Section 8: Administration and Privileged Commands

A

a2disconf(8)

enable or disable an apache2 configuration file

a2dismod(8)

enable or disable an apache2 module

a2dissite(8)

enable or disable an apache2 site / virtual host

a2enconf(8)

enable or disable an apache2 configuration file

a2enmod(8)

enable or disable an apache2 module

a2ensite(8)

enable or disable an apache2 site / virtual host

accessdb(8)

dumps the content of a man-db database in a human read...

acpi_listen(8)

ACPI event listener

acpid(8)

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface event daemon

add-shell(8)

add shells to the list of valid login shells

addgnupghome(8)

Create .gnupg home directories

addgroup(8)

add a user or group to the system

addpart(8)

tell the kernel about the existence of a partition

adduser(8)

add a user or group to the system

adduser.conf(5)

configuration file for adduser(8) and addgroup(8) .

agetty(8)

alternative Linux getty

anvil(8postfix)

Postfix session count and request rate control

apache2(8)

Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol Server

apache2ctl(8)

Apache HTTP server control interface

apachectl(8)

Apache HTTP server control interface

applygnupgdefaults(8)

Run gpgconf - apply-defaults for all users.

apt(8)

command-line interface

apt-cache(8)

query the APT cache

apt-cdrom(8)

APT CD-ROM 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-mark(8)

show, set and unset various settings for a package

apt-secure(8)

Archive authentication support for APT

aptitude(8)

high-level interface to the package manager

aptitude-curses(8)

high-level interface to the package manager

arp(8)

manipulate the system ARP cache

arpd(8)

userspace arp daemon.

aspell-autobuildhash(8)

Autobuilding aspell hash files for some dicts

B

badblocks(8)

search a device for bad blocks

biosdecode(8)

BIOS information decoder

bitlbee(8)

IRC gateway to IM chat networks

bitlbee.conf(5)

configuration file for bitlbee (8)

blkdeactivate(8)

utility to deactivate block devices

blkdiscard(8)

discard sectors on a device

blkid(8)

locate/print block device attributes

blockdev(8)

call block device ioctls from the command line

bounce(8postfix)

Postfix delivery status reports

bridge(8)

show / manipulate bridge addresses and devices

C

catman(8)

create or update the pre-formatted manual pages

cfdisk(8)

display or manipulate a disk partition table

chcpu(8)

configure CPUs

check_forensic(8)

tool to extract mod_log_forensic output from apache lo...

checkgid(8)

checks the gid

chgpasswd(8)

update group passwords in batch mode

chpasswd(8)

update passwords in batch mode

chpst(8)

runs a program with a changed process state

chroot(8)

run command or interactive shell with special root dir...

cleanup(8postfix)

canonicalize and enqueue Postfix message

cpgr(8)

copy with locking the given file to the password or gr...

cppw(8)

copy with locking the given file to the password or gr...

cron(8)

daemon to execute scheduled commands (Vixie Cron)

ctrlaltdel(8)

set the function of the Ctrl-Alt-Del combination

ctstat(8)

unified linux network statistics

D

debugfs(8)

ext2/ext3/ext4 file system debugger

defer(8postfix)

Postfix delivery status reports

delgroup(8)

remove a user or group from the system

delpart(8)

tell the kernel to forget about a partition

deluser(8)

remove a user or group from the system

deluser.conf(5)

configuration file for deluser(8) and delgroup(8) .

depmod(8)

Generate modules.dep and map files.

devlink(8)

Devlink tool

devlink-dev(8)

devlink device configuration

devlink-monitor(8)

state monitoring

devlink-port(8)

devlink port configuration

devlink-sb(8)

devlink shared buffer configuration

dhclient(8)

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client

dhclient-script(8)

DHCP client network configuration script

dirmngr(8)

CRL and OCSP daemon

discard(8postfix)

Postfix discard mail delivery agent

dmeventd(8)

Device-mapper event daemon

dmidecode(8)

DMI table decoder

dmsetup(8)

low level logical volume management

dmstats(8)

device-mapper statistics management

dnsblog(8postfix)

Postfix DNS white/blacklist logger

dpkg-preconfigure(8)

let packages ask questions prior to their installation

dpkg-reconfigure(8)

reconfigure an already installed package

dumpe2fs(8)

dump ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem information

E

e2freefrag(8)

report free space fragmentation information

e2fsck(8)

check a Linux ext2/ext3/ext4 file system

e2image(8)

