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Linux man pages: Section 8

MAKEDEV - create devices
accept - accept/reject jobs sent to a destination
accton - turns process accounting on or off
acpi_listen - ACPI event listener
acpid - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface event daemon
adduser - Create a new user or update default new user information
adsl-connect - connect - Shell script to manage a PPPoE link
adsl-setup - setup - Shell script to configure Roaring Penguin PPPoE client
adsl-start - start - Shell script to bring up a PPPoE link
adsl-status - status - Shell script to report on status of PPPoE link
adsl-stop - stop - Shell script to shut down a PPPoE link
agetty - alternative Linux getty
alternatives - maintain symbolic links determining default commands
anacron - runs commands periodically
apachectl - Apache HTTP Server Control Interface
apmd - Advanced Power Management (APM) daemon
arp - manipulate the system ARP cache
arping - send ARP REQUEST to a neighbour host
arptables-restore - restore - Restore ARP Tables
arptables-save - save - Save ARP Tables
arptables - administration tool for arp packet filtering
atd - run jobs queued for later execution
atrun - run jobs queued for later execution
auditctl - a utility to assist controlling the kernel's audit system
auditd - The Linux audit daemon
auditd.conf - audit daemon configuration file
aureport - a tool that produces summary reports of audit daemon logs
ausearch - a tool to query audit daemon logs
authconfig - an interface for configuring system authentication resources
autofs - Control Script for automounter
automount - configure mount points for autofs
autrace - a program similar to strace
avcstat - Display SELinux AVC statistics
avmcapictrl - Add, reset or remove active AVM cards and load firmware
badblocks - search a device for bad blocks
blkid - command-line utility to locate/print block device attributes
blockdev - call block device ioctls from the command line
booleans - Policy booleans enable runtime customization of SELinux policy.
callback - call a user back, presenting a login prompt
capiinfo - Show supported features of all installed CAPI2.0 controllers
capiplugin - Plugin for pppd (Point-to-Point Protocol daemon)
cardctl - PCMCIA card control utility
cardmgr - PCMCIA device manager
change_console - change console used by init
chat - Automated conversational script with a modem
checkpolicy - SELinux policy compiler
chkconfig - updates and queries runlevel information for system services
chkfontpath - simple interface for adding, removing, and listing directories in the X font server's path
chpasswd - update password file in batch
clockdiff - measure clock difference between hosts
consolehelper - A wrapper that helps console users run system programs
convertquota - convert quota from old file format to new one
crash - Analyze Linux crash data or a live system
cron - daemon to execute scheduled commands (ISC Cron V4.1)
crond - daemon to execute scheduled commands (ISC Cron V4.1)
ctrlaltdel - set the function of the Ctrl-Alt-Del combination
cups-lpd - lpd - receive print jobs and report printer status to lpd clients
cups-polld - polld - cups printer polling daemon
cupsaccept - accept/reject jobs sent to a destination
cupsaddsmb - export printers to samba for windows clients
cupsd - common unix printing system daemon
cupsdisable - stop/start printers and classes
cupsenable - stop/start printers and classes
cupsreject - accept/reject jobs sent to a destination
cytune - Tune Cyclades driver parameters
debugfs - ext2/ext3 file system debugger
depmod - - program to generate modules.dep and map files.
dhclient-script - script - DHCP client network configuration script
dhclient - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client
dhcp6c - DHCPv6 client daemon
disable - stop/start printers and classes
diskdumpctl - diskdump controller
diskdumpfmt - format a dump device or a partition
distcache - Distributed session caching
dmesg - print or control the kernel ring buffer
dmraid - discover and activate software (ATA)RAID
dmsetup - low level logical volume management
dnssec-keygen - keygen - DNSSEC key generation tool
dnssec-makekeyset - makekeyset - DNSSEC zone signing tool
dnssec-signkey - signkey - DNSSEC key set signing tool
dnssec-signzone - signzone - DNSSEC zone signing tool
dosfsck - check and repair MS-DOS file systems
dump - ext2/3 filesystem backup
dump_cis - display PCMCIA Card Information Structures
dumpe2fs - dump ext2/ext3 filesystem information
e2image - Save critical ext2/ext3 filesystem data to a file
e2label - Change the label on an ext2/ext3 filesystem
edquota - edit user quotas
elvtune - I/O elevator tuner
enable - stop/start printers and classes
ethtool - Display or change ethernet card settings
execstack - tool to set, clear, or query executable stack flag of ELF binaries and shared libraries
exportfs - maintain list of NFS exported file systems
ext2online - online (mounted) ext2 filesystem resizer
faillog - examine faillog and set login failure limits
fbset - show and modify frame buffer device settings
fdformat - Low-level formats a floppy disk
fdisk - Partition table manipulator for Linux
filefrag - report on file fragmentation
findchip - checks the FIR chipset.
