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.
prelude_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the prelude processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the prelude processes via flexible mandatory access control. The prelude processes execute with the prelude_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…
prelude_lml_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the prelude_lml processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the prelude_lml processes via flexible mandatory access control. The prelude_lml processes execute with the prelude_lml_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…
prelude_correlator_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the prelude_correlator processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the prelude_correlator processes via flexible mandatory access control. The prelude_correlator processes execute with the prelude_correlator_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…
prelude_audisp_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the prelude_audisp processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the prelude_audisp processes via flexible mandatory access control. The prelude_audisp processes execute with the prelude_audisp_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…
prelink_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the prelink processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the prelink processes via flexible mandatory access control. The prelink processes execute with the prelink_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…
prelink_cron_system_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the prelink_cron_system processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the prelink_cron_system processes via flexible mandatory access control. The prelink_cron_system processes execute with the prelink_cron_system_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…
prelink – prelink ELF shared libraries and binaries to speed up startup time Synopsis prelink [OPTION…] [FILES] Description prelink is a program that modifies ELF shared libraries and ELF dynamically linked binaries in such a way that the time needed for the dynamic linker to perform relocations at startup significantly decreases. Due to fewer relocations, the…
praliases – display system mail aliases Synopsis praliases [-C file] [-f file] [key …] Description The praliases utility displays the current system aliases, one per line, in no particular order. The special internal @:@ alias will be displayed if present. The options are as follows: -C file Read the specified sendmail configuration file instead of…
pptpsetup – Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol setup Synopsis pptpsetup –create <TUNNEL> –server <SERVER> [–domain <DOMAIN>] –username <USERNAME> [–password <PASSWORD>] [–encrypt] [–start] pptpsetup –delete <TUNNEL> Description PPTP Client is a Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD client for the proprietary Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol, PPTP. This script configures PPTP Client on Linux. Options –create TUNNEL create a tunnel…
pptpd – PPTP VPN daemon Synopsis pptpd [ options ] Description pptpd is the Poptop PPTP daemon, which manages tunnelled PPP connections encapsulated in GRE using the PPTP VPN protocol. It may contain features like IP address management and TCP wrappers if compiled in. Options Here we document the command line options. See pptpd.conf(5) for…
pptpctrl – PPTP control connection manager Synopsis pptpctrl pptp-debug-flag no-ipparam-flag ppp-options-value ppp-speed-value ppp-local-ip-value ppp-remote-ip-value [ pptp-call-id ] [ ppp-binary ] [ pptp-logwtmp ] Description pptpctrl is usually run by pptpd(8), but can also be run from inetd(8) if some of the features of pptpd(8), such as IP pool management, and inbuilt TCP wrappers, are not…
pptp_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the pptp processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the pptp processes via flexible mandatory access control. The pptp processes execute with the pptp_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…
pptp – PPTP driver Synopsis pptp <pptp-server-IP> <pptp-options> [ppp-options] … Description pptp establishes the client side of a Virtual Private Network (VPN) using the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP). Use this program to connect to an employer’s PPTP based VPN, or to certain cable and ADSL service providers. By default, pptp establishes the PPTP call to…
pppstats – print PPP statistics Synopsis pppstats [ -a ] [ -d ] [ -v ] [ -r ] [ -z ] [ -c <count> ] [ -w <secs> ] [ interface ] Description The pppstats utility reports PPP-related statistics at regular intervals for the specified PPP interface. If the interface is unspecified, it…
pppoeconf — configures a PPPoE (ADSL) connection Synopsis pppoeconf [-nox] [iface] Description The pppoeconf program is user-friendly dialog based setup tool for pppd (and pppoe if needed). It will look for existing ethernet cards and look for ADSL hardware connected to one of them. You can add an interface name iface to force pppoeconf to…
pppoe – user-space PPPoE client. Synopsis pppd pty ‘pppoe [pppoe_options]‘ [pppd_options] pppoe -A [pppoe_options] Description pppoe is a user-space client for PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) for Linux and other UNIX systems. pppoe works in concert with the pppd PPP daemon to provide a PPP connection over Ethernet, as is used by many DSL service…
pppoe-stop – Shell script to shut down a PPPoE link Synopsis pppoe-stop [config_file] Description pppoe-stop is a shell script which stops the Roaring Penguin user-space PPPoE client. If you omit config_file, the default file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 is used. Author pppoe-stop was written by David F. Skoll <dfs [at] roaringpenguin.com>. The pppoe home page is http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/. See…
pppoe-status – Shell script to report on status of PPPoE link Synopsis pppoe-status [config_file] Description pppoe-status is a shell script which checks the status of the PPPoE link established by the Roaring Penguin user-space PPPoE client. If you omit config_file, the default file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 is used. Author pppoe-status was written by David F. Skoll <dfs…
pppoe-start – Shell script to bring up a PPPoE link Synopsis pppoe-start [config_file] pppoe-start interface user [config_file] Description pppoe-start is a shell script which starts the Roaring Penguin user-space PPPoE client. If you omit config_file, the default file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 is used. If you supply interface and user, then they override the Ethernet interface and user-name…
pppoe-sniff – examine network for non-standard PPPoE frames Synopsis pppoe-sniff [options] Description pppoe-sniff listens for likely-looking PPPoE PADR and session frames and deduces extra options required for pppoe(8) to work. Some DSL providers seem to use non-standard frame types for PPPoE frames, and/or require a certain value in the Service-Name field. It is often easier…