Save critical ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem metadata to a ...

e2label(8)

Change the label on an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem

e2undo(8)

Replay an undo log for an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem

e4crypt(8)

ext4 filesystem encryption utility

e4defrag(8)

online defragmenter for ext4 filesystem

error(8postfix)

Postfix error/retry mail delivery agent

F

faillog(8)

display faillog records or set login failure limits

fcgistarter(8)

Start a FastCGI program

fdformat(8)

low-level format a floppy disk

fdisk(8)

manipulate disk partition table

filefrag(8)

report on file fragmentation

findfs(8)

find a filesystem by label or UUID

findmnt(8)

find a filesystem

flush(8postfix)

Postfix fast flush server

fsadm(8)

utility to resize or check filesystem on a device

fsck(8)

check and repair a Linux filesystem

fsck.cramfs(8)

fsck compressed ROM file system

fsck.ext2(8)

check a Linux ext2/ext3/ext4 file system

fsck.ext3(8)

check a Linux ext2/ext3/ext4 file system

fsck.ext4(8)

check a Linux ext2/ext3/ext4 file system

fsck.minix(8)

check consistency of Minix filesystem

fsck.nfs(8)

Dummy fsck.nfs script that always returns success.

fsfreeze(8)

suspend access to a filesystem (Ext3/4, ReiserFS, JFS,...

fstab-decode(8)

run a command with fstab-encoded arguments

fstrim(8)

discard unused blocks on a mounted filesystem

G

genl(8)

generic netlink utility frontend

getcap(8)

examine file capabilities

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

grub-bios-setup(8)

set up a device to boot using GRUB

grub-install(8)

install GRUB to a device

grub-macbless(8)

bless a mac file/directory

grub-mkconfig(8)

generate a GRUB configuration file

grub-mkdevicemap(8)

make a device map file automatically

grub-probe(8)

probe device information for GRUB

grub-reboot(8)

set the default boot entry for GRUB, for the next boot...

grub-set-default(8)

set the saved default boot entry for GRUB

H

halt(8)

Halt, power-off or reboot the machine

htcacheclean(8)

Clean up the disk cache

hwclock(8)

read or set the hardware clock (RTC)

I

i386(8)

change reported architecture in new program environmen...

iconvconfig(8)

create iconv module configuration cache

ifconfig(8)

configure a network interface

ifdown(8)

take a network interface down

ifquery(8)

parse interface configuration

iftop(8)

display bandwidth usage on an interface by host

ifup(8)

bring a network interface up

initramfs-tools(8)

an introduction to writing scripts for mkinitramfs

insmod(8)

Simple program to insert a module into the Linux Kernel

insserv(8)

boot sequence organizer using LSB init.d script depend...

install-keymap(8)

expand a given keymap and install it as boot-time keymap

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

ip(8)

show / manipulate routing, devices, policy routing and...

ip-address(8)

protocol address management

ip-addrlabel(8)

protocol address label management

ip-fou(8)

Foo-over-UDP receive port configuration

ip-gue(8)

Generic UDP Encapsulation receive port configuration

ip-l2tp(8)

L2TPv3 static unmanaged tunnel configuration

ip-link(8)

network device configuration

ip-macsec(8)

MACsec device configuration

ip-maddress(8)

multicast addresses management

ip-monitor(8)

state monitoring

ip-mroute(8)

multicast routing cache management

ip-neighbour(8)

neighbour/arp tables management.

ip-netconf(8)

network configuration monitoring

ip-netns(8)

process network namespace management

ip-ntable(8)

neighbour table configuration

ip-route(8)

routing table management

ip-rule(8)

routing policy database management

ip-tcp_metrics(8)

management for TCP Metrics

ip-token(8)

tokenized interface identifier support

ip-tunnel(8)

tunnel configuration

ip-xfrm(8)

transform configuration

ip6tables(8)

administration tool for IPv4/IPv6 packet filtering and...

ip6tables-apply(8)

a safer way to update iptables remotely

ip6tables-restore(8)

Restore IPv6 Tables

ip6tables-save(8)

dump iptables rules to stdout

iptables(8)

administration tool for IPv4/IPv6 packet filtering and...

