilities operate in interactive mode and prompt for any require... |
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rndc(8) -- name server control utility
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rndc controls the operation of a name server. It supersedes the ndc utility that was provided in old BIND releases. If rndc is invoked with no command line options or arguments, it prints a short summ... |
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rndc-confgen(8) -- rndc key generation tool
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rndc-confgen generates configuration files for rndc. It can be used as a convenient alternative to writing the rndc.conf file and the corresponding controls and key statements in named.conf by hand. A... |
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rotatelogs(8) -- rotate Apache logs without having to kill the server
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rotatelogs is a simple program for use in conjunction with Apache's piped logfile feature which can be used like this: TransferLog "| rotatelogs /path/to/logs/access_log 86400" This creates the fil... |
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route(8) -- manually manipulate the routing tables
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route is a utility used to manually view and manipulate the network routing tables. Except for setting up the default route, it normally is not needed to manipulate routes, as a system routing table m... |
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route6d(8) -- RIP6 routing daemon
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The route6d is a routing daemon which supports RIP over IPv6. Options are: -a Enables aging of the statically defined routes. With this option, any statically defined routes will be removed unless cor... |
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routed(8) -- network RIP and router discovery routing daemon
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routed is a daemon invoked at boot time to manage the network routing tables. It uses Routing Information Protocol, RIPv1 (RFC 1058), RIPv2 (RFC 1723), and Internet Router Discovery Protocol (RFC 1256... |
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rpc.bootparamd(8) -- boot parameter server
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bootparamd is a server process that provides information to diskless clients necessary for booting. It consults the file /etc/bootparams. It should normally be started from /etc/rc. This version will ... |
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rpc.lockd(8) -- NFS file locking daemon
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rpc.lockd is a daemon which provides file- and record-locking services in an NFS environment. The options are as follows: -d [debug_level] Write debugging information to syslog, recording all RPC tran... |
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rpc.rquotad(8) -- remote quota server
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rpc.rquotad is an rpc(3) server which returns quotas for a user of a local filesystem which is NFS-mounted onto a remote machine. quota(1) uses the results to display user quotas for remote filesystem... |
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rpc.rstatd(8) -- kernel statistics server
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rpc.rstatd is a server which returns performance statistics obtained from the kernel. Some of these statistics may be read using the rup(1) command. The rpc.rstatd daemon is normally invoked by inetd(... |
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rpc.rusersd(8) -- logged in users server
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rpc.rusersd is a server which returns information about users currently logged in to the system. At startup, rpc.rusersd opens /var/run/utmp and subsequently performs a chroot(2) to /var/empty and swi... |
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rpc.rwalld(8) -- write messages to users currently logged in server
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rpc.rwalld is a server which will send a message to users currently logged in to the system. This server invokes the wall(1) command to actually write the messages to the system. Messages are sent to ... |
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rpc.sprayd(8) -- spray server
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rpc.sprayd is a server which records packets sent by the spray(8) command and sends a traffic report to the originator of the packets. The rpc.sprayd daemon is normally invoked by inetd(8). rpc.sprayd... |
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rpc.yppasswdd(8) -- YP update password file daemon
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rpc.yppasswdd must be running on the YP master server to allow users to change information in the password file. If the user needs to change his password this is normally done with a program called yp... |
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rpcinfo(8) -- report RPC information
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rpcinfo makes an RPC call to an RPC server and reports what it finds. The options are as follows: -p Probe the portmapper on host, and print a list of all registered RPC programs. If host is not speci... |
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rquotad(8) -- remote quota server
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rpc.rquotad is an rpc(3) server which returns quotas for a user of a local filesystem which is NFS-mounted onto a remote machine. quota(1) uses the results to display user quotas for remote filesystem... |
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rrestore(8) -- restore files or file systems from backups made with dump
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The restore command performs the inverse function of dump(8). A full backup of a file system may be restored and subsequent incremental backups layered on top of it. Single files and directory subtree... |
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rshd(8) -- remote shell server
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The rshd server is the server for the rcmd(3) routine and, consequently, for the rsh(1) program. The server provides remote execution facilities with authentication based on privileged port numbers fr... |
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rtadvd(8) -- router advertisement daemon
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rtadvd sends router advertisement packets to the specified interfaces. The program will daemonize itself on invocation. It will then send router advertisement packets periodically, as well as in respo... |
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rtquery(8) -- query routing daemons for their routing tables