findfs - Find a filesystem by label or UUID
fingerd - remote user information server
fixfiles - fix file security contexts.
floppy - format floppy disks
foomatic-addpjloptions - addpjloptions - Format PJL option information the for foomatic database
foomatic-getpjloptions - getpjloptions - <put a short description here>
foomatic-kitload - kitload - installs a data kit into the foomatic database.
foomatic-ppdload - ppdload - <put a short description here>
foomatic-preferred-driver - preferred-driver - <put a short description here>
fsck - check and repair a Linux file system
fsck.vfat - check and repair MS-DOS file systems
fstab-sync - sync - Update the /etc/fstab file in response to HAL events
fxload - Firmware download to EZ-USB devices
getenforce - get the current mode of SELinux
getkeycodes - print kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table
getsebool - get SELinux boolean value(s)
gpm - a cut and paste utility and mouse server for virtual consoles
groupadd - Create a new group
groupdel - Delete a group
groupmod - Modify a group
grpck - verify integrity of group files
grpconv - convert to and from shadow passwords and groups.
grpunconv - convert to and from shadow passwords and groups.
grub-install - install - install GRUB on your drive
grub-md5-crypt - md5-crypt - Encrypt a password in MD5 format
grub-terminfo - terminfo - Generate a terminfo command from a terminfo name
grub - the grub shell
grubby - command line tool for configuring grub, lilo, and elilo
gssd - rpcsec_gss daemon
halt - stop the system.
hciattach - attach serial devices via UART HCI to BlueZ stack
hciconfig - configure Bluetooth devices
hcid - Bluetooth Host Controller Interface Daemon
hcidump - Parse HCI data
hdparm - get/set hard disk parameters
hid2hci - Bluetooth HID to HCI mode switching utility
hisaxctrl - configure HiSax-Module
hotplug - Linux hotplugging support scripts
htdigconfig - script to create fuzzy databases for ht://Dig
httpd - Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol Server
httpd_selinux - Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the httpd daemon
hwclock - query and set the hardware clock (RTC)
i2cdetect - detect I2C chips
i2cdump - examine I2C registers
i2cset - set I2C registers
icnctrl - configure ICN ISDN adaptor
idmapd - NFSv4 ID <-> Name Mapper
ifconfig - configure a network interface
ifrename - rename network interfaces based on various static criteria
imon - watch ISDN activities
imontty - display status of all ISDN lines
in.fingerd - remote user information server
in.tftpd - IPv4 Trivial File Transfer Protocol server
init - process control initialization
insmod - - simple program to insert a module into the Linux Kernel
install-catalog - catalog - Manage a SGML or XML centralized catalog
intltool-extract - extract - generate header files which can be read by gettext
intltool-merge - merge - merge translated strings into various types of file
intltool-prepare - prepare - Prepare software to make use of intltool
intltool-update - update - updates PO template file and merge translations with it
intltoolize - copy intltool related files to software package
intro - Introduction to administration and privileged commands
ip - show / manipulate routing, devices, policy routing and tunnels
ipcrm - remove a message queue, semaphore set or shared memory id
ipcs - provide information on ipc facilities
ipppd - (ISDN) Point to Point Protocol daemon
ipppstats - print PPP statistics
iprofd - Modem-register daemon
iptables-restore - restore - Restore IP Tables
iptables-save - save - Save IP Tables
iptables - administration tool for IPv4 packet filtering and NAT
iptraf - Interactive Colorful IP LAN Monitor
iptstate - A top-like display of IP Tables state table entries
irattach - - binds the Linux-IrDA stack to a IrDA port
irdadump - monitors the IrDA traffic on one or more links.
