Section 8: administration and privileged commands
pbs_server – start a pbs batch server Synopsis pbs_server [-a active] [-c] [-d config_path] [-e] [-f] [-h] [-l port] [-p port] [-t type] [-v] [-A acctfile] [-D] [-H hostname] [-L logfile] [-M mom_port] [-R momRPP_port] [-S scheduler_port] [–about] [–ha] [–help] [–version] Description The pbs_server command starts the operation of a batch server on the local host. Typically,…
pbs_sched_tcl – pbs Tcl scheduler Synopsis pbs_sched [-a alarm] [-b file] [-d home] [-i file] [-L logfile] [-p file] [-S port] [-t file] [-v] [-c file] Description The pbs_sched program runs in conjunction with the PBS server. It queries the server about the state of PBS and communicates with pbs_mom to get information about the…
pbs_sched_cc – pbs C scheduler Synopsis pbs_sched [-a alarm] [-d home] [-L logfile] [-p file] [-S port] [-R port] [-c file] Description The pbs_sched program runs in conjunction with the PBS server. It queries the server about the state of PBS and communicates with pbs_resmon to get information about the status of running jobs, memory…
pbs_sched_basl – pbs BASL scheduler Synopsis pbs_sched [-d home] [-L logfile] [-p print_file] [-a alarm] [-S port] [-c configfile] Description The pbs_sched command starts the operation of a batch scheduler on the local host. It runs in conjunction with the PBS server. It queries the server about the state of PBS and communicates with pbs_mom to…
pbs_mom – start a pbs batch execution mini-server Synopsis pbs_mom [-a alarm] [-C chkdirectory] [-c config] [-d directory] [-h help] [-H hostname] [-L logfile] [-M MOMport] [-R RPPport] [-p|-q|-r] [-x] Description The pbs_mom command starts the operation of a batch Machine Oriented Mini-server, MOM, on the local host. Typically, this command will be in a…
passwd_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the passwd processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the passwd processes via flexible mandatory access control. The passwd processes execute with the passwd_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…
passenger_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the passenger processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the passenger processes via flexible mandatory access control. The passenger processes execute with the passenger_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…
passenger-status – inspect Phusion Passenger’s internal status Synopsis passenger-status [pid] Description passenger-status looks at the current status of a Phusion Passenger installation. It will locate Phusion Passenger automatically if it is running and will give you a list of instances if there is more than one Phusion Passenger instance running. You can then select the…
passenger-memory-stats – reports a snapshot of the Apache and Phusion Passenger memory statistcs Synopsis passenger-memory-stats Description passenger-memory-stats allows you to easily analyze the real memory usage of Phusion Passenger and Apache. Process inspection tools such as ps and top are useful, but they rarely show the correct memory usage. The real memory usage is usually…
partx – tell the kernel about the presence and numbering of on-disk partitions Synopsis partx [-a|-d|-P|-r|-s|-u] [-t type] [-n M:_N_] [-] disk partx [-a|-d|-P|-r|-s|-u] [-t type] partition [disk] Description Given a device or disk-image, partx tries to parse the partition table and list its contents. It can also tell the kernel to add or remove…
partprobe – inform the OS of partition table changes Synopsis partprobe [-d] [-s] [devices…] Description This manual page documents briefly the partprobe command. partprobe is a program that informs the operating system kernel of partition table changes. Options This program uses short UNIX style options. -d, –dry-run Don’t update the kernel. -s, –summary Show a…
parted – a partition manipulation program Synopsis parted [options] [device [command [options…]…]] Description parted is a program to manipulate disk partitions. It supports multiple partition table formats, including MS-DOS and GPT. It is useful for creating space for new operating systems, reorganising disk usage, and copying data to new hard disks. This manual page documents…
paris-traceroute – print the IP-level routes between two Internet hosts. Synopsis paris-traceroute [ -fhilnqvV ] [ -b initial_id ] [ -d dest_port ] [ -a algorithm ] [ -f first_ttl ] [ -L packetlen ] [ -m max_ttl ] [ -M max_missing_hops ] [ -p protocol ] [ -q nqueries ]…
papstatus – get the status of an AppleTalk-connected printer Synopsis /usr/sbin/papstatus [-d] [-p printer] [retrytime] Description papstatus is used to obtain the current status message from an AppleTalk connected printer. It uses the Printer Access Protocol (PAP) to obtain the status information. If no printer is specified on the command line, papstatus looks for a file…
paperconfig – configure the system default paper size Synopsis paperconfig [ -v,–version ] [ -h,–help ] [ -p, –paper papername | –force ] Description paperconfig sets the system (or default) paper to be used by tools using the papersize file. It can either ask interactively for the paper to use or be called non-interactively by…
papd – AppleTalk print server daemon Synopsis papd [-d] [-f configfile] [-p printcap] Description papd is the AppleTalk printer daemon. This daemon accepts print jobs from AppleTalk clients (typically Macintosh computers) using the Printer Access Protocol (PAP). When used with System V printing systems, papd spools jobs directly into an lpd(8) spool directory and wakes…
pam_yubico – Module for YubiKey authentication Synopsis pam_yubico […] Description The module is for authentication of YubiKeys, either with online validation of OTP, or offline validation with HMAC-SHA1 challenge-response. Options debug Turns on debugging to STDOUT mode=[client|challenge-response] Set the mode of operation, client for OTP validation and challenge-response for challenge-response validation, client is the default….
pam_xauth – PAM module to forward xauth keys between users Synopsis pam_xauth.so [debug] [xauthpath=/path/to/xauth] [systemuser=UID] [targetuser=UID] Description The pam_xauth PAM module is designed to forward xauth keys (sometimes referred to as "cookies") between users. Without pam_xauth, when xauth is enabled and a user uses the su(1) command to assume another user’s privileges, that user is…
pam_winbind – PAM module for Winbind Description This tool is part of the samba(7) suite. pam_winbind is a PAM module that can authenticate users against the local domain by talking to the Winbind daemon. Synopsis Edit the PAM system config /etc/pam.d/service and modify it as the following example shows: … auth required pam_env.so auth sufficient…
pam_wheel – Only permit root access to members of group wheel Synopsis pam_wheel.so [debug] [deny] [group=name] [root_only] [trust] Description The pam_wheel PAM module is used to enforce the so-called wheel group. By default it permits access to the target user if the applicant user is a member of the wheel group. If no group with…