Section 8: administration and privileged commands
blkid – locate/print block device attributes Synopsis blkid –label label | –uuid uuid blkid [–no-encoding –garbage-collect –list-one –cache-file file] [–output format] [–match-tag tag] [–match-token NAME=value] [device…] blkid –probe [–offset offset] [–output format] [–size size] [–match-tag tag] [–match-types list] [–usages list] [–no-part-details] device… blkid –info [–output format] [–match-tag tag] device… Description The blkid program is the…
blkdiscard – discard sectors on a device Synopsis blkdiscard [options] [-o offset] [-l length] device Description blkdiscard is used to discard device sectors. This is useful for solid-state drivers (SSDs) and thinly-provisioned storage. Unlike fstrim(8), this command is used directly on the block device. By default, blkdiscard will discard all blocks on the device. Options…
blkdeactivate — utility to deactivate block devices Synopsis blkdeactivate [-d dm_options] [-e] [-h] [-l lvm_options] [-m mpath_options] [-r mdraid_options] [-o vdo_options] [-u] [-v] [device] Description The blkdeactivate utility deactivates block devices. For mounted block devices, it attempts to unmount it automatically before trying to deactivate. The utility currently supports device-mapper devices (DM), including LVM volumes and software RAID MD devices….
blazer_usb – Driver for Megatec/Q1 protocol USB based UPS equipment Note This man page only documents the hardware-specific features of the blazer driver. For information about the core driver, see nutupsdrv(8). Supported Hardware The blazer driver is known to work with various UPSes from Blazer, Energy Sistem, Fenton Technologies, General Electric, Mustek and many others….
blazer_ser – Driver for Megatec/Q1 protocol serial based UPS equipment Note This man page only documents the hardware-specific features of the blazer driver. For information about the core driver, see nutupsdrv(8). Supported Hardware The blazer driver is known to work with various UPSes from Blazer, Energy Sistem, Fenton Technologies, General Electric, Mustek and many others….
blazer_ser, blazer_usb – Driver for Megatec/Q1 protocol serial/USB based UPS equipment Note This man page only documents the hardware-specific features of the blazer driver. For information about the core driver, see nutupsdrv(8). Supported Hardware The blazer driver is known to work with various UPSes from Blazer, Energy Sistem, Fenton Technologies, Mustek and many others. The…
bitlbee_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the bitlbee processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the bitlbee processes via flexible mandatory access control. The bitlbee processes execute with the bitlbee_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…
BitlBee – IRC gateway to IM chat networks Synopsis bitlbee [-I] [-c configuration file] [-d configuration directory] bitlbee -D [-i address] [-p port number] [-n] [-v] [-c configuration file] [-d configuration directory] bitlbee -h Description BitlBee is an IRC daemon that can talk to instant messaging networks and acts as a gateway. Users can connect…
biosdecode – BIOS information decoder Synopsis biosdecode [OPTIONS] Description biosdecode parses the BIOS memory and prints information about all structures (or entry points) it knows of. Currently known entry point types are: • SMBIOS (System Management BIOS) Use dmidecode for a more detailed output. • DMI (Desktop Management Interface, a legacy version of SMBIOS) Use…
bing – compute point to point throughput using two sizes of ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to pairs of remote hosts. Synopsis bing [dDnrRPvVwz] [-c count] [-e samples] [-f samplefile] [-i wait] [-p pattern] [-s small packetsize] [-S big packetsize] host1 host2 […] Description Bing determines bandwidth on a point-to-point link by sending ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets and…
named_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the named processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the named processes via flexible mandatory access control. The named processes execute with the named_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…
bgpd – a BGPv4, BGPv4+, BGPv4- routing engine for use with Quagga routing software Synopsis bgpd [ -dhrv ] [ -f config-file ] [ -i pid-file ] [ -p bgp-port-number ] [ -P port-number ] [ -A vty-address ] [ -u user ] [ -g group ] Description bgpd is a routing component that works…
bextract – Bacula’s ‘Extract from tape’ Synopsis bextract [options] bacula-archive-device-name output-directory Description This manual page documents briefly the bextract command. Options A summary of options is included below. -? Show version and usage of program. -b bootstrap Specify a bootstrap file. -c config Specify configuration file. -d nn Set debug level to nn. -dt Print timestamp in debug output….
bestups – Driver for Best Power / SOLA (Phoenixtec protocol) UPS equipment Note This man page only documents the hardware-specific features of the bestups driver. For information about the core driver, see nutupsdrv(8). Supported Hardware bestups was designed to monitor Best Power UPS hardware like the Fortress, Fortress Telecom, Axxium Rackmount and Patriot Pro. It…
bestuferrups – Driver for Best Power Micro-Ferrups Note This man page only documents the hardware-specific features of the bestuferrups driver. For information about the core driver, see nutupsdrv(8). Supported Hardware Best Power Micro-Ferrups ME3100, probably other similar models too. Extra Arguments This driver does not support any extra settings in the ups.conf(5). Authors Andreas Wrede,…
bestfortress – Driver for old Best Fortress UPS equipment Note This man page only documents the hardware-specific features of the bestfortress driver. For information about the core driver, see nutupsdrv(8). Supported Hardware This driver supports old Best Fortress UPS equipment using a serial connection. Extra Arguments This driver supports the following optional settings in the…
bestfcom – Driver for Best Power Fortress/Ferrups Note This man page only documents the hardware-specific features of the bestfcom driver. For information about the core driver, see nutupsdrv(8). Supported Hardware Best Power Fortress/Ferrups implementing the Fortress UPS Protocol (f-command set). Extra Arguments This driver does not support any extra settings in the ups.conf(5). Authors Kent…
besside-ng – crack a WEP or WPA key without user intervention and collaborate with WPA cracking statistics Synopsis besside-ng [options] <interface> Description besside-ng is a tool wich will crack all the WEP networks in range and log all the WPA handshakes. WPA handshakes can be uploaded to the online cracking service at wpa.darkircop.org. Wpa.darkircop.com also…
belkinunv – Driver for Belkin "Universal UPS" and compatible Note This man page only documents the hardware-specific features of the belkin driver. For information about the core driver, see nutupsdrv(8). Supported Hardware The belkinunv driver is known to work with the Belkin Universal UPS models F6C800-UNV and F6C120-UNV, and is expected to work with other…
belkin – Driver for Belkin serial UPS equipment Note This man page only documents the hardware-specific features of the belkin driver. For information about the core driver, see nutupsdrv(8). Supported Hardware The belkin driver is known to support the Regulator Pro 525 (F6C525-SER). Other similar models such as the 425 and 625 should also work….