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- \$1(8)
- Creates the default floppy device nodes.
- 1 select-default-ispell(8)
- select default ispell dictionary
- 1 select-default-wordlist(8)
- select default wordlist
- a2dismod(8)
- disables an apache2 module
- a2enmod(8)
- enable or disable an apache2 module
- ab(8)
- Apache HTTP server benchmarking tool
- accessdb(8)
- dumps the content of a man-db database in a human readable format.
- activate(8)
- read/write flags marking active boot partition
- add-shell(8)
- add shells to the list of valid login shells
- addgroup(8)
- add a user or group to the system
- adduser(8)
- add a user or group to the system
- adduser.conf(5)
- configuration file for adduser(8) and addgroup(8) .
- apache(8)
- Apache hypertext transfer protocol server
- apache-modconf(8)
- reconfigure the Apache webserver modules list
- apache-ssl(8)
- Apache hypertext transfer protocol server
- apache-sslconfig(8)
- reconfigure the Apache webserver
- apache-sslctl(8)
- Apache HTTP server control interface
- apache2(8)
- Apache hypertext transfer protocol server
- apache2ctl(8)
- Apache HTTP Server Control Interface
- apacheconfig(8)
- reconfigure the Apache webserver
- apachectl(8)
- Apache HTTP server control interface
- apcupsd(8)
- daemon for most APC's UPS for Linux
- apt(8)
- Advanced Package Tool
- apt-cache(8)
- APT package handling utility - - cache manipulator
- apt-cdrom(8)
- APT CDROM management utility
- apt-config(8)
- APT Configuration Query program
- apt-get(8)
- APT package handling utility - - command-line interface
- apt-key(8)
- APT key management utility
- apt-secure(8)
- Archive authentication support for APT
- aptitude(8)
- high-level interface to the package manager
- arbitron(8)
- arbitron mailboxes
- arp(8)
- manipulate the system ARP cache
- aspell-autobuildhash(8)
- Autobuilding aspell hash files for some dicts
- avahi-daemon(8)
- The Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon
- .B rmail(8)
- handle remote mail received via uucp
- badblocks(8)
- search a device for bad blocks
- blkid(8)
- command-line utility to locate/print block device attributes
- blockdev(8)
- call block device ioctls from the command line
- bootlogd(8)
- record boot messages
- bounce(8postfix)
- Postfix message bounce or defer daemon
- catman(8)
- create or update the pre-formatted manual pages
- cfdisk(8)
- Curses based disk partition table manipulator for Linux
- check_forensic(8)
- tool to extract mod_log_forensic output from apache log files
- checkgid(8)
- checks the gid
- chgpasswd(8)
- update group passwords in batch mode
- chpasswd(8)
- update passwords in batch mode
- chroot(8)
- run command or interactive shell with special root directory
- cleanup(8postfix)
- canonicalize and enqueue Postfix message
- cleanup-info(8)
- clean up the mess that bogus install-info may have done
- clock(8)
- query and set the hardware clock (RTC)
- consolechars(8)
- load EGA/VGA console screen font, screen-font map, and/or application-charset map.
- cpgr(8)
- copy with locking the given file to the password or group file
- cppw(8)
- copy with locking the given file to the password or group file
- cron(8)
- daemon to execute scheduled commands (Vixie Cron)
- cvs(8)
- The GNU Concurrent Versions System
- cvs-pserver(8)
- The GNU Concurrent Versions System
- cvsbug(8)
- send problem report (PR) about CVS to a central support site
- cvsconfig(8)
- The GNU Concurrent Versions System
- cyrdeliver(8)
- deliver mail to an IMAP mailbox
- cyrquota(8)
- report and optionally fix quota usage
- cytune(8)
- Tune Cyclades driver parameters
- ddclient(8)
- program to update IP address at DynDNS.org
- debugfs(8)
- ext2/ext3 file system debugger
- defer(8postfix)
- Postfix message bounce or defer daemon
- defoma-reconfigure(8)
- Reconfigure all from zero.
- delgroup(8)
- remove a user or group from the system
- deluser(8)
- remove a user or group from the system
- deluser.conf(5)
- configuration file for deluser(8) and delgroup(8) .