irdaping - sends IrDA test frames
irnetd - Handle automatically incoming IrNET connections
irpsion5 - IrDA connectivity to a Psion V PDA
isadump - examine ISA registers
isaset - set ISA registers
isdnctrl - get/set ISDN device information
isdnlog - isdn log system (and more)
isosize - outputs the length of a iso9660 file system
iwconfig - configure a wireless network interface
iwevent - Display Wireless Events generated by drivers and setting changes
iwgetid - Report ESSID, NWID or AP/Cell Address of wireless network
iwlist - Get more detailed wireless information from a wireless interface
iwpriv - configure optionals (private) parameters of a wireless network interface
iwspy - Get wireless statistics from specific nodes
kbdrate - reset the keyboard repeat rate and delay time
killall5 - send a signal to all processes.
klogd - Kernel Log Daemon
kudzu - detects and configures new and/or changed hardware on a system
lastlog - examine lastlog file
ld.so - linux.so* - dynamic linker/loader
ldconfig - configure dynamic linker run time bindings
load_policy - load a newly compiled policy into the kernel
loadunimap - load the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table
lockd - start kernel lockd process
logrotate - rotates, compresses, and mails system logs
logsave - save the output of a command in a logfile
logwatch - system log analyzer and reporter
loopctrl - configure isdnloop ISDN driver
losetup - set up and control loop devices
lpadmin - configure cups printers and classes
lpc-cups - line printer control program
lpc - line printer control program
lpinfo - show available devices or drivers
lpmove - move a job to a new destination
lsmod - - program to show the status of modules in the Linux Kernel
lsof - list open files
lspci - list all PCI devices
lsusb - list all USB devices
lvchange - change attributes of a logical volume
lvcreate - create a logical volume in an existing volume group
lvdisplay - display attributes of a logical volume
lvextend - extend the size of a logical volume
lvm - LVM2 tools
lvmchange - change attributes of the logical volume manager
lvmdiskscan - scan for all devices visible to LVM2
lvreduce - reduce the size of a logical volume
lvremove - remove a logical volume
lvrename - rename a logical volume
lvresize - resize a logical volume
lvs - report information about logical volumes
lvscan - scan (all disks) for logical volumes
lwresd - lightweight resolver daemon
magicfilter - automatic configurable printer filter
mailstats - display mail statistics
makemap - create database maps for sendmail
makewhatis - Create the whatis database
mapscrn - load screen output mapping table
mdadm - manage MD devices aka Linux Software Raid.
mdmpd - daemon to monitor MD multipath devices
mgetty - smart modem getty
microcode_ctl - microcode utility for Intel IA32 processors
mii-tool - tool - view, manipulate media-independent interface status
mingetty - minimal getty for consoles
mkbootdisk - creates a stand-alone boot floppy for the running system
mkdosfs - create an MS-DOS file system under Linux
mkfs - build a Linux file system
mkfs.msdos - create an MS-DOS file system under Linux
mkfs.vfat - create an MS-DOS file system under Linux
mkinitrd - creates initial ramdisk images for preloading modules
mklost+found - create a lost+found directory on a mounted Linux second extended file system
mkswap - set up a Linux swap area
mkzonedb - Utility create a zone file for isdnlog
modinfo - - program to show information about a Linux Kernel module
modprobe - program to add and remove modules from the Linux Kernel
module_upgrade - changes obsolete modules.conf entries to current ones
mount - mount a file system
mount.cifs - mount using the Common Internet File System (CIFS)
mountd - NFS mount daemon
mtr - a network diagnostic tool
named-checkconf - checkconf - named configuration file syntax checking tool
named-checkzone - checkzone - zone file validity checking tool
named - Internet domain name server
named_selinux - Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the Internet Name server (named) daemon
nameif - name network interfaces based on MAC addresses
nash - script interpretor to interpret linuxrc images
net - Tool for administration of Samba and remote CIFS servers.