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rtquery is used to query a network routing daemon, routed(8) or gated, for its routing table by sending a request or poll command. The routing information in any routing ``response'' packets returne... |
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rtsol(8) -- router solicitation daemon
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rtsold is the daemon program to send ICMPv6 Router Solicitation messages on the specified interfaces. If a node (re)attaches to a link, rtsold sends some Router Solicitations on the link destined to t... |
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rtsold(8) -- router solicitation daemon
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rtsold is the daemon program to send ICMPv6 Router Solicitation messages on the specified interfaces. If a node (re)attaches to a link, rtsold sends some Router Solicitations on the link destined to t... |
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rwalld(8) -- write messages to users currently logged in server
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rpc.rwalld is a server which will send a message to users currently logged in to the system. This server invokes the wall(1) command to actually write the messages to the system. Messages are sent to ... |
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rwhod(8) -- system status server
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rwhod is the server which maintains the database used by the rwho(1) and ruptime(1) programs. Its operation is predicated on the ability to broadcast messages on a network. rwhod operates as both a pr... |
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sa(8) -- print system accounting statistics
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The sa utility reports on, cleans up, and generally maintains system accounting files. sa is able to condense the information in /var/account/acct into the summary files /var/account/savacct and /var/... |
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savecore(8) -- save a core dump of the operating system
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savecore copies the currently running kernel and its associated core dump into directory, and enters a reboot message and information about the core dump into the system log. The options are as follow... |
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scan_ffs(8) -- find UFS/FFS partitions on a disk
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This is the life-saver of typos. If you have ever been working too long, and just happened to type 'disklabel -rw sd0 floppy', instead of 'disklabel -rw fd0 floppy', you know what I am talking abo... |
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scsi(8) -- program to assist with SCSI devices
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The scsi program is used to send commands to a SCSI device. It is also a sample usage of the user-level SCSI commands. out_fmt can be `-' to read output data from stdin; in_fmt can be `-' to write i... |
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security(8) -- periodic system security check
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security is a command script that examines the system for some signs of security weaknesses. It is only a security aid and does not offer complete protection. The security script is normally run from ... |
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sendmail(8) -- an electronic mail transport agent
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Sendmail sends a message to one or more recipients, routing the message over whatever networks are necessary. Sendmail does internetwork forwarding as necessary to deliver the message to the correct p... |
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sensorsd(8) -- monitor hardware sensors
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The sensorsd utility retrieves hardware sensor monitoring data like fan speeds, temperatures and voltages, via sysctl(3). It uses syslog(3) to send an alert if they are out of the given limits. Limits... |
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sesd(8) -- monitor SCSI Environmental Services Devices
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sesd monitors SCSI Environmental Services (or SAF-TE) devices for changes in state and logs such changes to the system error logger (see syslogd(8)). At least one device must be specified. When no oth... |
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setencstat(8) -- set SCSI Environmental Services Device enclosure status
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setencstat sets summary status for a SCSI Environmental Services (or SAFTE) device. The enclosure status argument may take the values: 0 Set the status to an OK state. 1 Set the status to an UNRECOVER... |
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setextattr(8) -- set a named extended attribute
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setextattr is a user tool to set a named extended attribute on a file or directory to the provided string. The attrnamespace argument should be the namespace of the attribute to retrieve: legal values... |
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alpha/setnetbootinfo(8) -- configure network bootstrap program
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The setnetbootinfo utility configures the OpenBSD/alpha network bootstrap program so that it can be used to bootstrap systems with old firmware revisions. The OpenBSD/alpha network bootstrap program n... |
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setobjstat(8) -- set SCSI Environmental Services Device object status
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setobjstat sets the object status for a SCSI Environmental Services (or SAF-TE) device. The objectid argument may be determined by running getencstat(8). The status fields are partially common (first ... |
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sftp-server(8) -- SFTP server subsystem
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sftp-server is a program that speaks the server side of SFTP protocol to stdout and expects client requests from stdin. sftp-server is not intended to be called directly, but from sshd(8) using the Su... |
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showmount(8) -- show remote NFS mounts on host
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showmount shows status information about the NFS server on host. By default it prints the names of all hosts that have NFS file systems mounted on the host. See NFS: Network File System Protocol Speci... |
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shutdown(8) -- close down the system at a given time