iptables-apply(8)

a safer way to update iptables remotely

iptables-extensions(8)

list of extensions in the standard iptables distrib...

iptables-restore(8)

Restore IP Tables

iptables-save(8)

dump iptables rules to stdout

isosize(8)

output the length of an iso9660 filesystem

ispell-autobuildhash(8)

Autobuilding the ispell hash file for some dicts

K

kbd-config(8)

Configure the console keyboard

kbdrate(8)

reset the keyboard repeat rate and delay time

kernel-install(8)

Add and remove kernel and initramfs images to and from...

killall5(8)

send a signal to all processes.

kmod(8)

Program to manage Linux Kernel modules

L

laptop-detect(8)

attempt to detect a laptop

lastlog(8)

reports the most recent login of all users or of a giv...

ld-linux(8)

dynamic linker/loader

ld-linux.so(8)

dynamic linker/loader

ld.so(8)

dynamic linker/loader

ldattach(8)

attach a line discipline to a serial line

ldconfig(8)

configure dynamic linker run-time bindings

lnstat(8)

unified linux network statistics

loadunimap(8)

load the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table

local(8postfix)

Postfix local mail delivery

locale-gen(8)

generates localisation files from templates

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

lsblk(8)

list block devices

lsinitramfs(8)

list content of an initramfs image

lslocks(8)

list local system locks

lsmod(8)

Show the status of modules in the Linux Kernel

lsns(8)

list namespaces

lsof(8)

list open files

lsusb(8)

list USB devices

lvchange(8)

change attributes of a logical volume

lvconvert(8)

change LV type and other utilities

lvcreate(8)

create a logical volume in an existing volume group

lvdisplay(8)

display attributes of a logical volume

lvextend(8)

extend the size of a logical volume

lvm(8)

LVM2 tools

lvm-config(8)

Display LVM configuration

lvm-dumpconfig(8)

Display LVM configuration

lvm-fullreport(8)

(unknown subject)

lvm-lvpoll(8)

Internal command used by lvmpolld to complete some Log...

lvm2-activation-generator(8)

generator for systemd units to activate LVM2 ...

lvmchange(8)

change attributes of the logical volume manager

lvmconf(8)

LVM configuration modifier

lvmconfig(8)

Display LVM configuration

lvmdiskscan(8)

scan for all devices visible to LVM2

lvmdump(8)

create lvm2 information dumps for diagnostic purposes

lvmetad(8)

LVM metadata cache daemon

lvmpolld(8)

LVM poll daemon

lvmsadc(8)

LVM system activity data collector

lvmsar(8)

LVM system activity reporter

lvreduce(8)

reduce the size of a logical volume

lvremove(8)

remove a logical volume

lvrename(8)

rename a logical volume

lvresize(8)

resize a logical volume

lvs(8)

report information about logical volumes

lvscan(8)

scan (all disks) for Logical Volumes

M

make-ssl-cert(8)

Debconf wrapper for openssl

MAKEDEV(8)

create devices

mandb(8)

create or update the manual page index caches

mapscrn(8)

load screen output mapping table

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

mke2fs(8)

create an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem

mkfs(8)

build a Linux filesystem

mkfs.bfs(8)

make an SCO bfs filesystem

mkfs.cramfs(8)

make compressed ROM file system

mkfs.ext2(8)

create an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem

mkfs.ext3(8)

create an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem

mkfs.ext4(8)

create an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem

mkfs.minix(8)

make a Minix filesystem

mkhomedir_helper(8)

Helper binary that creates home directories

mkinitramfs(8)

low-level tool for generating an initramfs image

mklost+found(8)

create a lost+found directory on a mounted Linux secon...

mkswap(8)

set up a Linux swap area

modinfo(8)

Show information about a Linux Kernel module

modprobe(8)

Add and remove modules from the Linux Kernel

monkeysphere-authentication(8)

Monkeysphere authentication admin tool.

monkeysphere-host(8)

Monkeysphere host key administration tool.

mount(8)

mount a filesystem

mtr(8)

a network diagnostic tool

N

nameif(8)

name network interfaces based on MAC addresses

netstat(8)

Print network connections, routing tables, interface s...

newusers(8)

update and create new users in batch

nfnl_osf(8)

load and unload os fingerprint database

nologin(8)

politely refuse a login

nstat(8)

network statistics tools.

