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.
pvresize – Resize physical volume(s) Synopsis pvresize position_args [ option_args ] Description pvresize resizes a PV. The PV may already be in a VG and may have active LVs allocated on it. Usage pvresize PV … [ –setphysicalvolumesize Size[m|UNIT] ] [ –reportformat basic|json ] [ COMMON_OPTIONS ] Common options for lvm: [ -d|–debug ] [ -h|–help ]…
pvremove – Remove LVM label(s) from physical volume(s) Synopsis pvremove position_args [ option_args ] Description pvremove wipes the label on a device so that LVM will no longer recognise it as a PV. A PV cannot be removed from a VG while it is used by an active LV. Repeat the force option (-ff) to forcibly remove…
pvmove – Move extents from one physical volume to another Synopsis pvmove position_args [ option_args ] [ position_args ] Description pvmove moves the allocated physical extents (PEs) on a source PV to one or more destination PVs. You can optionally specify a source LV in which case only extents used by that LV will be moved to free (or…
pvdisplay – Display various attributes of physical volume(s) Synopsis pvdisplay [ option_args ] [ position_args ] Description pvdisplay shows the attributes of PVs, like size, physical extent size, space used for the VG descriptor area, etc. pvs(8) is a preferred alternative that shows the same information and more, using a more compact and configurable output format. Usage pvdisplay […
pvcreate – Initialize physical volume(s) for use by LVM Synopsis pvcreate position_args [ option_args ] Description pvcreate initializes a Physical Volume (PV) on a device so the device is recognized as belonging to LVM. This allows the PV to be used in a Volume Group (VG). An LVM disk label is written to the device, and LVM…
pvck – Check metadata on physical volumes Synopsis pvck option_args position_args [ option_args ] –commandprofile String –config String -d|–debug –driverloaded y|n –dump String -f|–file String -h|–help –labelsector Number –lockopt String –longhelp –nolocking –profile String –[pv]metadatacopies 0|1|2 -q|–quiet –repair –repairtype pv_header|metadata|label_header –settings String -t|–test -v|–verbose –version -y|–yes Description pvck checks and repairs LVM metadata on PVs. Dump headers Print header values and warn if any values are incorrect. Checks…
pvchange – Change attributes of physical volume(s) Synopsis pvchange option_args position_args [ option_args ] Description pvchange changes PV attributes in the VG. For options listed in parentheses, any one is required, after which the others are optional. Usage Change properties of all PVs. pvchange -a|–all ( -x|–allocatable y|n, -u|–uuid, –addtag Tag, –deltag Tag, –metadataignore y|n ) [ COMMON_OPTIONS ] Change properties…
push – fetch mail via POP Synopsis [-5 | –krb5 ] [-v | –verbose ] [-f | –fork ] [-l | -leave ] [–from ] [-c | -count ] [–headers = headers ] [-p port-spec | –-port = port-spec ] po-box filename Description retrieves mail from the post office box po-box and stores the mail…
pure-uploadscript – Automatically run an external program after a successful upload Syntax pure-uploadscript [-p </path/to/pidfile>] [-B] [-g <gid>] [-h] -r <program to run> [-u <uid>] Description If Pure-FTPd is compiled with –with-uploadscript (default in binary distributions), and if the -o (or –uploadscript) is passed to the server, a named pipe called /var/run/pure-ftpd.upload.pipe is created. You…
pure-statsdecode – Show human-readable dates from a "stats" logfile Syntax pure-statsdecode filename pure-statsdecode – Description This program decodes Pure-FTPd’s "stats" log files and converts timestamps into human-readable dates. Options – means to read the standard input. filename is a log file produced with pure-ftpd -O ftpstats:/path/to/logfile Examples To run this program the standard way type:…