- depmod(8)
- handle dependency descriptions for loadable kernel modules
- dhclient(8)
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client
- dhclient-script(8)
- DHCP client network configuration script
- dhcpd(8)
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Server
- dmesg(8)
- print or control the kernel ring buffer
- dpkg-divert(8)
- override a package's version of a file
- dpkg-preconfigure(8)
- let packages ask questions prior to their installation
- dpkg-reconfigure(8)
- reconfigure an already installed package
- dpkg-statoverride(8)
- override ownership and mode of files
- dselect(8)
- Debian package management frontend
- dump_deliverdb(8)
- dump the deliver DB for debugging purposes
- dumpe2fs(8)
- dump ext2/ext3 filesystem information
- e2fsck(8)
- check a Linux ext2/ext3 file system
- e2image(8)
- Save critical ext2/ext3 filesystem metadata to a file
- e2label(8)
- Change the label on an ext2/ext3 filesystem
- elvtune(8)
- I/O elevator tuner
- error(8postfix)
- Postfix error mail delivery agent
- /etc/adduser.conf(5)
- configuration file for adduser(8) and addgroup(8) .
- /etc/deluser.conf(5)
- configuration file for deluser(8) and delgroup(8) .
- exportfs(8)
- maintain list of NFS exported file systems
- faillog(8)
- display faillog records or set login failure limits
- famd(8)
- The File Alteration Monitor (FAM) daemon
- fancontrol(8)
- automated software based fan speed regulation
- fdformat(8)
- Low-level formats a floppy disk
- fdisk(8)
- Partition table manipulator for Linux
- fdutilsconfig(8)
- configure the suid bit of fdmount
- filefrag(8)
- report on file fragmentation
- findfs(8)
- Find a filesystem by label or UUID
- flush(8postfix)
- Postfix fast flush server
- fping(8)
- send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
- fping6(8)
- send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
- fsck(8)
- check and repair a Linux file system
- fsck.ext2(8)
- check a Linux ext2/ext3 file system
- fsck.ext3(8)
- check a Linux ext2/ext3 file system
- fsck.minix(8)
- a file system consistency checker for Linux
- fsck.nfs(8)
- Dummy fsck.nfs script that always returns success.
- fud(8)
- provide information about user mailboxes
- genksyms(8)
- generate symbol version information
- getkeycodes(8)
- print kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table
- getty(8)
- alternative Linux getty
- groupadd(8)
- create a new group
- groupdel(8)
- delete a group
- groupmod(8)
- modify a group definition on the system
- grpck(8)
- verify integrity of group files
- grpconv(8)
- convert to and from shadow passwords and groups
- grpunconv(8)
- convert to and from shadow passwords and groups
- halt(8)
- stop the system.
- hddtemp(8)
- Utility to monitor hard drive temperature
- htcacheclean(8)
- Clean up the disk cache
- hwclock(8)
- query and set the hardware clock (RTC)
- i2cdetect(8)
- detect I2C chips
- i2cdump(8)
- examine I2C registers
- i2cset(8)
- set I2C registers
- iconvconfig(8)
- Create fastloading iconv module configuration file
- ifconfig(8)
- configure a network interface
- ifdown(8)
- take a network interface down
- iftop(8)
- display bandwidth usage on an interface by host
- ifup(8)
- bring a network interface up
- imapd(8)
- IMAP server process
- in.fingerd(8)
- remote user information server
- in.identtestd(8)
- a small daemon that can be used to test Ident servers
- in.ntalkd(8)
- remote user communication server
- in.talkd(8)
- remote user communication server
- inetd(8)
- internet super-server
- init(8)
- process control initialization
- insmod(8)
- install loadable kernel module 0
- install-info(8)
- create or update entry in Info directory
- install-keymap(8)
- expand a given keymap and install it as boot-time keymap
- install-mbr(8)
- install a Master Boot Record manager
- install-sgmlcatalog(8)
- maintain transitional SGML catalog
- installkernel(8)
- install a new kernel image
- intro(8)
- Introduction to administration and privileged commands
- invoke-rc.d(8)
- executes System-V style init script actions
- ip6tables(8)
- IPv6 packet filter administration
- ip6tables-restore(8)
- Restore IPv6 Tables
- ip6tables-save(8)
- Save IPv6 Tables
- ipchains(8)
- IP firewall administration
- ipchains-restore(8)
- restore IP firewall chains from stdin
- ipchains-save(8)
- save IP firewall chains to stdout
- ipcrm(8)
- remove a message queue, semaphore set or shared memory id
- ipcs(8)
- provide information on ipc facilities
- ipfwadm(8)
- IP firewall and accounting administration
- ipfwadm-ipchainsalternative(8)
- IP firewall and accounting administration
- ipfwadm-wrapper(8)
- IP firewall administration
- ippool(8)
- ?