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shutdown provides an automated shutdown procedure for superusers to nicely notify users when the system is shutting down, saving them from system administrators, hackers, and gurus, who would otherwis... |
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skeyprune(8) -- prune zeroed and old entries from S/Key database
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skeyprune searches through the S/Key database, /etc/skey, and prunes out entries that have been zeroed out via skeyinit(1) as well as entries that have not been modified in days days. If days is not s... |
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slattach(8) -- attach serial lines as network interfaces
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slattach is used to assign a tty line to a network interface, and will attach the named tty line to the first available slipdevice that is configured and up. The following operands are supported by sl... |
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slip(8) -- attach serial lines as network interfaces
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slattach is used to assign a tty line to a network interface, and will attach the named tty line to the first available slipdevice that is configured and up. The following operands are supported by sl... |
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sliplogin(8) -- attach a serial line network interface
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sliplogin is used to turn the terminal line on standard input into a Serial Line IP (SLIP) link to a remote host. To do this, the program searches the file /etc/sliphome/slip.hosts for an entry matchi... |
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slstats(8) -- report slip statistics
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The slstats utility reports slip-related statistics for the sl`unit- number' interface. If the unit-number is unspecified, it defaults to 0. These statistics are displayed at regular intervals. The d... |
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smrsh(8) -- restricted shell for sendmail
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The smrsh program is intended as a replacement for /bin/sh for use in the ``prog'' mailer in sendmail(8) configuration files. It sharply limits the commands that can be run using the ``|program'' ... |
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snkadm(8) -- manage the ActivCard, CRYPTOCard and
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The tokenadm utility displays and edits user entries in the various token databases. It may also be invoked as one the following: activadm, cryptoadm, or snkadm. The options are as follows: -1 Display... |
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snkinit(8) -- modify or add user in ActivCard, CRYPTOCard,
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The tokeninit utility may also be invoked by one of the following names: activinit, cryptoinit, or snkinit. Depending on the name it was invoked as, it will initialize the system information to allow ... |
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spamd(8) -- spam deferral daemon
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spamd is a fake sendmail(8)-like daemon which rejects false mail. If the pf(4) packet filter is configured to redirect port 25 (SMTP) to this daemon, it will attempt to waste the time and resources of... |
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spamd-setup(8) -- parse and load file of spammer addresses
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The spamd-setup utility adds blacklists by adding addresses to the pf(4) table , as well as configuring mail rejection messages for the added list of addresses in spamd(8). The spamd table is u... |
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spamdb(8) -- spamd database tool
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spamdb manipulates the spamd database in /var/db/spamd used for spamd(8) greylisting. The options are as follows: -a ip Add or update a whitelist entry for IP address "ip". Updates time last seen to... |
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spamlogd(8) -- spamd whitelist updating daemon
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spamlogd manipulates the spamd(8) database in /var/db/spamd used for spamd(8) greylisting. spamlogd updates the /var/db/spamd whitelist entries whenever a connection to port 25 is logged to the pflog(... |
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spppcontrol(8) -- display or set parameters for an sppp interface
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The sppp(4) driver might require a number of additional arguments or optional parameters besides the settings that can be adjusted with ifconfig(8). These are things like authentication protocol param... |
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spray(8) -- send many packets to host
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spray sends multiple RPC packets to host and records how many of them were correctly received and how long it took. The options are as follows: -c count Send count packets. -d delay Pause delay micros... |
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sprayd(8) -- spray server
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rpc.sprayd is a server which records packets sent by the spray(8) command and sends a traffic report to the originator of the packets. The rpc.sprayd daemon is normally invoked by inetd(8). rpc.sprayd... |
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ssh-keysign(8) -- ssh helper program for hostbased authentication
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ssh-keysign is used by ssh(1) to access the local host keys and generate the digital signature required during hostbased authentication with SSH protocol version 2. ssh-keysign is disabled by default ... |
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sshd(8) -- OpenSSH SSH daemon
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sshd (SSH Daemon) is the daemon program for ssh(1). Together these programs replace rlogin and rsh, and provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. Th... |
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ssl(8) -- details for libssl and libcrypto
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This document describes some of the issues relating to the use of the OpenSSL libssl and libcrypto libraries. This document is intended as an overview of what the libraries do, and what uses them. The... |
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starttls(8) -- ESMTP over TLS/SSL
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STARTTLS is an ESMTP option, defined in RFC 2487, which is used to conduct ESMTP transactions over TLS circuits. This is used to increase the security of mail server transactions. As of version 8.11, ... |
