Section 8, System administration commands and daemons
- exigrep
- Search Exim's main log
- a2disconf
- enable or disable an apache2 configuration file
- a2dismod
- enable or disable an apache2 module
- a2dissite
- enable or disable an apache2 site / virtual host
- a2enconf
- enable or disable an apache2 configuration file
- a2enmod
- enable or disable an apache2 module
- a2ensite
- enable or disable an apache2 site / virtual host
- accessdb
- dumps the content of a man-db database in a human read...
- acpi_listen
- ACPI event listener
- acpid
- Advanced Configuration and Power Interface event daemon
- add-shell
- add shells to the list of valid login shells
- addgnupghome
- Create .gnupg home directories
- addgroup
- add a user or group to the system
- addpart
- a simple wrapper around the "add partition" ioctl
- adduser
- add a user or group to the system
- agetty
- alternative Linux getty
- apache2
- Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol Server
- apache2ctl
- Apache HTTP server control interface
- apachectl
- Apache HTTP server control interface
- applygnupgdefaults
- Run gpgconf - apply-defaults for all users.
- apt
- command-line interface
- apt-cache
- query the APT cache
- apt-cdrom
- APT CD-ROM management utility
- apt-config
- APT Configuration Query program
- apt-get
- APT package handling utility - - command-line interface
- apt-key
- APT key management utility
- apt-mark
- mark/unmark a package as being automatically-installed
- apt-secure
- Archive authentication support for APT
- aptitude
- high-level interface to the package manager
- aptitude-curses
- high-level interface to the package manager
- arp
- manipulate the system ARP cache
- arpd
- userspace arp daemon.
- arping
- sends arp and/or ip pings to a given host
- aspell-autobuildhash
- Autobuilding aspell hash files for some dicts
- atd
- run jobs queued for later execution
- badblocks
- search a device for bad blocks
- tc-pfifo
- Packet limited First In, First Out queue
- biosdecode
- BIOS information decoder
- blkdiscard
- discard sectors on a device
- blkid
- locate/print block device attributes
- blkmapd
- pNFS block layout mapping daemon
- blockdev
- call block device ioctls from the command line
- bridge
- show / manipulate bridge addresses and devices
- catman
- create or update the pre-formatted manual pages
- tc-cbq
- Class Based Queueing
- cfdisk
- display or manipulate a disk partition table
- cgdisk
- Curses-based GUID partition table (GPT) manipulator
- chcpu
- configure CPUs
- check_forensic
- tool to extract mod_log_forensic output from apache lo...
- checkgid
- checks the gid
- chgpasswd
- update group passwords in batch mode
- tc-choke
- choose and keep scheduler
- chpasswd
- update passwords in batch mode
- chroot
- run command or interactive shell with special root dir...
- tc-fq_codel
- Fair Queuing (FQ) with Controlled Delay (CoDel)
- cpgr
- copy with locking the given file to the password or gr...
- cppw
- copy with locking the given file to the password or gr...
- cron
- daemon to execute scheduled commands (Vixie Cron)
- ctrlaltdel
- set the function of the Ctrl-Alt-Del combination
- ctstat
- unified linux network statistics
- debugfs
- ext2/ext3/ext4 file system debugger
- delgroup
- remove a user or group from the system
- delpart
- simple wrapper around the "del partition" ioctl
- deluser
- remove a user or group from the system
- depmod
- Generate modules.dep and map files.
- dhclient
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client
- dhclient-script
- DHCP client network configuration script
- discover-modprobe
- kernel module loading using discover(1)
- discover-pkginstall
- intsall packages for available hardware using disco...
- dmidecode
- DMI table decoder
- dmsetup
- low level logical volume management
- dosfsck
- check and repair MS-DOS filesystems
- dosfslabel
- set or get MS-DOS filesystem label
- dpkg-divert
- override a package's version of a file
- dpkg-preconfigure
- let packages ask questions prior to their installation
- dpkg-reconfigure
- reconfigure an already installed package
- dpkg-statoverride
- override ownership and mode of files
- tc-drr
- deficit round robin scheduler
- dumpe2fs
- dump ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem information
- e2freefrag
- report free space fragmentation information
- e2fsck
- check a Linux ext2/ext3/ext4 file system
- e2image
- Save critical ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem metadata to a ...