- iptables(8)
- administration tool for IPv4 packet filtering and NAT
- iptables-restore(8)
- Restore IP Tables
- iptables-save(8)
- Save IP Tables
- isadump(8)
- examine ISA registers
- isaset(8)
- set ISA registers
- isosize(8)
- outputs the length of a iso9660 file system
- ispell-autobuildhash(8)
- Autobuilding the ispell hash file for some dicts
- itox(8)
- converts inetd.conf style configuration files to xinetd.conf
- jnettop(8)
- View hosts/ports taking up the most network traffic
- john(8)
- a tool to find weak passwords of your users
- kallsyms(8)
- Extract all kernel symbols for debugging
- kbd-config(8)
- Configure the console keyboard
- kbdrate(8)
- reset the keyboard repeat rate and delay time
- kernel-packageconfig(8)
- Internal handler of /etc/kernel-pkg.conf.
- kerneld(8)
- perform kernel action in user space (such as on-demand loading of modules)
- keytab-lilo(8)
- compile keytables files for use with LILO
- killall5(8)
- send a signal to all processes.
- klogd(8)
- Kernel Log Daemon
- ksyms(8)
- display exported kernel symbols.
- lastlog(8)
- reports the most recent login of all users or of a given user
- ld-linux(8)
- dynamic linker/loader
- ld-linux.so(8)
- dynamic linker/loader
- ld.so(8)
- dynamic linker/loader
- ld.so/ld-linux.so(8)
- dynamic linker/loader
- ldconfig(8)
- configure dynamic linker run-time bindings
- lilo(8)
- install boot loader
- lilo.real(8)
- install boot loader
- lilo_find_mbr(8)
- a simple script that prints the block device containing the main MBR
- liloconfig(8)
- interactive configure script for lilo
- lmtp(8postfix)
- Postfix local delivery via LMTP
- local(8postfix)
- Postfix local mail delivery
- locale-gen(8)
- generates localisation files from templates
- lockd(8)
- start kernel lockd process
- logresolve(8)
- Resolve IP-addresses to hostnames in Apache log files
- logrotate(8)
- rotates, compresses, and mails system logs
- logsave(8)
- save the output of a command in a logfile
- losetup(8)
- set up and control loop devices
- .LP validlocale(8)
- Test if a given locale is available
- lsmod(8)
- list loaded modules.
- lspci(8)
- list all PCI devices
- mailer(8)
- script to warn users about their weak passwords
- make-ssl-cert(8)
- Debconf wrapper for openssl
- MAKEDEV(8)
- create devices
- MAKEFLOPPIES(8)
- Creates the default floppy device nodes.
- mandb(8)
- create or update the manual page index caches
- master(8postfix)
- Postfix master process
- mii-tool(8)
- view, manipulate media-independent interface status
- mk_modmap(8)
- translate a Linux keytable file into an xmodmap file
- mkboot(8)
- makes a bootdisk
- mke2fs(8)
- create an ext2/ext3 filesystem
- mkfs(8)
- build a Linux file system
- mkfs.ext2(8)
- create an ext2/ext3 filesystem
- mkfs.ext3(8)
- create an ext2/ext3 filesystem
- mkfs.minix(8)
- make a Linux MINIX filesystem
- mklost+found(8)
- create a lost+found directory on a mounted Linux second extended file system
- mkrescue(8)
- make rescue floppy
- mksmbpasswd(8)
- formats a /etc/passwd entry for a smbpasswd file
- mkswap(8)
- set up a Linux swap area
- modclean(8)
- automatically unload loadable modules
- modconf(8)
- a module configuration utility
- modinfo(8)
- display information about a kernel module
- modprobe(8)
- high level handling of loadable modules
- modules-config(8)
- reconfigure the Apache webserver modules list
- mount(8)
- mount a file system
- mount.cifs(8)
- mount using the Common Internet File System (CIFS)
- mount.smb(8)
- mount an smbfs filesystem
- mount.smbfs(8)
- mount an smbfs filesystem
- mountd(8)
- NFS mount daemon
- mtr(8)
- a network diagnostic tool
- mysqld(8)
- the MySQL server
- nameif(8)
- name network interfaces based on MAC addresses
- net(8)
- Tool for administration of Samba and remote CIFS servers.