pure-quotacheck – Update virtual quota files for Pure-FTPd Syntax pure-quotacheck -u username/gid -d home directory [-g group/gid] Description pure-quotacheck create a .ftpquota file in the specified directory. This file contains the current file and size of the directory, and it is used by Pure-FTPd when virtual quotas are enabled. It’s recommended to periodically run pure-quotacheck…
pure-pwconvert – Generate a virtual users file from system accounts Syntax pure-pwconvert Description This program scans system accounts (/etc/passwd) and outputs a FTP virtual users list, suitable to the pure-pw command. Files /etc/passwd /etc/shadow /etc/master.passwd Authors Frank Denis <j at pureftpd dot org> See Also ftp(1), pure-ftpd(8) pure-ftpwho(8) pure-mrtginfo(8) pure-uploadscript(8) pure-statsdecode(8) pure-pw(8) pure-quotacheck(8) pure-authd(8) RFC…
pure-pw – Manage virtual users files for Pure-FTPd Syntax pure-pw useradd login [-f passwd_file] [-F puredb_file] -u uid [-g gid] -D/-d home_directory [-c gecos] [-t download_bandwidth] [-T upload_bandwidth] [-n max number_of_files] [-N max_Mbytes] [-q upload_ratio] [-Q download_ratio] [-r <allow client host>/<mask>[,<ip>/<mask>]…] [-R <deny client host>/<mask>[,<ip>/<mask>]…] [-i <allow local host>/<mask>[,<ip>/<mask>]…] [-I <deny local host>/<mask>[,<ip>/<mask>]…] [-y <max number of concurrent sessions>] [-z <hhmm>-<hhmm>] [-m] pure-pw usermod login [-f passwd_file] [-F…
pure-mrtginfo – provide an MRTG-graphable user count for ftpd Synopsis pure-mrtginfo [server port] Description Pure-Mrtginfo counts the number of clients currently connected to ftpd(8) and output the format in a format graphable by MRTG. Options server port : defaults to 21. Files /proc/net/tcp is used to count the connectiont to port 21. /proc/sys/kernel/hostname is used…
pure-ftpwho – Report current FTP sessions Syntax pure-ftpwho [-c] [-h] [-H] [-n] [-p] [-s] [-v] [-w] [-W] [-x] Description pure-ftpwho shows current Pure-FTPd client sessions. Only the system administrator may run this. Output can be text (default), HTML, XML data and parser-optimized. The server has to be compiled with –with-ftpwho to support this command. Options…
pure-ftpd – simple File Transfer Protocol server Synopsis pure-ftpd [-0] [-1] [-2] [-4] [-6] [-a gid] [-A] [-b] [-B] [-c clients] [-C cnx/ip] [-d [-d]] [-D] [-e] [-E] [-f facility] [-F fortunes file] [-g pidfile] [-G] [-H] [-i] [-I] [-j] [-J ciphers] [-k percentage] [-K] [-l authentication[:config file]] [-L max files:max depth] [-m maxload] [-M]…
pure-authd – External authentication agent for Pure-FTPd. Syntax pure-authd [-p </path/to/pidfile>] [-u uid] [-g gid] [-B] <-s /path/to/socket> -r /program/to/run Description pure-authd is a daemon that forks an authentication program, waits for an authentication reply, and feed them to an application server. pure-authd listens to a local Unix socket. A new connection to that socket…
puppetmaster_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the puppetmaster processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the puppetmaster processes via flexible mandatory access control. The puppetmaster processes execute with the puppetmaster_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…
– Synopsis Generate a reference for all Puppet types. Largely meant for internal Puppet Labs use. Usage puppetdoc [-a|–all] [-h|–help] [-o|–outputdir <rdoc outputdir>] [-m|–mode <text|pdf|markdown|trac|rdoc>] [-r|–reference <[type]|configuration|..>] [manifest-file] Description If mode is not aqrdocaq, then this command generates a restructured-text document describing all installed Puppet types or all allowable arguments to puppet executables. It is…
Synopsis – Retrieve the client configuration from the central puppet server and apply it to the local host. Currently must be run out periodically, using cron or something similar. Usage puppetd [-D|–daemonize|–no-daemonize] [-d|–debug] [–disable] [–enable] [-h|–help] [–fqdn <host name>] [-l|–logdest syslog|<file>|console] [-o|–onetime] [–serve <handler>] [-t|–test] [–noop] [-V|–version] [-v|–verbose] [-w|–waitforcert <seconds>] Description This is the main…