- e2label
- Change the label on an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem
- e2undo
- Replay an undo log for an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem
- e4defrag
- online defragmenter for ext4 filesystem
- editkeep
- frontend for deborphan
- tc-ematch
- extended matches for use with "basic" or "flow" filters
- exicyclog
- Cycle exim's logfiles
- exim
- a Mail Transfer Agent
- exim4
- a Mail Transfer Agent
- exim_checkaccess
- Check address acceptance from given IP
- exim_convert4r4
- Convert Exim configuration from v3 to v4 format
- exim_db
- Exim's hint databases maintenance (exim_dumpdb, exim_f...
- exim_dbmbuild
- Build a DBM file.
- exim_dumpdb
- Exim's hint databases maintenance (exim_dumpdb, exim_f...
- exim_fixdb
- Exim's hint databases maintenance (exim_dumpdb, exim_f...
- exim_lock
- Mailbox maintenance
- exim_tidydb
- Exim's hint databases maintenance (exim_dumpdb, exim_f...
- eximstats
- generates statistics from Exim mainlog or syslog files.
- exinext
- Finding individual retry times
- exipick
- selectively display messages from an Exim queue
- exiqgrep
- Search in the exim queue
- exiqsumm
- Summarising the queue
- exiwhat
- Finding out what Exim processes are doing
- faillog
- display faillog records or set login failure limits
- fatlabel
- set or get MS-DOS filesystem label
- fcgistarter
- Start a FastCGI program
- fdformat
- low-level format a floppy disk
- fdisk
- manipulate disk partition table
- filefrag
- report on file fragmentation
- findfs
- find a filesystem by label or UUID
- findmnt
- find a filesystem
- fixparts
- MBR partition table repair utility
- fsck
- check and repair a Linux filesystem
- fsck.cramfs
- fsck compressed ROM file system
- fsck.ext2
- check a Linux ext2/ext3/ext4 file system
- fsck.ext3
- check a Linux ext2/ext3/ext4 file system
- fsck.ext4
- check a Linux ext2/ext3/ext4 file system
- fsck.ext4dev
- check a Linux ext2/ext3/ext4 file system
- fsck.fat
- check and repair MS-DOS filesystems
- fsck.minix
- check consistency of Minix filesystem
- fsck.msdos
- check and repair MS-DOS filesystems
- fsck.nfs
- Dummy fsck.nfs script that always returns success.
- fsck.vfat
- check and repair MS-DOS filesystems
- fsfreeze
- suspend access to a filesystem (Ext3/4, ReiserFS, JFS,...
- fstab-decode
- run a command with fstab-encoded arguments
- fstrim
- discard unused blocks on a mounted filesystem
- mount.fuse
- format and options for the fuse file systems
- gconf-schemas
- register gconf schemas with the gconf database
- gdisk
- Interactive GUID partition table (GPT) manipulator
- genccode
- generate C or platform specific assembly code from an ...
- gencmn
- generate an ICU memory-mappable data file
- gennorm2
- Builds binary data file with Unicode normalization data.
- gensprep
- compile StringPrep data from files filtered by filterR...
- getcap
- examine file capabilities
- getkeycodes
- print kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table
- getty
- alternative Linux getty
- groupadd
- create a new group
- groupdel
- delete a group
- groupmod
- modify a group definition on the system
- 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-bios-setup
- set up a device to boot using GRUB
- grub-install
- install GRUB to a device
- grub-macbless
- bless a mac file/directory
- grub-mkconfig
- generate a GRUB configuration file
- grub-mkdevicemap
- make a device map file automatically
- grub-probe
- probe device information for GRUB
- grub-reboot
- set the default boot entry for GRUB, for the next boot...