- netstat(8)
- Print network connections, routing tables, interface statistics, masquerade connections, and multicast memberships
- newusers(8)
- update and create new users in batch
- nfsd(8)
- NFS server process
- nfsstat(8)
- print NFS statistics
- .Nm in.fingerd(8)
- remote user information server
- .Nm inetd(8)
- internet super-server
- .Nm ping(8)
- send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
- .Nm portmap(8)
- DARPA port to RPC program number mapper
- .Nm rmt(8)
- remote magtape protocol module
- .Nm rpcinfo(8)
- report RPC information
- .Nm sftp-server(8)
- SFTP server subsystem
- .Nm ssh-keysign(8)
- ssh helper program for hostbased authentication
- .Nm sshd(8)
- OpenSSH SSH daemon
- .Nm talkd(8)
- remote user communication server
- nmbd(8)
- NetBIOS name server to provide NetBIOS over IP naming services to clients
- nologin(8)
- politely refuse a login
- ntalkd(8)
- remote user communication server
- ntop(8)
- display top network users
- oqmgr(8postfix)
- old Postfix queue manager
- pam_getenv(8)
- get environment variables from /etc/environment
- pcimodules(8)
- List kernel driver modules available for all currently plugged in PCI devices
- pdbedit(8)
- manage the SAM database (Database of Samba Users)
- pickup(8postfix)
- Postfix local mail pickup
- pidof(8)
- find the process ID of a running program.
- ping(8)
- send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
- pipe(8postfix)
- Postfix delivery to external command
- pivot_root(8)
- change the root file system
- plipconfig(8)
- fine tune PLIP device parameters
- pmap_dump(8)
- print a list of all registered RPC programs
- pmap_set(8)
- set the list of registered RPC programs
- pop3d(8)
- POP3 server process
- portmap(8)
- DARPA port to RPC program number mapper
- poweroff(8)
- stop the system.
- proxymap(8postfix)
- Postfix lookup table proxy server
- pwcheck(8)
- Cyrus password check daemon
- pwcheck_pam(8)
- Cyrus password check daemon
- pwcheck_standard(8)
- Cyrus password check daemon
- pwck(8)
- verify integrity of password files
- pwconv(8)
- convert to and from shadow passwords and groups
- pwmconfig(8)
- tests the PWM outputs of sensors and configures fancontrol
- pwunconv(8)
- convert to and from shadow passwords and groups
- qmgr(8postfix)
- Postfix queue manager
- qmqp-sink(8postfix)
- multi-threaded QMQP test server
- qmqp-source(8postfix)
- multi-threaded QMQP test generator
- qmqpd(8postfix)
- Postfix QMQP server
- ramsize(8)
- query/set image root device, RAM disk size, or video mode
- rarp(8)
- manipulate the system RARP table
- raw(8)
- bind a Linux raw character device
- rdev(8)
- query/set image root device, RAM disk size, or video mode
- reboot(8)
- stop the system.
