The Linux Manuals (man pages) document is an important part of Linux documents. Linux Manuals are organized as several sections. Each section has a group of commands for a specific area in Linux usage, administration or development.
sg_get_lba_status – send SCSI GET LBA STATUS command Synopsis sg_get_lba_status [–brief] [–help] [–hex] [–lba=LBA] [–maxlen=LEN] [–raw] [–verbose] [–version] DEVICE Description Send the SCSI GET LBA STATUS command to the DEVICE and outputs the response. This command was introduced in (draft) SBC-3 revision 20 and devices that support logical block provisioning should support this command. The…
sg_get_config – send SCSI GET CONFIGURATION command (MMC-4 +) Synopsis sg_get_config [–brief] [–current] [–help] [–hex] [–inner-hex] [–list] [–raw] [–readonly] [–rt=RT] [–starting=FC] [–verbose] [–version] DEVICE Description Sends a SCSI GET CONFIGURATION command to DEVICE and decodes the response. The response includes the features and profiles of the device. Typically these devices are CD, DVD, HD-DVD and…
sg_format – format or resize a SCSI disk (perhaps change its block size) Synopsis sg_format [–cmplst={0|1}] [–count=COUNT] [–dcrt] [–early] [–fmtpinfo=FPI] [–format] [–help] [–long] [–pfu=PFU] [–pie=PIE] [–pinfo] [–poll=PT] [–resize] [–rto_req] [–security] [–six] [–size=SIZE] [–verbose] [–version] [–wait] DEVICE Description Not all SCSI direct access devices need to be formatted and some have vendor specific formatting procedures. SCSI…
sg_emc_trespass – change ownership of SCSI LUN from another Service-Processor to this one Synopsis sg_emc_trespass [-d] [-hr] [-s] [-V] DEVICE Description sg_emc_trespass sends an EMC-specific Trespass Command to the DEVICE with the selected options. This Mode Select changes the ownership of the LUN of the device from another Service-Processor to the one the command was…
sg_decode_sense – decode SCSI sense data Synopsis sg_decode_sense [–binary=FN] [–file=FN] [–help] [–hex] [–nospace] [–status=SS] [–verbose] [–version] [–write=WFN] [H1 H2 H3 …] Description This utility takes SCSI sense data in binary or as a sequence of ASCII hexadecimal bytes and decodes it. The primary reference for the decoding is SPC-3 ANSI INCITS 408-2005 and the most…
sg_dd – copy data to and from files and devices, especially SCSI devices Synopsis sg_dd [bs=BS] [conv=CONV] [count=COUNT] [ibs=BS] [if=IFILE] [iflag=FLAGS] [obs=BS] [of=OFILE] [oflag=FLAGS] [seek=SEEK] [skip=SKIP] [–help] [–version] [blk_sgio={0|1}] [bpt=BPT] [cdbsz={6|10|12|16}] [coe={0|1|2|3}] [coe_limit=CL] [dio={0|1}] [odir={0|1}] [of2=OFILE2] [retries=RETR] [sync={0|1}] [time={0|1}] [verbose=VERB] [-V] Description Copy data to and from any files. Specialized for "files" that are Linux…
sg_copy_results – send SCSI RECEIVE COPY RESULTS command (XCOPY related) Synopsis sg_copy_results [–failed|–params|–receive|–status] [–help] [–hex] [–list_id=ID] [–verbose] [–version] [–xfer_len=BTL] DEVICE Description This utility is designed to query the status of the SCSI Extended Copy (XCOPY) facility (see SPC-3 revision 23 sections 6.3 and 6.17), present in some modern storage arrays. This utility sends a SCSI…
sg_compare_and_write – send the SCSI COMPARE AND WRITE command Synopsis sg_compare_and_write [–dpo] [–fua] [–fua_nv] [–help] –in=IF [–inw=WF] –lba=LBA [–num=NUM] [–quiet] [–timeout=TO] [–verbose] [–version] [–wrprotect=WP] [–xferlen=LEN] DEVICE Description Send the SCSI COMPARE AND WRITE command to DEVICE. This utility reads a compare buffer and a write buffer from either one or two files. If the –inw=WF…
sg3_utils – a package of utilities for sending SCSI commands Synopsis sg_* [–help] [–hex] [–maxlen=LEN] [–raw] [–verbose] [–version] [OTHER_OPTIONS] DEVICE Description sg3_utils is a package of utilities that send SCSI commands to the given DEVICE via a SCSI pass through interface provided by the host operating system. The names of all utilities start with "sg"…