O

oqmgr(8postfix)

old Postfix queue manager

ownership(8)

Compaq ownership tag retriever

P

pam-auth-update(8)

manage PAM configuration using packaged profiles

pam_access(8)

PAM module for logdaemon style login access control

pam_cap(8)

PAM module to set inheritable capabilities

pam_debug(8)

PAM module to debug the PAM stack

pam_deny(8)

The locking-out PAM module

pam_echo(8)

PAM module for printing text messages

pam_env(8)

PAM module to set/unset environment variables

pam_exec(8)

PAM module which calls an external command

pam_faildelay(8)

Change the delay on failure per-application

pam_filter(8)

PAM filter module

pam_ftp(8)

PAM module for anonymous access module

pam_getenv(8)

get environment variables from /etc/environment

pam_group(8)

PAM module for group access

pam_issue(8)

PAM module to add issue file to user prompt

pam_keyinit(8)

Kernel session keyring initialiser module

pam_lastlog(8)

PAM module to display date of last login and perform i...

pam_limits(8)

PAM module to limit resources

pam_listfile(8)

deny or allow services based on an arbitrary file

pam_localuser(8)

require users to be listed in /etc/passwd

pam_loginuid(8)

Record user's login uid to the process attribute

pam_mail(8)

Inform about available mail

pam_mkhomedir(8)

PAM module to create users home directory

pam_motd(8)

Display the motd file

pam_namespace(8)

PAM module for configuring namespace for a session

pam_nologin(8)

Prevent non-root users from login

pam_permit(8)

The promiscuous module

pam_pwhistory(8)

PAM module to remember last passwords

pam_rhosts(8)

The rhosts PAM module

pam_rootok(8)

Gain only root access

pam_securetty(8)

Limit root login to special devices

pam_selinux(8)

PAM module to set the default security context

pam_sepermit(8)

PAM module to allow/deny login depending on SELinux en...

pam_shells(8)

PAM module to check for valid login shell

pam_succeed_if(8)

test account characteristics

pam_tally(8)

The login counter (tallying) module

pam_tally2(8)

The login counter (tallying) module

pam_time(8)

PAM module for time control access

pam_timestamp(8)

Authenticate using cached successful authentication at...

pam_timestamp_check(8)

Check to see if the default timestamp is valid

pam_tty_audit(8)

Enable or disable TTY auditing for specified users

pam_umask(8)

PAM module to set the file mode creation mask

pam_unix(8)

Module for traditional password authentication

pam_userdb(8)

PAM module to authenticate against a db database

pam_warn(8)

PAM module which logs all PAM items if called

pam_wheel(8)

Only permit root access to members of group wheel

pam_xauth(8)

PAM module to forward xauth keys between users

parted(8)

(unknown subject)

partprobe(8)

inform the OS of partition table changes

partx(8)

tell the kernel about the presence and numbering of on...

pickup(8postfix)

Postfix local mail pickup

pidof(8)

find the process ID of a running program.

ping(8)

send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts

ping4(8)

send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts

ping6(8)

send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts

pipe(8postfix)

Postfix delivery to external command

pivot_root(8)

change the root filesystem

plipconfig(8)

fine tune PLIP device parameters

pm-action(8)

Suspend or Hibernate your computer

pm-hibernate(8)

Suspend or Hibernate your computer

pm-powersave(8)

Put your computer into low power mode

pm-suspend(8)

Suspend or Hibernate your computer

pm-suspend-hybrid(8)

Suspend or Hibernate your computer

popcon-largest-unused(8)

List size of unused packages

popularity-contest(8)

list the most popular Debian packages

postfix-add-filter(8)

add filter service to Postfix master.cf

postfix-add-policy(8)

add policy service to Postfix master.cf

postscreen(8postfix)

Postfix zombie blocker

poweroff(8)

Halt, power-off or reboot the machine

proxymap(8postfix)