- reconstruct(8)
- reconstruct mailboxes
- remove-default-ispell(8)
- remove default ispell dictionary
- remove-default-wordlist(8)
- remove default wordlist
- remove-shell(8)
- remove shells from the list of valid login shells
- resize2fs(8)
- ext2/ext3 file system resizer
- rmail(8)
- handle remote mail received via uucp
- rmmod(8)
- unload loadable modules
- rmt(8)
- remote magtape protocol module
- rmt-tar(8)
- remote magtape protocol module
- rootflags(8)
- query/set image root device, RAM disk size, or video mode
- rotatelogs(8)
- Piped logging program to rotate Apache logs
- route(8)
- show / manipulate the IP routing table
- rpc.lockd(8)
- start kernel lockd process
- rpc.mountd(8)
- NFS mount daemon
- rpc.nfsd(8)
- NFS server process
- rpc.statd(8)
- NSM status monitor
- rpcinfo(8)
- report RPC information
- rpm(8)
- RPM Package Manager
- rpm2cpio(8)
- Extract cpio archive from RPM Package Manager (RPM) package.
- rpmbuild(8)
- Build RPM Package(s)
- rpmdb(8)
- RPM Package Manager
- rpme(8)
- RPM Package Manager
- rpmi(8)
- RPM Package Manager
- rpmquery(8)
- RPM Package Manager
- rpmsign(8)
- RPM Package Manager
- rpmu(8)
- RPM Package Manager
- rpmverify(8)
- RPM Package Manager
- run-parts(8)
- run scripts or programs in a directory
- runlevel(8)
- find the current and previous system runlevel.
- safe_finger(8)
- finger client wrapper that protects against nasty stuff from finger servers
- savelog(8)
- save a log file
- scrollkeeper-preinstall(8)
- generate an OMF file, based on an existing OMF file, which has the correct URL for a document
- scrollkeeper-rebuilddb(8)
- rebuild the scrollkeeper document catalog database
- scrollkeeper-update(8)
- identify new, modified, or removed OMF files and update the scrollkeeper databases
- select-default-ispell(8)
- select default ispell dictionary
- select-default-wordlist(8)
- select default wordlist
- sensors-detect(8)
- detect hardware monitoring chips
- setkeycodes(8)
- load kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries
- setlogcons(8)
- Send kernel messages to console N
- setpci(8)
- configure PCI devices
- setserial(8)
- get/set Linux serial port information
- setsid(8)
- run a program in a new session
- setvesablank(8)
- Turn VESA screen blanking on or off
- sfdisk(8)
- Partition table manipulator for Linux
- sftp-server(8)
- SFTP server subsystem
- shadowconfig(8)
- toggle shadow passwords on and off
- showmount(8)
- show mount information for an NFS server
- showq(8postfix)
- list the Postfix mail queue
- shutdown(8)
- bring the system down
- slattach(8)
- attach a network interface to a serial line
- smbd(8)
- server to provide SMB/CIFS services to clients
- smbmnt(8)
- helper utility for mounting SMB filesystems
- smbmount(8)
- mount an smbfs filesystem
- smbpasswd(8)
- change a user's SMB password
- smbspool(8)
- send a print file to an SMB printer
- smbumount(8)
- smbfs umount for normal users
- smtp(8postfix)
- Postfix remote delivery via SMTP
- smtp-sink(8postfix)
- multi-threaded SMTP/LMTP test server
- smtp-source(8postfix)
- multi-threaded SMTP/LMTP test generator
- smtpd(8postfix)
- Postfix SMTP server
- snmpd(8)
- daemon to respond to SNMP request packets.
- snmptrapd(8)
- Receive and log SNMP trap messages.
- spawn(8postfix)
- Postfix external command spawner
- ssh-keysign(8)
- ssh helper program for hostbased authentication
- sshd(8)
- OpenSSH SSH daemon
- start-stop-daemon(8)
- start and stop system daemon programs
- statd(8)
- NSM status monitor
- sudo(8)
- execute a command as another user
- sudoedit(8)
- execute a command as another user
- suexec(8)
- Switch User For Exec
- suexec2(8)
- Switch user before executing external programs
- sulogin(8)
- Single-user login
- svnserve(8)
- Server for the 'svn' repository access method
- swapoff(8)
- enable/disable devices and files for paging and swapping
- swapon(8)
- enable/disable devices and files for paging and swapping
- swat(8)
- Samba Web Administration Tool
- sync(8)
- synchronize data on disk with memory
- sysctl(8)
- configure kernel parameters at runtime
- sysctl.conf(5)
- sysctl(8) preload/configuration file
- sysklogd(8)
- Linux system logging utilities.