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stdethers(8) -- YP filtering program
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stdethers is used to get rid of unwanted information in file, or the standard input if no file argument is given. This utility is used by YP when creating YP maps. |
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stdhosts(8) -- YP filtering program
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stdhosts is used to get rid of unwanted information from file, or the standard input if no file argument is given. This utility is used by YP when creating YP maps. |
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sticky(8) -- sticky text and append-only directories
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A special file mode, called the sticky bit (mode S_ISVTX), is used to indicate special treatment for files and directories. See chmod(2) or the file /usr/include/sys/stat.h for an explanation of file ... |
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string2key(8) -- map a password into a key
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string2key performs the string-to-key function. This is useful when you want to handle the raw key instead of the password. Supported options: -5, --version5 Output Kerberos v5 string-to-key -4, --ver... |
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sudo(8) -- execute a command as another user
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sudo allows a permitted user to execute a command as the superuser or another user, as specified in the sudoers file. The real and effective uid and gid are set to match those of the target user as sp... |
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suexec(8) -- Switch User For Exec
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suexec is the "wrapper" support program for the suexec behaviour for the Apache HTTP server. It is run from within the server automatically to switch the user when an external program has to be run ... |
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supfilesrv(8) -- sup server processes
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Supfilesrv is the server processes used to interact with sup client processes via the IP/TCP network protocol. This server normally is expected to be running on server machines at all times. Each mach... |
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supscan(8) -- sup server processes
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Supfilesrv is the server processes used to interact with sup client processes via the IP/TCP network protocol. This server normally is expected to be running on server machines at all times. Each mach... |
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supservers(8) -- sup server processes
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Supfilesrv is the server processes used to interact with sup client processes via the IP/TCP network protocol. This server normally is expected to be running on server machines at all times. Each mach... |
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swapctl(8) -- system swap management tool
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The swapctl program adds, removes, lists and prioritizes swap devices and files for the system. The swapon program acts the same as the swapctl program, as if called with the -a option, except if swap... |
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swapon(8) -- system swap management tool
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The swapctl program adds, removes, lists and prioritizes swap devices and files for the system. The swapon program acts the same as the swapctl program, as if called with the -a option, except if swap... |
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sync(8) -- force completion of pending disk writes (flush cache)
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The sync utility can be called to ensure that all disk writes have been completed before the processor is halted in a way not suitably done by reboot(8) or halt(8). Generally, it is preferable to use ... |
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sysctl(8) -- get or set kernel state
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The sysctl utility retrieves kernel state and allows processes with appropriate privilege to set kernel state. The state to be retrieved or set is described using a ``Management Information Base'' (... |
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syslogc(8) -- collect messages from syslog memory buffer
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syslogc collects messages from the syslogd(8) memory buffer specified by the logname argument. For syslogc to work, syslogd(8) must be configured with one or more memory buffer logs (see syslog.conf(5... |
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syslogd(8) -- log systems messages
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syslogd reads and logs messages to the system console, log files, other machines and/or users as specified by its configuration file. The options are as follows: -a path Specify a location where syslo... |
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talkd(8) -- remote user communication server
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Talkd is the server that notifies a user that someone else wants to initiate a conversation. It acts as a repository of invitations, responding to requests by clients wishing to rendezvous to hold a c... |
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tcpd(8) -- tcp wrappers access control facility for internet services
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The tcpd program can be set up to monitor incoming requests for telnet(1), finger(1), ftp(1), rsh(1), tftp(1), talk(1), comsat(8), and other services that have a one-to-one mapping onto executable fil... |
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tcpdchk(8) -- tcp wrapper configuration checker
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tcpdchk examines your tcp wrapper configuration and reports all potential and real problems it can find. The program examines the tcpd(8) access control files (by default, these are /etc/hosts.allow a... |
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tcpdmatch(8) -- tcp wrapper oracle
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tcpdmatch predicts how the tcp wrapper would handle a specific request for service. Examples are given below. The program examines the tcpd(8) access control tables (default /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/... |
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tcpdrop(8) -- drop a TCP connection
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The tcpdrop command drops the TCP connection specified by the local address laddr, port lport and the foreign address faddr, port fport. Addresses and ports can be specified by name or numeric value. |