netdump - send oops data and memory dumps over the network
netplugd - network cable hotplug management daemon
netstat - Print network connections, routing tables, interface statistics, masquerade connections, and multicast memberships
newusers - update and create new users in batch
nfsd - NFS server process
nfsstat - print NFS statistics
nhfsgraph - Run nhfsstone over multiple loads
nhfsnums - Convert nhfsrun output to plot(5)
nhfsrun - Run nhfsstone over multiple loads
nhfsstone - Network File System benchmark program
nmbd - NetBIOS name server to provide NetBIOS over IP naming services to clients
nologin - politely refuse a login
nscd - name service cache daemon
nsupdate - Dynamic DNS update utility
ntsysv - simple interface for configuring runlevels
numactl - Control NUMA policy for processes or shared memory
pack_cis - compile PCMCIA Card Information Structures
pam - PAM - Pluggable Authentication Modules for Linux
pam_auth - Squid PAM authentication helper
pam_console - control permissions for users at the system console
pam_console_apply - set or revoke permissions for users at the system console
pam_krb5 - Kerberos 5 authentication
pam_localuser - require users to be listed in /etc/passwd
pam_loginuid - record user's login uid to the process attribute
pam_passwdqc - Password quality-control PAM module
pam_postgresok - simple check of real UID and corresponding account name
pam_rps - challenge-response authentication
pam_selinux - set the default security context after login via PAM.
pam_selinux_check - login program to test pam_selinux_check
pam_stack - recurse into other PAM stacks
pam_succeed_if - succeed or fail based on account characteristics
pam_timestamp - authenticate using cached successful authentication attempts
pam_timestamp_check - check or clear authentication timestamps
pam_winbind - PAM module for Winbind
pam_xauth - forward xauth keys between users
parted - a partition manipulation program
partprobe - inform the OS of partition table changes
pcbitctl - PCBIT-D firmware loader
pdbedit - manage the SAM database (Database of Samba Users)
pidof - find the process ID of a running program.
ping - send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts
pivot_root - change the root file system
plipconfig - fine tune PLIP device parameters
pmap_dump - print a list of all registered RPC programs
pmap_set - set the list of registered RPC programs
portmap - DARPA port to RPC program number mapper
poweroff - stop the system.
ppp-watch - watch - daemon to make PPP interfaces act more like other interfaces
pppd - Point-to-Point Protocol Daemon
pppdump - convert PPP record file to readable format
pppoe-relay - relay - user-space PPPoE relay agent.
pppoe-server - server - user-space PPPoE server
pppoe-sniff - sniff - examine network for non-standard PPPoE frames
pppoe - user-space PPPoE client.
pppstats - print PPP statistics
praliases - display system mail aliases
prelink - prelink ELF shared libraries and binaries to speed up startup time
pvchange - change attributes of a physical volume
pvcreate - initialize a disk or partition for use by LVM
pvdisplay - display attributes of a physical volume
pvmove - move physical extents
pvremove - remove a physical volume
pvresize - resize a disk or partition in use by LVM2
pvs - report information about physical volumes
pvscan - scan all disks for physical volumes
pwck - verify integrity of password files
pwconv - convert to and from shadow passwords and groups.
pwunconv - convert to and from shadow passwords and groups.
pxeboot - Network Booting Operating Systems Configuration Utility
pxeos - PXEBoot Operating System description Configuration Utility
quotacheck - scan a filesystem for disk usage, create, check and repair quota files
quotaon - turn filesystem quotas on and off
quotastats - Program to query quota statistics
racoon - IKE (ISAKMP/Oakley) key management daemon
ramsize - query/set image root device, RAM disk size, or video mode
raw - bind a Linux raw character device
rawdevices - bind a Linux raw character device
rdev - query/set image root device, RAM disk size, or video mode
rdisc - network router discovery daemon
rdist - remote file distribution server program
rdump - ext2/3 filesystem backup
reboot - stop the system.
reject - accept/reject jobs sent to a destination
renice - alter priority of running processes
repquota - summarize quotas for a filesystem
resize2fs - ext2/ext3 file system resizer
resizecons - change kernel idea of the console size
restore - restore files or file systems from backups made with dump
restorecon - set file security contexts.