Postfix lookup table proxy server

pvchange(8)

change attributes of a physical volume

pvck(8)

check physical volume metadata

pvcreate(8)

initialize a disk or partition for use by LVM

pvdisplay(8)

display attributes of a physical volume

pvmove(8)

move physical extents

pvremove(8)

remove a physical volume

pvresize(8)

resize a disk or partition in use by LVM2

pvs(8)

report information about physical volumes

pvscan(8)

scan all disks for physical volumes

pwck(8)

verify integrity of password files

pwconv(8)

convert to and from shadow passwords and groups

pwunconv(8)

convert to and from shadow passwords and groups

Q

qmgr(8postfix)

Postfix queue manager

qmqpd(8postfix)

Postfix QMQP server

R

rarp(8)

manipulate the system RARP table

raw(8)

bind a Linux raw character device

readprofile(8)

read kernel profiling information

reboot(8)

Halt, power-off or reboot the machine

redirect(8)

simple redirection CGI program

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/ext4 file system resizer

resizecons(8)

change kernel idea of the console size

resizepart(8)

tell the kernel about the new size of a partition

rmail(8)

handle remote mail received via uucp

rmmod(8)

Simple program to remove a module from the Linux Kernel

rmt(8)

remote magnetic tape server

rmt-tar(8)

remote magnetic tape server

rotatelogs(8)

Piped logging program to rotate Apache logs

route(8)

show / manipulate the IP routing table

routef(8)

flush routes

routel(8)

list routes with pretty output format

rtacct(8)

network statistics tools.

rtcwake(8)

enter a system sleep state until specified wakeup time

rtmon(8)

listens to and monitors RTnetlink

rtpr(8)

replace backslashes with newlines.

rtstat(8)

unified linux network statistics

run-parts(8)

run scripts or programs in a directory

runit(8)

a UNIX process no 1

runit-init(8)

a UNIX process no 1

runlevel(8)

Print previous and current SysV runlevel

runsv(8)

starts and monitors a service and optionally an append...

runsvchdir(8)

change services directory of runsvdir(8)

runsvdir(8)

starts and monitors a collection of runsv(8) processes

S

safe_finger(8)

finger client wrapper that protects against nasty stuf...

sasl-sample-client(8)

Sample client program for demonstrating and testing ...

sasl-sample-server(8)

Sample server program for demonstrating and testing ...

saslauthd(8)

sasl authentication server

sasldblistusers2(8)

list users in sasldb

saslpasswd2(8)

set a user's sasl password

saslpluginviewer(8)

list loadable SASL plugins and their properties

savelog(8)

save a log file

scache(8postfix)

Postfix shared connection cache server

select-default-ispell(8)

select default ispell dictionary

select-default-wordlist(8)

select default wordlist

service(8)

run a System V init script

setarch(8)

change reported architecture in new program environmen...

setcap(8)

set file capabilities

setfont(8)

load EGA/VGA console screen font

setkeycodes(8)

load kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries

setlogcons(8)

Send kernel messages to console N

setvesablank(8)

Turn VESA screen blanking on or off

setvtrgb(8)

set the virtual terminal RGB colors

sfdisk(8)

display or manipulate a disk partition table

sftp-server(8)

SFTP server subsystem

shadowconfig(8)

toggle shadow passwords on and off

showconsolefont(8)

Show the current EGA/VGA console screen font

showq(8postfix)

list the Postfix mail queue

shutdown(8)

Halt, power-off or reboot the machine

slattach(8)

attach a network interface to a serial line

sln(8)

create symbolic links

smtp(8postfix)

Postfix SMTP+LMTP client

smtpd(8postfix)

Postfix SMTP server

spamd(8p)

daemonized version of spamassassin

spawn(8postfix)

Postfix external command spawner

split-logfile(8)

Split combined virtual hosts access log into one file ...

ss(8)

another utility to investigate sockets

ssh-keysign(8)

ssh helper program for host-based authentication

ssh-pkcs11-helper(8)

ssh-agent helper program for PKCS#11 support

sshd(8)

OpenSSH SSH daemon

ssi(8)

server-side-includes CGI program

start-stop-daemon(8)

start and stop system daemon programs

startpar(8)

start runlevel scripts in parallel

startpar-upstart-inject(8)

notify startpar of started/stopped upstart jobs

sudo(8)

execute a command as another user

sudo_plugin(8)