- grub-set-default
- set the saved default boot entry for GRUB
- gssd
- RPCSEC_GSS daemon
- halt
- Halt, power-off or reboot the machine
- hddtemp
- Utility to monitor hard drive temperature
- tc-hfsc
- Hierarchical Fair Service Curve's control under linux
- hg-ssh
- restricted ssh login shell for Mercurial
- tc-htb
- Hierarchy Token Bucket
- htcacheclean
- Clean up the disk cache
- hwclock
- query or set the hardware clock (RTC)
- hwinfo
- probe for hardware
- i386
- change reported architecture in new program environmen...
- iconvconfig
- create iconv module configuration cache
- icupkg
- extract or modify an ICU .dat archive
- idmap_rfc2307
- Samba's idmap_rfc2307 Backend for Winbind
- idmapd
- NFSv4 ID <-> Name Mapper
- ifconfig
- configure a network interface
- ifdown
- take a network interface down
- ifquery
- parse interface configuration
- iftop
- display bandwidth usage on an interface by host
- ifup
- bring a network interface up
- in.uucpd
- run uucico from inetd
- inetd
- internet "super-server"
- initramfs-tools
- an introduction to writing scripts for mkinitramfs
- insmod
- Simple program to insert a module into the Linux Kernel
- insserv
- boot sequence organizer using LSB init.d script depend...
- install-sgmlcatalog
- maintain transitional SGML catalog
- installkernel
- install a new kernel image
- intro
- introduction to administration and privileged commands
- invoke-rc.d
- executes System-V style init script actions
- ip
- show / manipulate routing, devices, policy routing and...
- ip-address
- protocol address management
- ip-addrlabel
- protocol address label management
- ip-l2tp
- L2TPv3 static unmanaged tunnel configuration
- ip-link
- network device configuration
- ip-maddress
- multicast addresses management
- ip-monitor
- state monitoring
- ip-mroute
- multicast routing cache management
- ip-neighbour
- neighbour/arp tables management.
- ip-netconf
- network configuration monitoring
- ip-netns
- process network namespace management
- ip-ntable
- neighbour table configuration
- ip-route
- routing table management
- ip-rule
- routing policy database management
- ip-tcp_metrics
- management for TCP Metrics
- ip-token
- tokenized interface identifier support
- ip-tunnel
- tunnel configuration
- ip-xfrm
- transform configuration
- ip6tables
- administration tool for IPv4/IPv6 packet filtering and...
- ip6tables-apply
- a safer way to update iptables remotely
- ip6tables-restore
- Restore IPv6 Tables
- ip6tables-save
- dump iptables rules to stdout
- iptables
- administration tool for IPv4/IPv6 packet filtering and...
- iptables-apply
- a safer way to update iptables remotely
- iptables-extensions
- list of extensions in the standard iptables distrib...
- iptables-restore
- Restore IP Tables
- iptables-save
- dump iptables rules to stdout
- iptraf
- Interactive Colorful IP LAN Monitor
- isadump
- examine ISA registers
- isaset
- set ISA registers
- isosize
- output the length of an iso9660 filesystem
- ispell-autobuildhash
- Autobuilding the ispell hash file for some dicts
- john
- a tool to find weak passwords of your users
- kbdrate
- reset the keyboard repeat rate and delay time
- kbuildsycoca4
- Rebuilds the system configuration cache.
- kcookiejar4
- KDE HTTP cookie daemon
- kded4
- KDE daemon - triggers Sycoca database updates when nee...
- kdeinit4
- KDE process launcher.
- killall5
- send a signal to all processes.
- kmod
- Program to manage Linux Kernel modules
- laptop-detect
- attempt to detect a laptop
- lastlog
- reports the most recent login of all users or of a giv...
