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newaliases(8) -- update /etc/aliases database
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This is a simple shell script calling /usr/lib/sendmail with the -bi option. It is provided for compatibility with the sendmail program. It is not actually necessary to notify exim of changes to /etc/... |
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newusers(8) -- update and create new users in batch
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newusers reads a file of user name and cleartext password pairs and uses this information to update a group of existing users or to create new users. Each line is in the same format as the standard pa... |
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nisdomainname(8) --
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nsupdate(8) -- Dynamic DNS update utility
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nsupdate is used to submit Dynamic DNS Update requests as defined in RFC2136 to a name server. This allows resource records to be added or removed from a zone without manually editing the zone file. A... |
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paperconfig(8) -- configure the system default paper size
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paperconfig sets the system (or default) paper to be used by tools using the papersize file. It can either ask interactively for the paper to use or be called non-interactively by scripts. |
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parted(8) -- a partition manipulation program
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This manual page documents briefly the parted command. Complete documentation is distributed with the package. parted is a disk partitioning and partition resizing program. It allows you to create, de... |
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pidof(8) -- find the process ID of a running program.
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Pidof finds the process id's (pids) of the named programs. It prints those id's on the standard output. This program is on some systems used in run-level change scripts, especially when the system h... |
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ping(8) -- send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
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Ping uses the ICMP protocol's mandatory ECHO_REQUEST datagram to elicit an ICMP ECHO_RESPONSE from a host or gateway. ECHO_REQUEST datagrams (``pings'') have an IP and ICMP header, followed by a ``... |
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pivot_root(8) -- change the root file system
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pivot_root moves the root file system of the current process to the directory put_old and makes new_root the new root file system. Since pivot_root(8) simply calls pivot_root(2), we refer to the man p... |
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plipconfig(8) -- fine tune PLIP device parameters
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Plipconfig is used to (hopefully) improve PLIP performance by changing the default timing parameters used by the PLIP protocol. Results are dependent on the parallel port hardware, cable, and the CPU ... |
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pmap_dump(8) -- print a list of all registered RPC programs
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The pmap_dump command can be used to restart a running portmapper or to print a list of all registered RPC programs on the local host. If you want to use the program to restart the portmapper you have... |
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pmap_set(8) -- set the list of registered RPC programs
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The pmap_set command can be used to restart a running portmapper or to set the list of registered RPC programs on the local host. If you want to use the program to restart the portmapper you have to r... |
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portmap(8) -- DARPA port to RPC program number mapper
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Portmap is a server that converts RPC program numbers into DARPA protocol port numbers. It must be running in order to make RPC calls. When an RPC server is started, it will tell portmap what port num... |
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poweroff(8) --
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pppconfig(8) -- configure pppd
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pppconfig is a dialog based interactive, menu driven utility to help automate setting up a dial out ppp connection. It provides extensive explanations at each step. pppconfig supports PAP, CHAP, and c... |
