iftop – display bandwidth usage on an interface by host Synopsis iftop -h | [-nNpblBP] [-i interface] [-f filter code] [-F net/mask] [-G net6/mask6] Description iftop listens to network traffic on a named interface, or on the first interface it can find which looks like an external interface if none is specified, and displays a…
ifstat – handy utility to read network interface statistics Synopsis ifstat [ OPTIONS ] [ INTERFACE_LIST ] INTERFACE_LIST := INTERFACE_LIST | interface Description ifstat neatly prints out network interface statistics. The utility keeps records of the previous data displayed in history files and by default only shows difference between the last and the current call….
ipmiutil_fru – show Field Replacable Unit configuration data Synopsis ipmiutil fru [-abcdeikmsvx -N node -U user -P/-R pswd -EFJTVY] Description ipmiutil fru is a program that uses IPMI commands to show FRU configuration data and optionally write an asset tag string into the FRU data. Setting the asset tag is a function that can be…
ifrename – rename network interfaces based on various static criteria Synopsis ifrename [-c configfile] [-p] [-d] [-u] [-v] [-V] [-D] ifrename [-c configfile] [-i interface] [-n newname] Description Ifrename is a tool allowing you to assign a consistent name to each of your network interface. By default, interface names are dynamic, and each network interface…
ifup – bring a network interface up ifdown – take a network interface down ifquery – parse interface configuration Synopsis ifup [-nv] [–no-act] [–verbose] [-i FILE|–interfaces=FILE] [–state-dir=DIR] [–allow CLASS] -a|IFACE… ifup -h|–help ifup -V|–version ifdown [-nv] [–no-act] [–verbose] [-i FILE|–interfaces=FILE] [–state-dir=DIR] [–allow CLASS] -a|IFACE… ifquery [-nv] [–verbose] [-i FILE|–interfaces=FILE] [–state-dir=DIR] [–allow CLASS] IFACE… ifquery -l|–list…
ifpps – top-like networking and system statistics Synopsis ifpps { [options] | [device] } Description ifpps is a small utility which periodically provides top-like networking and system statistics from the kernel. ifpps gathers its data directly from procfs files and does not make use of any user space monitoring libraries which would falsify statistics under…
ifplugstatus – A link beat detection tool Synopsis ifplugstatus [options] [INTERFACE] Description ifplugstatus is an utility which may be used to detect the link status of a local Linux ethernet device, much in the same way mii-diag, mii-tool and ethtool work. In fact it supports all three different APIs these three tools use. In addition…
ifplugd – A link detection daemon for ethernet devices Synopsis ifplugd [options] Description ifplugd is a daemon which will automatically configure your ethernet device when a cable is plugged in and automatically unconfigure it if the cable is pulled. This is useful on laptops with on-board network adapters, since it will only configure the interface…
ipmiutil_firewall – configure the IPMI firmware firewall functions Synopsis ipmiutil firewall [-mxNUPREFJTVY] parameters Description This ipmiutil firewall command supports the IPMI Firmware Firewall capability. It may be used to add or remove security-based restrictions on certain commands/command sub-functions or to list the current firmware firewall restrictions set on any commands. For each firmware firewall command…
ifenslave – Attach and detach slave network devices to a bonding device. Synopsis [-acdfhuvV ] [–all-interfaces ] [–change-active ] [–detach ] [–force ] [–help ] [–usage ] [–verbose ] [–version ] master slave … Description is a tool to attach and detach slave network devices to a bonding device. A bonding device will act like…
ifup – bring a network interface up ifdown – take a network interface down ifquery – parse interface configuration Synopsis ifup [-nv] [–no-act] [–verbose] [-i FILE|–interfaces=FILE] [–state-dir=DIR] [–allow CLASS] -a|IFACE… ifup -h|–help ifup -V|–version ifdown [-nv] [–no-act] [–verbose] [-i FILE|–interfaces=FILE] [–state-dir=DIR] [–allow CLASS] -a|IFACE… ifquery [-nv] [–verbose] [-i FILE|–interfaces=FILE] [–state-dir=DIR] [–allow CLASS] IFACE… ifquery -l|–list…
ifconfig_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the ifconfig processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the ifconfig processes via flexible mandatory access control. The ifconfig processes execute with the ifconfig_t SELinux type. You can check if you have these processes running by executing the ps command with the -Z qualifier. For example: ps -eZ | grep…
ifconfig – configure a network interface Synopsis ifconfig [-v] [-a] [-s] [interface] ifconfig [-v] interface [aftype] options | address … Description Ifconfig is used to configure the kernel-resident network interfaces. It is used at boot time to set up interfaces as necessary. After that, it is usually only needed when debugging or when system tuning…
ifcfg – simplistic script which replaces ifconfig IP management Synopsis ifcfg [ DEVICE ] [ command ] ADDRESS [ PEER ] Description This manual page documents briefly the ifcfg command. This is a simplistic script replacing one option of ifconfig , namely, IP address management. It not only adds addresses, but also carries out Duplicate…
ievents – decode IPMI and PET event data Synopsis ievents [-bfhnprsx] 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f 10 Description ievents is a standalone utility delivered with ipmiutil, used to interpret raw hex data from IPMI events or from IPMI PET SNMP trap varbind data. This utility…
ipmiutil_ekanalyzer – run FRU-Ekeying analyzer with FRU files Synopsis ipmiutil ekanalyzer [-mx -NPRUEFJTVY] commands (deprecated, see ifru instead) Description ipmiutil ekanalyzer is a program that analyzes FRU Ekeying information from files saved from PICMG IPMI systems. filename1 binary file that stores FRU data of a Carrier or an AMC module filename2 binary file that stores…
idmapwb.so – winbind ID mapping plugin for cifs-utils Description This plugin allows the utilities in cifs-utils to work in conjuction with the winbind facility of Samba suite. It handles several functions including mapping UID and GID to SIDs and vice versa. Utilities are usually configured to use the correct plugin by creating a symlink at…
rpc.idmapd – NFSv4 ID <-> Name Mapper Synopsis rpc.idmapd [-h ] [-f ] [-v ] [-C ] [-S ] [-p path ] [-c path ] Description rpc.idmapd is the NFSv4 ID <-> name mapping daemon. It provides functionality to the NFSv4 kernel client and server, to which it communicates via upcalls, by translating user and…
idmap_tdb2 – Samba’s idmap_tdb2 Backend for Winbind Description The idmap_tdb2 plugin is a substitute for the default idmap_tdb backend used by winbindd for storing SID/uid/gid mapping tables in clustered environments with Samba and CTDB. In contrast to read only backends like idmap_rid, it is an allocating backend: This means that it needs to allocate new…
idmap_tdb – Samba’s idmap_tdb Backend for Winbind Description The idmap_tdb plugin is the default backend used by winbindd for storing SID/uid/gid mapping tables. In contrast to read only backends like idmap_rid, it is an allocating backend: This means that it needs to allocate new user and group IDs in order to create new mappings. Idmap…