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.
initng – a full replacement of the old and in many ways depricated sysvinit Synopsis initng Description Initng is a full replacement of the old and in many ways deprecated sysvinit tool. It is designed with speed in mind, doing as much as possible asynchronously. In other words: It will boot your unix-system much faster,…
initctl2dot – manual page for initctl2dot Synopsis initctl2dot [OPTIONS] Description Convert initctl(8) output to GraphViz dot(1) format. With no options, initctl(8) will be invoked automatically and the output written to file upstart.dot. If run from within an Upstart user session, unless –system is specified, the data generated will be for the user session. Options -f…
initctl – init daemon control tool Synopsis initctl [OPTION]… COMMAND [OPTION]… ARG… Description initctl allows a system administrator to communicate and interact with the Upstart init(8) daemon. If D-Bus has been configured to allow non-privileged users to invoke all Upstart D-Bus methods, this command is also able to manage user jobs. See init(5) for further…
init_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the init processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the init processes via flexible mandatory access control. The init processes execute with the init_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…
init – Upstart process management daemon Synopsis init [OPTION]… Description init is the parent of all processes on the system, it is executed by the kernel and is responsible for starting all other processes; it is the parent of all processes whose natural parents have died and it is responsible for reaping those when they…
init-checkconf – manual page for init-checkconf Synopsis init-checkconf [OPTIONS] file init-checkconf [OPTIONS] -f file Description Determine if specified Upstart init(8) job configuration file is valid. By default, two checks are performed: • Ensure Upstart can parse overall file successfully • Ensure all script sections are parseable by shell Options -d , –debug Show some debug…
INFINIBAND-DIAGS – Diagnostics For Infiniband Fabrics Description infiniband-diags is a set of utilities designed to help configure, debug, and maintain infiniband fabrics. Many tools and utilities are provided. Some with similar functionality. The base utilities use directed route MAD’s to perform their operations. They may therefore work even in unconfigured subnets. Other, higher level utilities,…
inetd_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the inetd processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the inetd processes via flexible mandatory access control. The inetd processes execute with the inetd_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…
inetd_child_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the inetd_child processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the inetd_child processes via flexible mandatory access control. The inetd_child processes execute with the inetd_child_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…
incrond – inotify cron (incron) daemon Synopsis incrond [ -f file ] [ -n | -k ] Description The inotify cron daemon (incrond) is a daemon which monitors filesystem events and executes commands defined in system and user tables. It’s use is generally similar to cron(8). incrond can be started from /etc/rc, /etc/rc.local and so…
inadyn – a client for open DNS servers. Synopsis inadyn [-h | –help] [-u | –username username ] [-p | — password password ] [-a | –alias[,hash] alias,hash [-a | –alias[,hash] another_alias,the_other_hash … ]] [–input_file path/name ] [–ip_server_name server[:port] url ] [–dyndns_server_name[:port] server[:port] ] [–dyndns_system service ] [–proxy_server[:port] proxy[:port] ] [–update_period ms ] [–update_period_sec sec…
tftpd – Trivial File Transfer Protocol server Synopsis in.tftpd [options…] directory… Description tftpd is a server for the Trivial File Transfer Protocol. The TFTP protocol is extensively used to support remote booting of diskless devices. The server is normally started by inetd, but can also run standalone. Options –ipv4, -4 Connect with IPv4 only, even…
telnetd – DARPA telnet protocol server Synopsis /usr/sbin/in.telnetd [-ihn[-a authmode ] ] [-D debugmode ] [-L loginprg ] [-S tos ] [-X authtype ] [-edebug ] [-debug port ] Description The telnetd program is a server which supports the DARPA telnet interactive communication protocol. Telnetd is normally invoked by the internet server (see inetd(8)) for…
rshd – remote shell server Synopsis rshd [-ahlnL ] Description The rshd server is the server for the rcmd(3) routine and, consequently, for the rsh(1) program. The server provides remote execution facilities with authentication based on privileged port numbers from trusted hosts. The rshd server listens for service requests at the port indicated in the…
rlogind – remote login server Synopsis rlogind [-ahlLn Description ] Rlogind is the server for the rlogin(1) program. The server provides a remote login facility with authentication based on privileged port numbers from trusted hosts. Options supported by rlogind -a Ask hostname for verification. -h Permit use of superuser “.rhosts ” files. -l Prevent any…
rexecd – remote execution server Synopsis rexecd [ -D ] Options Rexec accepts one option: -D Disable reverse DNS look up and in the log will be used client IP addresses. Description Rexecd is the server for the rexec(3) routine. The server provides remote execution facilities with authentication based on user names and passwords. Rexecd…
fingerd – remote user information server Synopsis fingerd [-wulf ] [-pL path ] [-t timeout ] Description Fingerd is a simple daemon based on RFC1196 that provides an interface to the “finger” program at most network sites. The program is supposed to return a friendly, human-oriented status report on either the system at the moment…
talkd – remote user communication server Synopsis talkd [-dp ] Description Talkd is the server that notifies a user that someone else wants to initiate a conversation. It acts a repository of invitations, responding to requests by clients wishing to rendezvous to hold a conversation. In normal operation, a client, the caller, initiates a rendezvous…
in.identtestd – a small daemon that can be used to test Ident servers Synopsis in.identtestd Description in.identtestd is a small daemon (to be started from inetd) that does an ident lookup on you if you telnet into it. Can be used to verify that your Ident server is working correctly. The source code can be…
fingerd – remote user information server Synopsis fingerd [-wulf ] [-pL path ] [-t timeout ] Description Fingerd is a simple daemon based on RFC1196 that provides an interface to the “finger” program at most network sites. The program is supposed to return a friendly, human-oriented status report on either the system at the moment…