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tcpdump(8) -- dump traffic on a network
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tcpdump prints out the headers of packets on a network interface that match the boolean expression. You must have read access to /dev/bpf*. The options are as follows: -a Attempt to convert network an... |
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telnetd(8) -- DARPA TELNET protocol server
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The telnetd command is a server which supports the DARPA standard TELNET virtual terminal protocol. Telnetd is normally invoked by the internet server (see inetd(8)) for requests to connect to the TEL... |
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tftpd(8) -- DARPA Trivial File Transfer Protocol server
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tftpd is a server which supports the DARPA Trivial File Transfer Protocol. The TFTP server operates at the port indicated in the `tftp' service description; see services(5). The server is normally st... |
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timed(8) -- time server daemon
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The timed utility is a time server daemon which is normally invoked at boot time from the rc(8) file. It synchronizes the host's time with the time of other machines, which are also running timed, in... |
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timedc(8) -- timed control program
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timedc is used to control the operation of the timed(8) program. It may be used to: +o Measure the differences between machines' clocks, +o Find the location where the master time server is running, ... |
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tokenadm(8) -- SNK-004 token databases
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The tokenadm utility displays and edits user entries in the various token databases. It may also be invoked as one the following: activadm, cryptoadm, or snkadm. The options are as follows: -1 Display... |
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tokeninit(8) -- or SNK-004 authentication system
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The tokeninit utility may also be invoked by one of the following names: activinit, cryptoinit, or snkinit. Depending on the name it was invoked as, it will initialize the system information to allow ... |
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traceroute(8) -- print the route packets take to network host
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The Internet is a large and complex aggregation of network hardware, connected together by gateways. Tracking the route one's packets follow (or finding the miscreant gateway that's discarding your ... |
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traceroute6(8) -- print the route IPv6 packets will take to the destination
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-d Debug mode. -f firsthop Specify how many hops to skip in trace. -g gateway Specify intermediate gateway (traceroute6 uses routing header). -I Use ICMP6 ECHO instead of UDP datagrams. -l Print both ... |
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trpt(8) -- transliterate protocol trace
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trpt interrogates the buffer of TCP trace records created when a socket is marked for ``debugging'' (see setsockopt(2)), and prints a readable description of these records. When no options are suppl... |
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ttyflags(8) -- set device-specific flags for terminals
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ttyflags sets the device-specific flags for terminals, based on the flags found on the terminal's line in /etc/ttys. The options are as follows: -a Set the flags for all terminals in /etc/ttys. -v Be... |
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tunefs(8) -- tune up an existing file system
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tunefs is designed to change the dynamic parameters of a file system which affect the layout policies. The parameters which are to be changed are indicated by the flags given below: -A The file system... |
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UKC(8) -- how to change kernel configuration at boot
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BOOT_CONFIG is a kernel option that makes it possible to change the configuration at boot time. The same interface is available from userland, using the -e argument to config(8). The boot time configu... |
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umount(8) -- unmount file systems
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The umount command calls the unmount(2) system call to remove a special device or the remote node (rhost:path) from the file system tree at the point node. If neither special nor node are provided, th... |
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update(8) -- flush internal filesystem caches to disk frequently
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The update command no longer exists, but has been incorporated into the kernel where it will flush dirty buffers that have not been touched for thirty seconds or more. The same effect can be obtained ... |
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updatedb(8) -- update locate database
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locate.updatedb updates the database used by locate(1). It is typically run once a week by the /etc/weekly script. The contents of the newly built database can be controlled by the /etc/locate.rc file... |
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usbdevs(8) -- show USB devices connected to the system
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usbdevs prints a listing of all USB devices connected to the system with some information about each device. The indentation of each line indicates its distance from the root. The options are as follo... |
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user(8) -- manage user login information on the system
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The user utility acts as a frontend to the useradd(8), usermod(8), userinfo(8), and userdel(8) commands. For a full explanation of the options, please see the relevant manual page. The user utility ex... |
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useradd(8) -- add a user to the system
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The useradd utility adds a user to the system, creating and populating a home directory if necessary. Any skeleton files will be provided for the new user if they exist in the skel-dir directory (see ... |
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userdel(8) -- remove a user from the system
