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.
bpfc – a Berkeley Packet Filter assembler and compiler Synopsis bpfc { [options] | [source-file] } Description bpfc is a small Berkeley Packet Filter assembler and compiler which is able to translate BPF assembler-like mnemonics into a numerical or C-like format, that can be read by tools such as netsniff-ng, iptables (xt_bpf) and many others….
bounce – Postfix delivery status reports Synopsis bounce [generic Postfix daemon options] Description The bounce(8) daemon maintains per-message log files with delivery status information. Each log file is named after the queue file that it corresponds to, and is kept in a queue subdirectory named after the service name in the master.cf file (either bounce,…
bootparamd – boot parameter server Synopsis rpc.bootparamd [ -d ] [ -s ] [ -r router ] [ -f file ] [ -l ] Description bootparamd is a server process that provides information to diskless clients necessary for booting. It consults the /etc/bootparams file to find the information it needs. This version will allow the…
bootloader_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the bootloader processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the bootloader processes via flexible mandatory access control. The bootloader processes execute with the bootloader_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…
boothd – The Booth Cluster Ticket Manager. Synopsis boothd daemon [-SD] [-c config] [-l lockfile] booth list [-s site] [-c config] booth grant [-s site] [-c config] [-FCw] ticket booth revoke [-s site] [-c config] [-w] ticket booth peers [-s site] [-c config] booth status [-D] [-c config] Description Booth manages tickets which authorizes one…
booth-keygen – generate authentication key Synopsis booth-keygen [-h] [auth-file] Description This program generates an authentication key suitable for booth using /dev/urandom as source. Parameters auth-file The file to contain the generated key. Defaults to /etc/booth/authkey. Use absolute paths. Options -h, –help Print usage. Exit Status 0 Success. != 0 File already exists or some other…
booleans – Policy booleans enable runtime customization of SELinux policy Description This manual page describes SELinux policy booleans. The SELinux policy can include conditional rules that are enabled or disabled based on the current values of a set of policy booleans. These policy booleans allow runtime modification of the security policy without having to load…
bonnie++ – program to test hard drive performance. Synopsis bonnie++ [-d dir] [-c concurrency] [-s size(MiB)[:chunk-size(b)]] [-n number-to-stat(*1024)[:max-size[:min-size][:num-directories[:chunk-size]]]] [-m machine-name] [-r ram-size-in-MiB] [-x number-of-tests] [-u uid-to-use:gid-to-use] [-g gid-to-use] [-q] [-f size-for-char-io] [-b] [-D] [-p processes | -y p|s ] [-z seed-num|-Z random-file] Description This manual page documents briefly the bonnie++, program. Bonnie++ is a program…
boltd – thunderbolt device managing system daemon Synopsis boltd [OPTIONS] Description boltd is the thunderbolt device manager daemon. Its goal is to enable the secure and convenient use of thunderbolt devices by using the security features of modern thunderbolt controllers. It provides the org.freedesktop.bolt name on the system bus. boltd is autostarted via systemd/udev if…
boinc_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the boinc processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the boinc processes via flexible mandatory access control. The boinc processes execute with the boinc_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…
boinc_project_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the boinc_project processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the boinc_project processes via flexible mandatory access control. The boinc_project processes execute with the boinc_project_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…
boa – a single-tasking high performance http server Synopsis boa [-c server_root] [-r chroot] [-d] Description Boa is a single-tasking HTTP server. That means that unlike traditional web servers, it does not fork for each incoming connection, nor does it fork many copies of itself to handle multiple connections. It internally multiplexes all of the…
bmon – bandwidth monitor and rate estimator Synopsis bmon [–show-all] [–use-si] [–input=MODULE] [–output=MODULE] [OPTIONS…] Description bmon is a monitoring and debugging tool to capture networking related statistics and prepare them visually in a human friendly way. It features various output methods including an interactive curses user interface and a programmable text output for scripting. Options…
bmc-watchdog – BMC watchdog timer daemon and control utility Synopsis bmc-watchdog command [OPTION…] [COMMAND_OPTIONS…] Description bmc-watchdog controls a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) watchdog timer. The bmc-watchdog tool typically executes as a cronjob or daemon to manage the watchdog timer. A user must be root in order to run bmc-watchdog. Listed below are bmc-watchdog details, option…
bmc-info – display BMC information Synopsis bmc-info [OPTION…] Description Bmc-info displays BMC information, such as device version numbers, device support, and globally unique IDs (guids). Listed below are general IPMI options, tool specific options, trouble shooting information, workaround information, examples, and known issues. For a general introduction to FreeIPMI please see freeipmi(7). General Options The…
bmc-device – perform advanced BMC commands Synopsis bmc-device [OPTION…] Description bmc-device supports a variety of IPMI commands to perform advanced BMC functions. This tool is primarily used for development debugging, BMC error recory, retrieving detailed technical information, and other advanced purposes. Most IPMI users will not need to use this tool. Some of the bmc-device…
bmc-config – configure BMC values Synopsis bmc-config [OPTION…] Description Bmc-config is used to get and set BMC configuration parameters, such as usernames, passwords, networking information, security, Serial-over-LAN (SOL), and other core IPMI fields. This configuration is required before most IPMI tools can be used to access a machine remotely. The majority of configuration operations require…
bluetoothd – Bluetooth daemon Synopsis bluetoothd [–version] | [–help] bluetoothd [–nodetach] [–compat] [–experimental] [–debug=<files>] [–plugin=<plugins>] [–noplugin=<plugins>] Description This manual page documents briefly the bluetoothd daemon, which manages all the Bluetooth devices. bluetoothd can also provide a number of services via the D-Bus message bus system. Options -v, –version Print bluetoothd version and exit. -h, –help…
bluetooth_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the bluetooth processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the bluetooth processes via flexible mandatory access control. The bluetooth processes execute with the bluetooth_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…
bluetooth_helper_selinux – Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the bluetooth_helper processes Description Security-Enhanced Linux secures the bluetooth_helper processes via flexible mandatory access control. The bluetooth_helper processes execute with the bluetooth_helper_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…