rhn_check - check for queued actions on RHN and execute them
rhnreg_ks - a program for non interactively registering systems to Red Hat Network
rhnsd - a program for querying the Red Hat Network for updates and information
rmail - handle remote mail received via uucp
rmmod - - simple program to remove a module from the Linux Kernel
rmt - remote magtape protocol module
rndc-confgen - confgen - rndc key generation tool
rndc - name server control utility
rngd - Check and feed random data from hardware device to kernel random device
rootflags - query/set image root device, RAM disk size, or video mode
rotatelogs - Piped logging program to rotate Apache logs
route - show / manipulate the IP routing table
rpc.gssd - rpcsec_gss daemon
rpc.idmapd - NFSv4 ID <-> Name Mapper
rpc.lockd - start kernel lockd process
rpc.mountd - NFS mount daemon
rpc.nfsd - NFS server process
rpc.statd - NSM status monitor
rpc.svcgssd - server-side rpcsec_gss daemon
rpcinfo - report RPC information
rpm - RPM Package Manager
rpm2cpio - Extract cpio archive from RPM Package Manager (RPM) package.
rpmbuild - Build RPM Package(s)
rpmcache - Cache RPM Package Headers
rpmdeps - Generate RPM Package Dependencies
rpmgraph - Display RPM Package Dependency Graph
rquotad - remote quota server
rrestore - restore files or file systems from backups made with dump
run_init - run an init script in the proper context
runlevel - find the current and previous system runlevel.
rvnamed - reverse name resolution daemon for iptraf(8)
sa - summarizes accounting information
saslauthd - sasl authentication server
sasldblistusers - list users in sasldb
sasldblistusers2 - list users in sasldb
saslpasswd - set a user's sasl password
saslpasswd2 - set a user's sasl password
savecore - save a diskdump image.
scrollkeeper-preinstall - preinstall - generate on OMF file, based on an existing OMF file, which has the correct URL for a document
scrollkeeper-rebuilddb - rebuilddb - rebuild the scrollkeeper document catalog database
scrollkeeper-update - update - identify new, modified, or removed OMF files and update the scrollkeeper databases
scsi_id - retrieve and generate a unique SCSI identifier
sdpd - - SDP daemon
selinux - NSA Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux)
selinuxenabled - tool to be used within shell scripts to determine if selinux is enabled
sendmail - an electronic mail transport agent
sendmail.sendmail - an electronic mail transport agent
sensors-detect - detect - detect hardware monitoring chips
sestatus - SELinux status tool
setarch - change reported architecture in new program environment and set personality flags
setenforce - modify the mode SELinux is running in.
setfdprm - sets user-provided floppy disk parameters
setfiles - set file security contexts.
setfont - load EGA/VGA console screen font
setkey - manually manipulate the IPsec SA/SP database
setkeycodes - load kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries
setpci - configure PCI devices
setquota - set disk quotas
setsebool - set SELinux boolean value
setserial - get/set Linux serial port information
setsid - run a program in a new session
sfdisk - Partition table manipulator for Linux
sftp-server - server - SFTP server subsystem
showconsolefont - Show the current EGA/VGA console screen font
showmount - show mount information for an NFS server
shutdown - bring the system down
slattach - attach a network interface to a serial line
sln - static ln
smartctl - Control and Monitor Utility for SMART Disks
smartd - SMART Disk Monitoring Daemon
smbd - server to provide SMB/CIFS services to clients
smbmnt - helper utility for mounting SMB filesystems
smbmount - mount an smbfs filesystem
smbpasswd - change a user's SMB password
smbspool - send a print file to an SMB printer
smbumount - smbfs umount for normal users
smrsh - restricted shell for sendmail
snmpd - daemon to respond to SNMP request packets.
snmptrapd - Receive and log SNMP trap messages.
squid - proxy caching server
squid_ldap_auth - Squid LDAP authentication helper
squid_ldap_group - Squid LDAP external acl group helper
squid_unix_group - Squid UNIX Group external_acl helper
ssh-keysign - keysign - ssh helper program for hostbased authentication
sshd - OpenSSH SSH daemon
statd - NSM status monitor
stinit - initialize SCSI magnetic tape drives
stunnel - universal SSL tunnel
sudo - execute a command as another user
suexec - Switch user before executing external programs
sulogin - Single-user login
svcgssd - server-side rpcsec_gss daemon
swapoff - enable/disable devices and files for paging and swapping
swapon - enable/disable devices and files for paging and swapping
symlinks - symbolic link maintenance utility
sync - synchronize data on disk with memory
sys-unconfig - unconfig - shell script to reconfigure the system upon next boot
sysctl - configure kernel parameters at runtime
sysklogd - Linux system logging utilities.
