Section 8: administration and privileged commands
modinfo – Show information about a Linux Kernel module Synopsis modinfo [-0] [-F field] [-k kernel] [modulename|filename…] modinfo -V modinfo -h Description modinfo extracts information from the Linux Kernel modules given on the command line. If the module name is not a filename, then the /lib/modules/version directory is searched, as is also done by modprobe(8) when loading…
modifyrepo_c – Modify a repomd.xml of rpm-md format repository Synopsis modifyrepo_c [options] <input metadata> <output repodata> modifyrepo_c –remove <metadata type> <output repodata> modifyrepo_c [options] –batchfile <batch file> <output repodata> Options –version Show program’s version number and exit. –mdtype MDTYPE Specific datatype of the metadata, will be derived from the filename if not specified. –remove Remove…
modemmanager_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the modemmanager processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the modemmanager processes via flexible mandatory access control. The modemmanager processes execute with the modemmanager_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…
mod_gridsite – Grid extensions to Apache httpd Synopsis LoadModule gridsite_module mod_gridsite.so Description mod_gridsite is an Apache 2.0 module which enforces access control via Grid Access Control Lists, and X.509, GSI or VOMS credentials. mod_gridsite also gives Apache built-in support for the HTTP PUT and DELETE methods, and formatting of HTML pages with standard headers and…
mod-active – Batch processing of newsgroups creation and removal commands Synopsis mod-active [ctlinnd-command-file …] Description mod-active is a Perl script that updates the active file based on its input lines of ctlinnd "newgroup", "rmgroup" and "changegroup" commands. It pauses the server briefly while the existing active file is read and rewritten, which not only keeps…
mock_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the mock processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the mock processes via flexible mandatory access control. The mock processes execute with the mock_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…
mock_build_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the mock_build processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the mock_build processes via flexible mandatory access control. The mock_build processes execute with the mock_build_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…
mmcli – Control and monitor the ModemManager Synopsis mmcli [OPTION…] Description ModemManager is a DBus-powered Linux daemon which provides a unified high level API for communicating with (mobile broadband) modems. It acts as a standard RIL (Radio Interface Layer) and may be used by different connection managers, like NetworkManager. Thanks to the built-in plugin architecture,…
mkzonedb – Utility create a zone file for isdnlog Synopsis mkzonedb -r zonefile -d database [-v] [-V] [-o Oz] [-l len] Description mkzonedb reads a text file with zone (area code) information, and writes it in a special format to the database file so that other apps such as isdnlog can easily access the data….
mkudffs – create an UDF filesystem Synopsis mkudffs [ switches ] device [ blocks-count ] Description mkudffs is used to create a UDF filesystem on a device (usually a disk). device is the special file corresponding to the device (e.g /dev/hdX). blocks-count is the number of blocks on the device. If omitted, mkudffs automagically figures…
mkswap – set up a Linux swap area Synopsis mkswap [options] device [size] Description mkswap sets up a Linux swap area on a device or in a file. The device argument will usually be a disk partition (something like /dev/sdb7) but can also be a file. The Linux kernel does not look at partition IDs,…
mksmbpasswd – formats a /etc/passwd entry for a smbpasswd file Synopsis mksmbpasswd cat /etc/passwd | /usr/sbin/mksmbpasswd > /etc/samba/smbpasswd Description mksmbpasswd should be used only once, the first time Samba is installed. The idea is to ease accounts creation by transferring all user accounts from /etc/passwd to /etc/samba/smbpasswd. Please note that passwords are not transferred automatically…
mkreiserfs – The create tool for the Linux ReiserFS filesystem. Synopsis mkreiserfs [ -dfV ] [ -b | –block-size N ] [ -h | –hash HASH ] [ -u | –uuid UUID ] [ -l | –label LABEL ] [ –format FORMAT ] [ -q | –quiet ] [ -j | –journal-device FILE ] […
mkqdisk – Cluster Quorum Disk Utility Warning Use of this command can cause the cluster to malfunction. Synopsis mkqdisk [-?|-h] | [-L] | [-f label] [-c device -l label] [-d [-d …]] Description The mkqdisk command is used to create a new quorum disk or display existing quorum disks accessible from a given cluster node….
mkntfs – create an NTFS file system Synopsis mkntfs [options] device [number-of-sectors] mkntfs [ -C ] [ -c cluster-size ] [ -F ] [ -f ] [ -H heads ] [ -h ] [ -I ] [ -L volume-label ] [ -l ] [ -n ] [ -p part-start-sect ] [ -Q ] [ -q…
mknetid – generate data for netid map Synopsis /usr/lib/yp/mknetid [-q] [-h hosts] [-p passwd] [-g group] [-d domain] [-n netid] /usr/lib/yp/mknetid –version Description mknetid generates the netid.byname NIS map from the contents of the group(5), passwd(5), hosts(5) and netid files. It checks for multiple entrys of netids and warn for them or filters them out. It is only called by…
mklost+found – create a lost+found directory on a mounted Linux second extended file system Synopsis mklost+found Description mklost+found is used to create a lost+found directory in the current working directory on a Linux second extended file system. There is normally a lost+found directory in the root directory of each file system. mklost+found pre-allocates disk blocks…
mkiss – Attach a multi KISS interface Synopsis mkiss [-c] [-f] [-h] [-l] [-s speed] [-p pollrate] [-v] [-x n_ptmx] ttyinterface pty .. Description Mkiss allows dual port TNCs or multiple TNCs sharing the same serial port to be used with the Linux AX.25 kernel software. The AX.25 software has no support for dual port…
mkinitrd – is a compat wrapper, which calls dracut to generate an initramfs Synopsis mkinitrd [OPTION…] [<initrd-image>] <kernel-version> Description mkinitrd creates an initramfs image <initrd-image> for the kernel with version <kernel-version> by calling "dracut". Important If a more fine grained control over the resulting image is needed, "dracut" should be called directly. Options –version print…
mkinitramfs – low-level tool for generating an initramfs image Synopsis mkinitramfs [option]… -o outfile [version] mkinitramfs -h Description The mkinitramfs script generates an initramfs image. The initramfs is a compressed cpio archive. The archive can be used on a different box of the same arch with the corresponding Linux kernel. mkinitramfs is meant for advanced…