sftpd_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the sftpd processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the sftpd processes via flexible mandatory access control. The sftpd processes execute with the sftpd_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…
sftp-server – OpenSSH SFTP server subsystem Synopsis sftp-server [-ehR ] [-d start_directory ] [-f log_facility ] [-l log_level ] [-P denied_requests ] [-p allowed_requests ] [-u umask ] sftp-server –Q protocol_feature Description sftp-server is a program that speaks the server side of SFTP protocol to stdout and expects client requests from stdin. sftp-server is not…
sfdisk – display or manipulate a disk partition table Synopsis sfdisk [options] device [-N partition-number] sfdisk [options] command Description sfdisk is a script-oriented tool for partitioning any block device. It runs in interactive mode if executed on a terminal (stdin refers to a terminal). Since version 2.26 sfdisk supports MBR (DOS), GPT, SUN and SGI…
seunshare – Run cmd with alternate homedir, tmpdir and/or SELinux context Synopsis seunshare [ -v ] [ -C ] [ -k ] [ -t tmpdir ] [ -h homedir ] [ -Z context ] — executable [args] Description Run the executable within the specified context, using the alternate home directory and /tmp directory. The seunshare…
setvtrgb – set the virtual terminal RGB colors Synopsis setvtrgb [,options/] vga|FILE|- Description The setvtrgb command takes a single argument, either the string vga , or a path to a file containing the red, green, and blue colors to be used by the Linux virtual terminals. If you use the FILE parameter, FILE should be…
setvesablank – Turn VESA screen blanking on or off Synopsis setvesablank [ [ -b –blanking ] on | ON | off | OFF ] [ -h –help ] [ -v –verbose ] Description The program setvesablank sets VESA screen blanking on or off.
setup-ds.pl – Set up an instance of Directory Server Synopsis setup-ds.pl [–options] — [args] Description Set up a Directory Server instance. Creates the configuration files for an instance of Directory Server based on a few parameters like the hostname, port number, and directory manager information. Can be run in interactive mode with different levels of…
setup-ds.pl – Set up an instance of Directory Server Synopsis setup-ds.pl [–options] — [args] Description Set up a Directory Server instance. Creates the configuration files for an instance of Directory Server based on a few parameters like the hostname, port number, and directory manager information. Can be run in interactive mode with different levels of…
setup-ds-admin.pl – Set up an instance of Directory Server and Admin Server Synopsis setup-ds-admin.pl [–options] — [args] Description Set up a Directory Server and Admin Server. Creates the configuration files for an instance of Directory Server based on a few parameters like the hostname, port number, and directory manager information. Creates the configuration files for…
setup-ds-admin.pl – Set up an instance of Directory Server and Admin Server Synopsis setup-ds-admin.pl [–options] — [args] Description Set up a Directory Server and Admin Server. Creates the configuration files for an instance of Directory Server based on a few parameters like the hostname, port number, and directory manager information. Creates the configuration files for…
setsysfont – set console font according to /etc/sysconfig/i18n. Synopsis setsysfont Description setsysfont sets the console font for current virtual terminal. The font setting is read from /etc/sysconfig/i18n. Notes setsysfont should not need to be called in normal practice, as the font is set on boot. Files /etc/sysconfig/i18n See Also /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt, unicode_start(1), setfont(8), consoletype(1)