Sudo Plugin API

sudoedit(8)

execute a command as another user

sudoreplay(8)

replay sudo session logs

sulogin(8)

single-user login

sv(8)

control and manage services monitored by runsv (8)

svlogd(8)

runit's service logging daemon

swaplabel(8)

print or change the label or UUID of a swap area

swapoff(8)

enable/disable devices and files for paging and swapping

swapon(8)

enable/disable devices and files for paging and swapping

switch_root(8)

switch to another filesystem as the root of the mount ...

sysctl(8)

configure kernel parameters at runtime

syslogtocern(8)

convert thttpd syslog entries into CERN Common Log format

systemd-ask-password-console.path(8)

Query the user for system passwords o...

systemd-ask-password-console.service(8)

Query the user for system password...

systemd-ask-password-wall.path(8)

Query the user for system passwords on t...

systemd-ask-password-wall.service(8)

Query the user for system passwords o...

systemd-backlight(8)

Load and save the display backlight brightness at boo...

systemd-backlight@.service(8)

Load and save the display backlight brightne...

systemd-binfmt(8)

Configure additional binary formats for executables at...

systemd-binfmt.service(8)

Configure additional binary formats for executab...

systemd-cryptsetup(8)

Full disk decryption logic

systemd-cryptsetup-generator(8)

Unit generator for /etc/crypttab

systemd-cryptsetup@.service(8)

Full disk decryption logic

systemd-debug-generator(8)

Generator for enabling a runtime debug shell an...

systemd-fsck(8)

File system checker logic

systemd-fsck-root.service(8)

File system checker logic

systemd-fsck@.service(8)

File system checker logic

systemd-fsckd(8)

File system check progress reporting

systemd-fsckd.service(8)

File system check progress reporting

systemd-fsckd.socket(8)

File system check progress reporting

systemd-fstab-generator(8)

Unit generator for /etc/fstab

systemd-getty-generator(8)

Generator for enabling getty instances on the c...

systemd-gpt-auto-generator(8)

Generator for automatically discovering and ...

systemd-halt.service(8)

System shutdown logic

systemd-hibernate-resume(8)

Resume from hibernation

systemd-hibernate-resume-generator(8)

Unit generator for resume= kernel pa...

systemd-hibernate-resume@.service(8)

Resume from hibernation

systemd-hibernate.service(8)

System sleep state logic

systemd-hostnamed(8)

Host name bus mechanism

systemd-hostnamed.service(8)

Host name bus mechanism

systemd-hwdb(8)

hardware database management tool

systemd-hybrid-sleep.service(8)

System sleep state logic

systemd-importd(8)

VM and container image import and export service

systemd-importd.service(8)

VM and container image import and export service

systemd-initctl(8)

/dev/initctl compatibility

systemd-initctl.service(8)

/dev/initctl compatibility

systemd-initctl.socket(8)

/dev/initctl compatibility

systemd-journal-upload(8)

Send journal messages over the network

systemd-journald(8)

Journal service

systemd-journald-audit.socket(8)

Journal service

systemd-journald-dev-log.socket(8)

Journal service

systemd-journald.service(8)

Journal service

systemd-journald.socket(8)

Journal service

systemd-kexec.service(8)

System shutdown logic

systemd-localed(8)

Locale bus mechanism

systemd-localed.service(8)

Locale bus mechanism

systemd-logind(8)

Login manager

systemd-logind.service(8)

Login manager

systemd-machine-id-commit.service(8)

Commit a transient machine ID to disk

systemd-modules-load(8)

Load kernel modules at boot

systemd-modules-load.service(8)

Load kernel modules at boot

systemd-networkd(8)

Network manager

systemd-networkd-wait-online(8)

Wait for network to come online

systemd-networkd-wait-online.service(8)

Wait for network to come online

systemd-networkd.service(8)

Network manager

systemd-poweroff.service(8)

System shutdown logic

systemd-quotacheck(8)

File system quota checker logic

systemd-quotacheck.service(8)

File system quota checker logic

systemd-random-seed(8)

Load and save the system random seed at boot and sh...

systemd-random-seed.service(8)

Load and save the system random seed at boo...

systemd-reboot.service(8)

System shutdown logic

systemd-remount-fs(8)

Remount root and kernel file systems

systemd-remount-fs.service(8)

Remount root and kernel file systems

systemd-resolved(8)

Network Name Resolution manager

systemd-resolved.service(8)

Network Name Resolution manager

systemd-rfkill(8)

Load and save the RF kill switch state at boot and change

systemd-rfkill.service(8)

