Section 8: administration and privileged commands
makedbz – Rebuild dbz files Synopsis makedbz [-io] [-f filename] [-s size] Description makedbz rebuilds dbz(3) database. The default name of the text file is pathdb/history; to specify a different name, use the -f flag. Options -f filename If the -f flag is used, then the database files are named "filename.dir", "filename.index", and "filename.hash". If…
makedbm – create or dump a ypserv database file Synopsis /usr/lib/yp/makedbm [-a | -r] [-b] [-c] [-s] [-l] [-i YP_INPUT_NAME] [-o YP_OUTPUT_NAME] [-m YP_MASTER_NAME] inputfile dbname /usr/lib/yp/makedbm -u dbname /usr/lib/yp/makedbm -c /usr/lib/yp/makedbm –version Description makedbm takes the inputfile and converts it to a ypserv database file. In the moment, GDBM is used as database. Each line of the input…
make-ssl-cert – Debconf wrapper for openssl Synopsis make-ssl-cert [,OPTION/]… template output-certificate make-ssl-cert [,OPTION/]… generate-default-snakeoil Description make-ssl-cert is a simple debconf to openssl wrapper to create self-signed certificates. It requires a source template (Ex: /usr/share/ssl-cert/ssleay.cnf) and it will place the new generated certificate in the specified output file. Invoked with "generate-default-snakeoil", it will generate /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem and…
mailstats – display mail statistics Synopsis mailstats [-c] [-o] [-p] [-P] [-C cffile] [-f stfile] Description 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 mailer are displayed on a single line, each with…
mailsnarf – sniff mail messages in Berkeley mbox format Synopsis mailsnarf [-i interface | -p pcapfile] [[-v] pattern [expression]] Description mailsnarf outputs e-mail messages sniffed from SMTP and POP traffic in Berkeley mbox format, suitable for offline browsing with your favorite mail reader (mail(1), pine(1), etc.). Options -i interface Specify the interface to listen on….
mailq – show contents of the mail queue Synopsis mailq Description This is a link to the ssmtp binary. It invokes /usr/sbin/sendmail with the -q option. It is provided for compatibility with the sendmail program. In this case it does absolutely nothing since sSMTP does not support mail queues and is just there to avoid…
mailpost – Feed an e-mail message into a newsgroup Synopsis mailpost [-hn] [-a addr] [-b database] [-c wait-time] [-d distribution] [-f addr] [-m mailing-list] [-o output-command] [-p port] [-r addr] [-t tempdir] [-x header[:header…]] newsgroups Description The mailpost program reads a properly formatted e-mail message from stdin and feeds it to inews for posting to…
mailman_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the mailman processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the mailman processes via flexible mandatory access control. Nsswitch Domain If you want to allow users to login using a sssd serve for the mailman_mail_t, mailman_cgi_t, mailman_queue_t, you must turn on the authlogin_nsswitch_use_ldap boolean. setsebool -P authlogin_nsswitch_use_ldap 1 If you want…
mailman_queue_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the mailman_queue processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the mailman_queue processes via flexible mandatory access control. The mailman_queue processes execute with the mailman_queue_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…
mailman_mail_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the mailman_mail processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the mailman_mail processes via flexible mandatory access control. The mailman_mail processes execute with the mailman_mail_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…
mailman_cgi_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the mailman_cgi processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the mailman_cgi processes via flexible mandatory access control. The mailman_cgi processes execute with the mailman_cgi_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…
mail_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the mail processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the mail processes via flexible mandatory access control. Booleans SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. mail policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to manipulate the policy and run mail with the tightest access…
mail_munin_plugin_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the mail_munin_plugin processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the mail_munin_plugin processes via flexible mandatory access control. The mail_munin_plugin processes execute with the mail_munin_plugin_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…
maidag – the mail delivery agent. Synopsis maidag [,OPTION/…] [,recipient/…] Description GNU maidag — the mail delivery agent. General options -d, –daemon[=,NUMBER/] runs in daemon mode with a maximum of NUMBER children –[no-]foreground remain in foreground -f, -r, –from=,EMAIL/ specify the sender’s name -i, –[no-]inetd run in inetd mode –lmtp[=,URL/] operate in LMTP mode –mda…
madwimax – driver for mobile WiMAX equipment based on Samsung CMC-730 Synopsis madwimax [OPTIONS] Description madwimax is an experimental reverse-engineered linux driver for mobile WiMAX (802.16e) devices based on Samsung CMC-730 chip. These devices are currently supported: * Samsung SWC-U200 * Samsung SWC-E100 * Samsung SWM-S10R (it is built in Samsung NC-10 netbook) The driver…
macof – flood a switched LAN with random MAC addresses Synopsis macof [-i interface] [-s src] [-d dst] [-e tha] [-x sport] [-y dport] [-n times] Description macof floods the local network with random MAC addresses (causing some switches to fail open in repeating mode, facilitating sniffing). A straight C port of the original Perl…
m6pack – Attach multiples 6PACK interfaces Synopsis m6pack [-l] [-s speed] [-x n_ptmx] [-v] ttyinterface pty .. Description m6pack allows multiple 6PACK TNCs sharing the same serial port to be used with the Linux AX.25 kernel software. The AX.25 softare has no support for multiple TNCs sharing the same serial line. The different ports are…
Lynis – System and security auditing tool Synopsis lynis [scan mode] [other options] Description Lynis is a security auditing tool for Linux, Mac OSX, and UNIX systems. It checks the system and the software configuration, to see if there is any room for improvement the security defenses. All details are stored in a log file….
lwsmd_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the lwsmd processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the lwsmd processes via flexible mandatory access control. The lwsmd processes execute with the lwsmd_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…
lwresd – lightweight resolver daemon Synopsis lwresd [-c config-file] [-C config-file] [-d debug-level] [-f] [-g] [-i pid-file] [-m flag] [-n #cpus] [-P port] [-p port] [-s] [-t directory] [-u user] [-v] [-4] [-6] Description lwresd is the daemon providing name lookup services to clients that use the BIND 9 lightweight resolver library. It is essentially a stripped-down, caching-only name server that answers queries using the…