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The userdel utility removes a user from the system, optionally removing that user's home directory and any subdirectories. Default values are taken from the information provided in the /etc/usermgmt.... |
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userinfo(8) -- displays user information
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The userinfo utility retrieves the user information from the system. The following command line options are recognised: -e return 0 if the user exists, and non-zero if the user does not exist, on the ... |
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usermod(8) -- modify user login information
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The usermod utility modifies user login information on the system. Default values are taken from the information provided in the /etc/usermgmt.conf file, which, if running as root, is created using th... |
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uucpd(8) -- unix to unix copy protocol daemon
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The uucpd daemon reads a username and password, and then executes uucico, the UUCP file transfer daemon, if the username and password match a valid account and the account's shell is ``/usr/local/lib... |
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verify_krb5_conf(8) -- checks krb5.conf for obvious errors
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verify_krb5_conf reads the configuration file krb5.conf, or the file given on the command line, and parses it, thereby verifying that the syntax is correct. If the file is syntactically correct, verif... |
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vipw(8) -- edit the password file
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vipw edits the password file after setting the appropriate locks, and does any necessary processing after the password file is unlocked. If the password file is already locked for editing by another u... |
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visudo(8) -- edit the sudoers file
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visudo edits the sudoers file in a safe fashion, analogous to vipw(8). visudo locks the sudoers file against multiple simultaneous edits, provides basic sanity checks, and checks for parse errors. If ... |
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vmstat(8) -- report statistics about kernel activities
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vmstat reports certain kernel statistics kept about process, virtual memory, disk, trap and CPU activity. The options are as follows: -c count Repeat the display count times. The first display is for ... |
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vnconfig(8) -- configure vnode disks for file swapping or pseudo file systems
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The vnconfig command configures vnode pseudo disk devices. It will associate (or disassociate) the special file rawdev with the regular file regular_file allowing the latter to be accessed as though i... |
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vos(8) -- manage AFS volumes and the VLDB
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The vos utility is used to manage AFS volumes and the volume location database (VLDB). vos provides several commands: addsite not yet implemented apropos apropos backup make a backup copy of a volume ... |
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vpn(8) -- configuring the system for virtual private networks
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A virtual private network is used to securely connect two or more subnets over the internet. For each subnet there is a security gateway which is linked via a cryptographically secured tunnel to the s... |
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weekly(8) -- periodic system maintenance
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The three files /etc/daily, /etc/weekly, and /etc/monthly are shell scripts run on a periodic basis by the clock daemon, cron(8). They take care of some basic administrative tasks. The results are mai... |
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wicontrol(8) -- configure WaveLAN/IEEE devices
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The wicontrol command controls the operation of WaveLAN/IEEE wireless networking devices via the wi(4) and awi(4) drivers. Most of the parameters that can be changed relate to the IEEE 802.11 protocol... |
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macppc/wsconscfg(8) -- configure virtual terminals on a wscons display
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The wsconscfg tool allows for the creation and removal of virtual terminals on display devices controlled by the wscons terminal framework, as long as the underlying display hardware driver supports m... |
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sgi/wsconscfg(8) -- configure virtual terminals on a wscons display
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The wsconscfg tool allows for the creation and removal of virtual terminals on display devices controlled by the wscons terminal framework, as long as the underlying display hardware driver supports m... |
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alpha/wsconscfg(8) -- configure virtual terminals on a wscons display
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The wsconscfg tool allows for the creation and removal of virtual terminals on display devices controlled by the wscons terminal framework, as long as the underlying display hardware driver supports m... |
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cats/wsconscfg(8) -- configure virtual terminals on a wscons display
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The wsconscfg tool allows for the creation and removal of virtual terminals on display devices controlled by the wscons terminal framework, as long as the underlying display hardware driver supports m... |
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i386/wsconscfg(8) -- configure virtual terminals on a wscons display
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The wsconscfg tool allows for the creation and removal of virtual terminals on display devices controlled by the wscons terminal framework, as long as the underlying display hardware driver supports m... |
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amd64/wsconscfg(8) -- configure virtual terminals on a wscons display
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The wsconscfg tool allows for the creation and removal of virtual terminals on display devices controlled by the wscons terminal framework, as long as the underlying display hardware driver supports m... |
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hppa/wsconscfg(8) -- configure virtual terminals on a wscons display
