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.
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…
pam_warn – PAM module which logs all PAM items if called Synopsis pam_warn.so Description pam_warn is a PAM module that logs the service, terminal, user, remote user and remote host to syslog(3). The items are not probed for, but instead obtained from the standard PAM items. The module always returns PAM_IGNORE, indicating that it does…
pam_usertype – check if the authenticated user is a system or regular account Synopsis pam_usertype.so [flag…] {condition} Description pam_usertype.so is designed to succeed or fail authentication based on type of the account of the authenticated user. The type of the account is decided with help of SYS_UID_MIN and SYS_UID_MAX settings in /etc/login.defs. One use is…
pam_userdb – PAM module to authenticate against a db database Synopsis pam_userdb.so db=/path/database [debug] [crypt=[crypt|none]] [icase] [dump] [try_first_pass] [use_first_pass] [unknown_ok] [key_only] Description The pam_userdb module is used to verify a username/password pair against values stored in a Berkeley DB database. The database is indexed by the username, and the data fields corresponding to the username…
pam_unix – Module for traditional password authentication Synopsis pam_unix.so […] Description This is the standard Unix authentication module. It uses standard calls from the system’s libraries to retrieve and set account information as well as authentication. Usually this is obtained from the /etc/passwd and the /etc/shadow file as well if shadow is enabled. The account…
pam_umask – PAM module to set the file mode creation mask Synopsis pam_umask.so [debug] [silent] [usergroups] [nousergroups] [umask=mask] Description pam_umask is a PAM module to set the file mode creation mask of the current environment. The umask affects the default permissions assigned to newly created files. The PAM module tries to get the umask value…
pam_tty_audit – Enable or disable TTY auditing for specified users Synopsis pam_tty_audit.so [disable=patterns] [enable=patterns] Description The pam_tty_audit PAM module is used to enable or disable TTY auditing. By default, the kernel does not audit input on any TTY. Options disable=patterns For each user matching patterns, disable TTY auditing. This overrides any previous enable option matching…
pam_timestamp_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the pam_timestamp processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the pam_timestamp processes via flexible mandatory access control. The pam_timestamp processes execute with the pam_timestamp_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…
pam_timestamp_check – Check to see if the default timestamp is valid Synopsis pam_timestamp_check [-k] [-d] [target_user] Description With no arguments pam_timestamp_check will check to see if the default timestamp is valid, or optionally remove it. Options -k Instead of checking the validity of a timestamp, remove it. This is analogous to sudo’s -k option. -d…
pam_timestamp – Authenticate using cached successful authentication attempts Synopsis pam_timestamp.so [timestampdir=directory] [timestamp_timeout=number] [verbose] [debug] Description In a nutshell, pam_timestamp caches successful authentication attempts, and allows you to use a recent successful attempt as the basis for authentication. This is similar mechanism which is used in sudo. When an application opens a session using pam_timestamp, a…
pam_time – PAM module for time control access Synopsis pam_time.so [conffile=conf-file] [debug] [noaudit] Description The pam_time PAM module does not authenticate the user, but instead it restricts access to a system and or specific applications at various times of the day and on specific days or over various terminal lines. This module can be configured…