arp – Linux ARP kernel module. Description This kernel protocol module implements the Address Resolution Protocol defined in RFC 826. It is used to convert between Layer2 hardware addresses and IPv4 protocol addresses on directly connected networks. The user normally doesn’t interact directly with this module except to configure it; instead it provides a service…
armscii-8 – Armenian character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal Description The Armenian Standard Code for Information Interchange, 8-bit coded character set. ArmSCII-8 characters The following table displays the characters in ArmSCII-8 that are printable and unlisted in the ascii(7) manual page. Oct Dec Hex Char Description 240 160 A0 NO-BREAK SPACE 242…
apt-patterns – Syntax and semantics of apt search patterns Description Starting with version 2.0, APT provides support for patterns, which can be used to query the apt cache for packages. Logic Patterns These patterns provide the basic means to combine other patterns into more complex expressions, as well as ?true and ?false patterns. ?and(PATTERN, PATTERN,…
apparmor_xattrs – AppArmor profile xattr(7) matching Description AppArmor profiles can conditionally match files based on the presence and value of extended attributes in addition to file path. The following profile applies to any file under “/usr/bin” where the “security.apparmor” extended attribute has the value “trusted”: profile trusted /usr/bin/* xattrs=(security.apparmor="trusted") { # … } Note that…
AppArmor – kernel enhancement to confine programs to a limited set of resources. Description AppArmor is a kernel enhancement to confine programs to a limited set of resources. AppArmor’s unique security model is to bind access control attributes to programs rather than to users. AppArmor confinement is provided via profiles loaded into the kernel via…
amt-howto – Intel AMT with linux mini howto Description What is AMT and why I should care? AMT stands for "Active Management Technology". It provides some remote management facilities. They are handled by the hardware and firmware, thus they work independant from the operation system. Means: It works before Linux bootet up to the point…
amorad – Amora (A Remote Mobile Assistant) daemon Synopsis amorad [options] Description Amora is an application that enables you to control your PC desktop using a cellphone. It uses bluetooth to send mouse and keyboard events to the graphical session. With it you can control your slides in OpenOffice.org, movies or any other application. Amora…
amanda-taperscan – Amanda Taperscan Algorithms Description Amanda uses a taperscan algorithm to select volumes on which to store dumps. Historically Amanda has provided only one, fairly complex taperscan algorithm, but this algorithm did not suit the needs of all users. Now Amanda offers a wide array of algorithms to suit varied needs. Adding new algorithms…
amanda-scripts – Configuring and using the Script API Description The Script API is a flexible system for invoking user-supplied scripts at various points in the execution of Amanda. This manual page describes the operation and configuration of the API. For help writing Script API scripts, see http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Script_API. Scripts This section lists the scripts included with…
amanda-match – Common Amanda Match Expression Description Several Amanda commands allow the user to specify dumps using "match expressions". This manual page describes the syntax of these expressions. In some places, only certain match expressions are allowed. However, several commands take a dump specification ("dumpspec") consisting of a sequence of several expressions intended to match…
amanda-interactivity – Configuring Interactivity with Amanda Amanda Description Amanda uses interactivity to ask user to load specific volumes when they are needed. This manual page describes the interactivity modules included with Amanda. This is a user-level description of the API, and does not address details that are only of concern to developers of new interactivity…
amanda-devices – Configuring and Using Amanda Devices Description The Device API specifies a generic interface between Amanda and storage devices such as tapes or disks. This manual page describes the device drivers included with Amanda. This is a user-level description of the API, and does not address details that are only of concern to developers….
amanda-compatibility – Compatibility between Amanda versions Network Compatibility Amanda has used several on-the-wire protocols to communicate between the server and backup clients, and not all of them have been compatible. Versions of Amanda prior to about 2.3 used a different protocol which is not compatible. 2.3 is very old so this is not of general…
amanda-changers – Configuring and Using Amanda Changers Description Amanda uses changers to arbitrate access to devices (amanda-devices(7)) and data volumes. Changers provide an abstraction of tape robots, but are used to manage non-tape media, too. Amanda communicates with changers through the Changer API. This manpage contains a user-level overview of the API, and does not…
amanda-auth – Communication/Authentication methods between Amanda server and client Description Amanda offers 7 methods of communication between Amanda server (sometimes also called the tape server) and clients, each with its own authentication method. The desired communication method is specified by the auth parameter in the amanda.conf file (amanda.conf(5)) commonly as a dumptype. Valid values to…
amanda-applications – Application-api for amanda Description Describe how to use application with Amanda Applications This section lists the applications included with Amanda. See the individual man pages for instructions on using them. For complete How-To information, consult the Amanda wiki at http://wiki.zmanda.com. • amgtar(8), – use GNU Tar to backup and restore data. • ampgsql(8),…
alsactl_init – alsa control management – initialization Description "alsactl init" provides soundcard specific initialization. Configuration All "alsactl init" configuration files are placed in /usr/share/alsa/init/ directory. The top level configuration file is /usr/share/alsa/init/00main. The default top-level file can be also specified using -i or –initfile parameter for the alsactl tool. Every file consists of a set…
all-swaps – event signalling that all swap partitions have been activated Synopsis all-swaps [ENV]… Description The all-swaps event is generated by the mountall(8) daemon after it has activated all swap partitions listed in fstab(5). mountall(8) emits this event as an informational signal, services and tasks started or stopped by this event will do so in…
aio – POSIX asynchronous I/O overview Description The POSIX asynchronous I/O (AIO) interface allows applications to initiate one or more I/O operations that are performed asynchronously (i.e., in the background). The application can elect to be notified of completion of the I/O operation in a variety of ways: by delivery of a signal, by instantiation…
address_families – socket address families (domains) Synopsis #include <sys/types.h> /* See NOTES */ #include <sys/socket.h> int socket(int domain, int type, int protocol); Description The domain argument of the socket(2) specifies a communication domain; this selects the protocol family which will be used for communication. These families are defined in <sys/socket.h>. The formats currently understood by…