- syslog-facility(8)
- Setup and remove LOCALx facility for sysklogd
- syslog.conf(5)
- syslogd(8) configuration file
- syslogd(8)
- Linux system logging utilities.
- syslogd-listfiles(8)
- list system logfiles
- talkd(8)
- remote user communication server
- tasksel(8)
- a user interface for installing tasks
- tcpd(8)
- access control facility for internet services
- tcpdchk(8)
- tcp wrapper configuration checker
- tcpdmatch(8)
- tcp wrapper oracle
- tcpdump(8)
- dump traffic on a network
- tdbbackup(8)
- tool for backing up and for validating the integrity of samba .tdb files
- telinit(8)
- process control initialization
- trace(8postfix)
- Postfix message bounce or defer daemon
- traceroute(8)
- print the route packets take to network host
- traceroute.lbl(8)
- print the route packets take to network host
- trivial-rewrite(8postfix)
- Postfix address rewriting and resolving daemon
- try-from(8)
- test program for the tcp_wrapper
- tune2fs(8)
- adjust tunable filesystem parameters on ext2/ext3 filesystems
- tunelp(8)
- set various parameters for the lp device
- tzconfig(8)
- set the local timezone
- tzselect(8)
- select a time zone
- umount(8)
- unmount file systems
- unafs(8)
- script to warn users about their weak passwords
- unique(8)
- removes duplicates from a wordlist
- unix_chkpwd(8)
- check the password of the invoking user
- unshadow(8)
- combines passwd and shadow files
- update-alternatives(8)
- maintain symbolic links determining default commands
- update-catalog(8)
- create or update entry in SGML catalog file
- update-default-aspell(8)
- rebuild aspell database and emacsen stuff
- update-default-ispell(8)
- update default ispell dictionary
- update-default-wordlist(8)
- update default wordlist
- update-dictcommon-aspell(8)
- rebuild aspell database and emacsen stuff
- update-fonts-alias(8)
- compile fonts.alias files
- update-fonts-dir(8)
- compile fonts.dir files
- update-fonts-scale(8)
- generate fonts.scale files
- update-inetd(8)
- create, remove, enable or disable entry in /etc/inetd.conf
- update-java-alternatives(8)
- update alternatives for jre/sdk installations
- update-lilo(8)
- interactive configure script for lilo
- update-locale(8)
- Modify global locale settings
- update-mime(8)
- create or update MIME information
- update-modules(8)
- (re)generate /etc/modules.conf and /etc/chandev.conf
- update-openoffice-dicts(8)
- rebuild dictionary.lst for OpenOffice.org
- update-passwd(8)
- safely update /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /etc/group
- update-pciids(8)
- download new version of the PCI ID list
- update-python-modules(8)
- byte-compile python modules
- update-rc.d(8)
- install and remove System-V style init script links
- update-usermin(8)
- - Adds or removes a module from the usermin ACL
- update-webmin(8)
- - Adds or removes a module from the webmin ACL
- update-xmlcatalog(8)
- maintain XML catalog files
- useradd(8)
- create a new user or update default new user information
- userdel(8)
- delete a user account and related files
- usermod(8)
- modify a user account
- validlocale(8)
- Test if a given locale is available
- .Vb 1 select-default-ispell(8)
- select default ispell dictionary
- .Vb 1 select-default-wordlist(8)
- select default wordlist
- verify(8postfix)
- Postfix address verification server
- vidmode(8)
- query/set image root device, RAM disk size, or video mode
- vigr(8)
- edit the password, group, shadow-password or shadow-group file
- vipw(8)
- edit the password, group, shadow-password or shadow-group file
- virtual(8postfix)
- Postfix virtual domain mail delivery agent
- visudo(8)
- edit the sudoers file
- vmstat(8)
- Report virtual memory statistics
- vsftpd(8)
- Very Secure FTP Daemon
- webmin(8)
- - A web based system administration tool
- writevt(8)
- put text into the input buffer of a virtual terminal
- xconv.pl(8)
- inetd.conf to xinetd.conf converter
- xinetd(8)
- the extended Internet services daemon
- zic(8)
- time zone compiler
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