syslogd - Linux system logging utilities.
system-config-date - config-date - graphical interface for changing system date and time
system-config-netboot - config-netboot - Network Booting Configuration Utility
system-config-services - config-services - Service Configuration Utility
system-config-users - config-users - User and Group Management tool
system-logviewer - logviewer - graphical interface for viewing log files
tc-cbq-details - Class Based Queueing
tc-cbq - Class Based Queueing
tc-htb - Hierarchy Token Bucket
tc-pbfifo - Packet limited First In, First Out queue bfifo - Byte limited First In, First Out queue
tc-pfifo_fast - three-band first in, first out queue
tc-prio - Priority qdisc
tc-red - Random Early Detection
tc-sfq - Stochastic Fairness Queueing
tc-tbf - Token Bucket Filter
tc - show / manipulate traffic control settings
tcpd - access control facility for internet services
tcpdump - dump traffic on a network
tcpslice - extract pieces of and/or glue together tcpdump files
tdbbackup - tool for backing up and for validating the integrity of samba .tdb files
tdbdump - tool for printing the contents of a TDB file
telinit - process control initialization
tftpd - IPv4 Trivial File Transfer Protocol server
tmpwatch - removes files which haven't been accessed for a period of time
togglesebool - flip the current value of a boolean
tracepath - traces path to a network host discovering MTU along this path
traceroute - print the route packets take to network host
tune2fs - adjust tunable filesystem parameters on ext2/ext3 filesystems
tunelp - set various parameters for the lp device
tzselect - select a time zone
udev - Linux configurable dynamic device naming support
udevd - udev event serializer daemon and udev event sender
udevinfo - retrieve information from udev
udevsend - udev event serializer daemon and udev event sender
udevstart - populate initial device directory
udevtest - simulates a udev run to test the configured rules
umount - unmount file systems
up2date-nox - a program for updating packages on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
up2date - a program for updating packages on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
usbmodules - List kernel driver modules available for a plugged in USB device
useradd - Create a new user or update default new user information
userdel - Delete a user account and related files
userhelper - A helper interface to pam.
usermod - Modify a user account
usernetctl - allow a user to manipulate a network interface if permitted
vboxd - isdn voice box daemon
vboxmail - script to send notification of new voice message
vconfig - VLAN (802.1q) configuration program.
vgcfgbackup - backup volume group descriptor area
vgcfgrestore - restore volume group descriptor area
vgchange - change attributes of a volume group
vgck - check volume group metadata
vgconvert - convert volume group metadata format
vgcreate - create a volume group
vgdisplay - display attributes of volume groups
vgexport - make volume groups unknown to the system
vgextend - add physical volumes to a volume group
vgimport - make exported volume groups known to the system
vgmerge - merge two volume groups
vgmknodes - recreate volume group directory and logical volume special files
vgreduce - reduce a volume group
vgremove - remove a volume group
vgrename - rename a volume group
vgs - report information about volume groups
vgscan - scan all disks for volume groups and rebuild caches
vgsplit - split a volume group into two
vidmode - query/set image root device, RAM disk size, or video mode
vigr - edit the password or group files
vipw - edit the password or group files
visudo - edit the sudoers file
vmstat - Report virtual memory statistics
vsftpd - Very Secure FTP Daemon
warnquota - send mail to users over quota
winbindd - Name Service Switch daemon for resolving names from NT servers
xinetd - the extended Internet services daemon
xinetd.log - xinetd service log format
xqmstats - Display XFS quota manager statistics from /proc
ypbind - NIS binding process
yppoll - return version and master server of a NIS map
ypset - bind ypbind to a particular NIS server
yptest - test NIS configuration
yum-arch - arch - Creates yum distribution database
yum-shell - Yellowdog Updater Modified shell
yum - Yellowdog Updater Modified
zdump - time zone dumper
zic - time zone compiler