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The wsconscfg tool allows for the creation and removal of virtual terminals on display devices controlled by the wscons terminal framework, as long as the underlying display hardware driver supports m... |
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sparc/wsconscfg(8) -- configure virtual terminals on a wscons display
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The wsconscfg tool allows for the creation and removal of virtual terminals on display devices controlled by the wscons terminal framework, as long as the underlying display hardware driver supports m... |
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sparc64/wsconscfg(8) -- configure virtual terminals on a wscons display
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The wsconscfg tool allows for the creation and removal of virtual terminals on display devices controlled by the wscons terminal framework, as long as the underlying display hardware driver supports m... |
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luna88k/wsconscfg(8) -- configure virtual terminals on a wscons display
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The wsconscfg tool allows for the creation and removal of virtual terminals on display devices controlled by the wscons terminal framework, as long as the underlying display hardware driver supports m... |
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macppc/wsconsctl(8) -- get or set wscons state
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The wsconsctl command displays or sets various wscons system driver variables. If a list of variables is present on the command line, wsconsctl prints the current value of those variables for the spec... |
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sgi/wsconsctl(8) -- get or set wscons state
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The wsconsctl command displays or sets various wscons system driver variables. If a list of variables is present on the command line, wsconsctl prints the current value of those variables for the spec... |
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alpha/wsconsctl(8) -- get or set wscons state
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The wsconsctl command displays or sets various wscons system driver variables. If a list of variables is present on the command line, wsconsctl prints the current value of those variables for the spec... |
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cats/wsconsctl(8) -- get or set wscons state
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The wsconsctl command displays or sets various wscons system driver variables. If a list of variables is present on the command line, wsconsctl prints the current value of those variables for the spec... |
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i386/wsconsctl(8) -- get or set wscons state
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The wsconsctl command displays or sets various wscons system driver variables. If a list of variables is present on the command line, wsconsctl prints the current value of those variables for the spec... |
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amd64/wsconsctl(8) -- get or set wscons state
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The wsconsctl command displays or sets various wscons system driver variables. If a list of variables is present on the command line, wsconsctl prints the current value of those variables for the spec... |
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hppa/wsconsctl(8) -- get or set wscons state
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The wsconsctl command displays or sets various wscons system driver variables. If a list of variables is present on the command line, wsconsctl prints the current value of those variables for the spec... |
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sparc/wsconsctl(8) -- get or set wscons state
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The wsconsctl command displays or sets various wscons system driver variables. If a list of variables is present on the command line, wsconsctl prints the current value of those variables for the spec... |
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sparc64/wsconsctl(8) -- get or set wscons state
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The wsconsctl command displays or sets various wscons system driver variables. If a list of variables is present on the command line, wsconsctl prints the current value of those variables for the spec... |
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luna88k/wsconsctl(8) -- get or set wscons state
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The wsconsctl command displays or sets various wscons system driver variables. If a list of variables is present on the command line, wsconsctl prints the current value of those variables for the spec... |
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alpha/wsfontload(8) -- load a font bitmap into a wscons display device
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The wsfontload utility loads a font bitmap to a wscons device if the device driver supports it. The font gets assigned a name in this process which it can be referred to by later for use on a display ... |
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cats/wsfontload(8) -- load a font bitmap into a wscons display device
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The wsfontload utility loads a font bitmap to a wscons device if the device driver supports it. The font gets assigned a name in this process which it can be referred to by later for use on a display ... |
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i386/wsfontload(8) -- load a font bitmap into a wscons display device
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The wsfontload utility loads a font bitmap to a wscons device if the device driver supports it. The font gets assigned a name in this process which it can be referred to by later for use on a display ... |
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amd64/wsfontload(8) -- load a font bitmap into a wscons display device
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The wsfontload utility loads a font bitmap to a wscons device if the device driver supports it. The font gets assigned a name in this process which it can be referred to by later for use on a display ... |
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hppa/wsfontload(8) -- load a font bitmap into a wscons display device
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The wsfontload utility loads a font bitmap to a wscons device if the device driver supports it. The font gets assigned a name in this process which it can be referred to by later for use on a display ... |