Load and save the RF kill switch state at boot a...

systemd-rfkill.socket(8)

Load and save the RF kill switch state at boot an...

systemd-shutdown(8)

System shutdown logic

systemd-sleep(8)

System sleep state logic

systemd-socket-proxyd(8)

Bidirectionally proxy local sockets to another (p...

systemd-suspend.service(8)

System sleep state logic

systemd-sysctl(8)

Configure kernel parameters at boot

systemd-sysctl.service(8)

Configure kernel parameters at boot

systemd-system-update-generator(8)

Generator for redirecting boot to offli...

systemd-sysusers(8)

Allocate system users and groups

systemd-sysusers.service(8)

Allocate system users and groups

systemd-sysv-generator(8)

Unit generator for SysV init scripts

systemd-timedated(8)

Time and date bus mechanism

systemd-timedated.service(8)

Time and date bus mechanism

systemd-timesyncd(8)

Network Time Synchronization

systemd-timesyncd.service(8)

Network Time Synchronization

systemd-tmpfiles(8)

Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile and temporary ...

systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service(8)

Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile ...

systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer(8)

Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile an...

systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service(8)

Creates, deletes and cleans up volat...

systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service(8)

Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile ...

systemd-udevd(8)

Device event managing daemon

systemd-udevd-control.socket(8)

Device event managing daemon

systemd-udevd-kernel.socket(8)

Device event managing daemon

systemd-udevd.service(8)

Device event managing daemon

systemd-update-utmp(8)

Write audit and utmp updates at bootup, runlevel ch...

systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service(8)

Write audit and utmp updates at bo...

systemd-update-utmp.service(8)

Write audit and utmp updates at bootup, run...

systemd-user-sessions(8)

Permit user logins after boot, prohibit user logi...

systemd-user-sessions.service(8)

Permit user logins after boot, prohibit u...

T

tasksel(8)

a user interface for installing tasks

tc(8)

show / manipulate traffic control settings

tc-basic(8)

basic traffic control filter

tc-bfifo(8)

Packet limited First In, First Out queue

tc-bpf(8)

BPF programmable classifier and actions for ingress/eg...

tc-cbq(8)

Class Based Queueing

tc-cbq-details(8)

Class Based Queueing

tc-cgroup(8)

control group based traffic control filter

tc-choke(8)

choose and keep scheduler

tc-codel(8)

Controlled-Delay Active Queue Management algorithm

tc-connmark(8)

netfilter connmark retriever action

tc-csum(8)

checksum update action

tc-drr(8)

deficit round robin scheduler

tc-ematch(8)

extended matches for use with "basic" or "flow" filters

tc-flow(8)

flow based traffic control filter

tc-flower(8)

flow based traffic control filter

tc-fq(8)

Fair Queue traffic policing

tc-fq_codel(8)

Fair Queuing (FQ) with Controlled Delay (CoDel)

tc-fw(8)

fwmark traffic control filter

tc-hfsc(8)

Hierarchical Fair Service Curve's control under linux

tc-htb(8)

Hierarchy Token Bucket

tc-ife(8)

encapsulate/decapsulate metadata

tc-matchall(8)

traffic control filter that matches every packet

tc-mirred(8)

mirror/redirect action

tc-mqprio(8)

Multiqueue Priority Qdisc (Offloaded Hardware QOS)

tc-nat(8)

stateless native address translation action

tc-netem(8)

Network Emulator

tc-pedit(8)

generic packet editor action

tc-pfifo(8)

Packet limited First In, First Out queue

tc-pfifo_fast(8)

three-band first in, first out queue

tc-pie(8)

Proportional Integral controller-Enhanced AQM algorithm

tc-police(8)

policing action

tc-prio(8)

Priority qdisc

tc-red(8)

Random Early Detection

tc-route(8)

route traffic control filter

tc-sfb(8)

Stochastic Fair Blue

tc-sfq(8)

Stochastic Fairness Queueing

tc-simple(8)

basic example action

tc-skbedit(8)

SKB editing action

tc-stab(8)

Generic size table manipulations

tc-tbf(8)