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alpha/wsmoused(8) -- wsmouse daemon
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wsmoused listens for mouse events on the specified device and communicates them to the wscons(4) driver through the /dev/ttyCcfg interface. Its purpose is to provide copy/paste functionality on the PC... |
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i386/wsmoused(8) -- wsmouse daemon
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wsmoused listens for mouse events on the specified device and communicates them to the wscons(4) driver through the /dev/ttyCcfg interface. Its purpose is to provide copy/paste functionality on the PC... |
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amd64/wsmoused(8) -- wsmouse daemon
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wsmoused listens for mouse events on the specified device and communicates them to the wscons(4) driver through the /dev/ttyCcfg interface. Its purpose is to provide copy/paste functionality on the PC... |
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yp(8) -- description of the YP subsystem
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The YP subsystem allows network management of passwd, group, and hosts file entries through the functions getpwent(3), getgrent(3) and gethostbyname(3). A number of other databases can be network-mana... |
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ypbind(8) -- create and maintain a binding to a YP server
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ypbind finds the server for a particular YP domain and stores information about it in a ``binding file''. This binding information includes the IP address of the server associated with that particul... |
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ypinit(8) -- create a YP server (master or slave)
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ypinit may be used to set up a YP server, or to change the ypserver map. The options are as follows: -m domainname Set up a master YP server. If domainname is not given the default domainname will be ... |
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yppasswdd(8) -- YP update password file daemon
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rpc.yppasswdd must be running on the YP master server to allow users to change information in the password file. If the user needs to change his password this is normally done with a program called yp... |
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yppoll(8) -- ask version of YP map from YP server
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yppoll asks a YP server process for the order number and which host is the master server for mapname. The options are as follows: -h host Ask the YP server process running on host for information abou... |
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yppush(8) -- force distribution of YP map
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yppush is used to distribute an YP map from a master server to any slave server in the domain. All servers of the domain are fetched from the YP map ypservers. The options are as follows: -d domainnam... |
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ypserv(8) -- YP server daemon
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ypserv is a fundamental part of the network information system called YP. This server provides information from YP maps to the YP clients on the network. A YP map is stored on the server as a db(3) da... |
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ypset(8) -- tell ypbind(8) which YP server process to use
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ypset tells the ypbind(8) process on the current machine which YP server process to communicate with. If server is down or is not running a YP server process, it is not discovered until a YP client pr... |
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yptest(8) -- calls different YP routines
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yptest checks various YP functions to see if the YP server works as expected. |
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ypxfr(8) -- get a YP map from YP server
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ypxfr is the utility in YP that transfers maps to the local host. Since the YP master transfers a map when it has changed, an YP slave should check for missed maps regularly. This can be done via an e... |
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ypxfr_1perday(8) -- get a YP map from YP server
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ypxfr is the utility in YP that transfers maps to the local host. Since the YP master transfers a map when it has changed, an YP slave should check for missed maps regularly. This can be done via an e... |
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ypxfr_1perhour(8) -- get a YP map from YP server
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ypxfr is the utility in YP that transfers maps to the local host. Since the YP master transfers a map when it has changed, an YP slave should check for missed maps regularly. This can be done via an e... |
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ypxfr_2perday(8) -- get a YP map from YP server
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ypxfr is the utility in YP that transfers maps to the local host. Since the YP master transfers a map when it has changed, an YP slave should check for missed maps regularly. This can be done via an e... |
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zdump(8) -- time zone dumper
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zdump prints the current time in each zonename named on the command line. These options are available: -c cutoffyear Cut off the verbose output near the start of the given year. -v For each zonename o... |
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zic(8) -- time zone compiler
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zic reads text from the file(s) named on the command line and creates the time conversion information files specified in this input. If a filename is ``-'', the standard input is read. These options... |
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macppc/zzz(8) -- Advanced Power Management control program
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apm communicates with the Advanced Power Management daemon, apmd(8), making requests of it for current power status or to place the system into a suspend or stand-by state. With no flags, apm displays... |
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i386/zzz(8) -- Advanced Power Management control program
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apm communicates with the Advanced Power Management daemon, apmd(8), making requests of it for current power status or to place the system into a suspend or stand-by state. With no flags, apm displays... |