Token Bucket Filter

tc-tcindex(8)

traffic control index filter

tc-u32(8)

universal 32bit traffic control filter

tc-vlan(8)

vlan manipulation module

tc-xt(8)

tc iptables action

tcpd(8)

access control facility for internet services

tcpdchk(8)

tcp wrapper configuration checker

tcpdmatch(8)

tcp wrapper oracle

tcptraceroute(8)

print the route packets trace to network host

tcptraceroute.db(8)

print the route packets trace to network host

telinit(8)

Change SysV runlevel

testsaslauthd(8)

test utility for the SASL authentication server

tipc(8)

a TIPC configuration and management tool

tipc-bearer(8)

show or modify TIPC bearers

tipc-link(8)

show links or modify link properties

tipc-media(8)

list or modify media properties

tipc-nametable(8)

show TIPC nametable

tipc-node(8)

modify and show local node parameters or list peer nodes

tipc-socket(8)

show TIPC socket (port) information

tlsmgr(8postfix)

Postfix TLS session cache and PRNG manager

tlsproxy(8postfix)

Postfix TLS proxy

trace(8postfix)

Postfix delivery status reports

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/ext4...

tunelp(8)

set various parameters for the lp device

tzselect(8)

select a timezone

U

udevadm(8)

udev management tool

umount(8)

unmount file systems

unix_chkpwd(8)

Helper binary that verifies the password of the curren...

unix_update(8)

Helper binary that updates the password of a given user

unmkinitramfs(8)

extract content from an initramfs image

update-ca-certificates(8)

update /etc/ssl/certs and ca-certificates.crt

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-dictcommon-hunspell(8)

rebuild hunspell database and emacsen stuff

update-grub(8)

stub for grub-mkconfig

update-grub2(8)

stub for grub-mkconfig

update-icon-caches(8)

Update wrapper script for the icon caches

update-inetd(8)

create, remove, enable or disable entry in /etc/inetd....

update-info-dir(8)

update or create index file from all installed info fi...

update-initramfs(8)

generate an initramfs image

update-locale(8)

Modify global locale settings

update-mime(8)

create or update MIME information

update-passwd(8)

safely update /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /etc/group

update-perl-sax-parsers(8)

(de)register Perl SAX parser modules

update-python-modules(8)

byte-compile python modules

update-rc.d(8)

install and remove System-V style init script links

update-service(8)

add/remove a service to/from system-wide service super...

update-usbids(8)

download new version of the USB ID list

update-xmlcatalog(8)

maintain XML catalog files

usbhid-dump(8)

dump USB HID device report descriptors and streams

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

utmpset(8)

logout a line from utmp and wtmp file

V

validlocale(8)

Test if a given locale is available

vcstime(8)

Show time in upper right hand corner of the console sc...

verify(8postfix)

Postfix address verification server

vgcfgbackup(8)

backup volume group descriptor area

vgcfgrestore(8)

restore volume group descriptor area

vgchange(8)

change attributes of a volume group

vgck(8)

check volume group metadata

vgconvert(8)

convert volume group metadata format

vgcreate(8)

create a volume group

vgdisplay(8)

display attributes of volume groups

vgexport(8)

make volume groups unknown to the system

vgextend(8)

add physical volumes to a volume group

vgimport(8)

make exported volume groups known to the system

vgimportclone(8)

import and rename duplicated volume group (e.g. a hard...

vgmerge(8)

merge two volume groups

vgmknodes(8)

recreate volume group directory and logical volume spe...

vgreduce(8)

reduce a volume group

vgremove(8)

remove a volume group

vgrename(8)

rename a volume group

vgs(8)

report information about volume groups

vgscan(8)

scan all disks for volume groups and rebuild caches

vgsplit(8)

split a volume group into two

vigr(8)

edit the password, group, shadow-password or shadow-gr...

vipw(8)

edit the password, group, shadow-password or shadow-gr...

virtual(8postfix)

Postfix virtual domain mail delivery agent

visudo(8)

edit the sudoers file

vmstat(8)

Report virtual memory statistics

vpddecode(8)

VPD structure decoder

W

wdctl(8)

show hardware watchdog status

wipefs(8)

wipe a signature from a device

X

x86_64(8)

change reported architecture in new program environmen...

xtables-multi(8)

xtables multi-link binary for netfilter's iptables and...

Z

zdump(8)

timezone dumper

zic(8)

timezone compiler

zramctl(8)

set up and control zram devices