- ld-linux
- dynamic linker/loader
- ld-linux.so
- dynamic linker/loader
- ld.so
- dynamic linker/loader
- ldattach
- attach a line discipline to a serial line
- ldconfig
- configure dynamic linker run-time bindings
- lnstat
- unified linux network statistics
- loadunimap
- load the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table
- locale-gen
- generates localisation files from templates
- localepurge
- reclaim disk space removing unneeded localizations
- logrotate
- rotates, compresses, and mails system logs
- logsave
- save the output of a command in a logfile
- losetup
- set up and control loop devices
- lowntfs-3g
- Third Generation Read/Write NTFS Driver
- lsblk
- list block devices
- lsinitramfs
- list content of an initramfs image
- lslocks
- list local system locks
- lsmod
- Show the status of modules in the Linux Kernel
- lsof
- list open files
- lspci
- list all PCI devices
- lsscsi
- list SCSI devices (or hosts) and their attributes
- mailer
- script to warn users about their weak passwords
- mailq
- a Mail Transfer Agent
- make-ssl-cert
- Debconf wrapper for openssl
- mandb
- create or update the manual page index caches
- mapscrn
- load screen output mapping table
- meinproc4
- KDE translator for XML
- mii-tool
- view, manipulate media-independent interface status
- mk_modmap
- translate a Linux keytable file into an xmodmap file
- mkdosfs
- create an MS-DOS filesystem under Linux
- mke2fs
- create an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem
- mkenvdir
- populate a directory with the contents of the current ...
- mkfs
- build a Linux filesystem
- mkfs.bfs
- make an SCO bfs filesystem
- mkfs.cramfs
- make compressed ROM file system
- mkfs.ext2
- create an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem
- mkfs.ext3
- create an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem
- mkfs.ext4
- create an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem
- mkfs.ext4dev
- create an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem
- mkfs.fat
- create an MS-DOS filesystem under Linux
- mkfs.minix
- make a Minix filesystem
- mkfs.msdos
- create an MS-DOS filesystem under Linux
- mkfs.ntfs
- create an NTFS file system
- mkfs.vfat
- create an MS-DOS filesystem under Linux
- mkhomedir_helper
- Helper binary that creates home directories
- mkinitramfs
- low-level tool for generating an initramfs image
- mklost+found
- create a lost+found directory on a mounted Linux secon...
- mkntfs
- create an NTFS file system
- mkswap
- set up a Linux swap area
- mmcli
- Control and monitor the ModemManager
- ModemManager
- modem management daemon
- modinfo
- Show information about a Linux Kernel module
- modprobe
- Add and remove modules from the Linux Kernel
- monthly
- httpd log rotation for wwwstat
- mount
- mount a filesystem
- mount.lowntfs-3g
- Third Generation Read/Write NTFS Driver
- mount.nfs
- mount a Network File System
- mount.ntfs
- Third Generation Read/Write NTFS Driver
- mount.ntfs-3g
- Third Generation Read/Write NTFS Driver
- mountstats
- Displays NFS client per-mount statistics
- tc-mqprio
- Multiqueue Priority Qdisc (Offloaded Hardware QOS)
- mtr
- a network diagnostic tool
- mysqld
- the MySQL server
- nameif
- name network interfaces based on MAC addresses
- tc-netem
- Network Emulator
- netstat
- Print network connections, routing tables, interface s...
- newaliases
- a Mail Transfer Agent
- newusers
- update and create new users in batch
- nfacct
- command line tool to create/retrieve/delete accounting...
- nfnl_osf
- load and unload os fingerprint database
- nfsiostat
- Emulate iostat for NFS mount points using /proc/self/m...
- nfsstat
- list NFS statistics
- nologin
- politely refuse a login
- nstat
- network statistics tools.
- ntfs-3g
- Third Generation Read/Write NTFS Driver
- ntfs-3g.probe
- Probe an NTFS volume mountability
- ntfs-3g.secaudit
- NTFS Security Data Auditing
- ntfs-3g.usermap
- NTFS Building a User Mapping File
- ntfscat
- print NTFS files and streams on the standard output
- ntfsclone
- Efficiently clone, image, restore or rescue an NTFS
- ntfscluster
- identify files in a specified region of an NTFS volume.
- ntfscmp
- compare two NTFS filesystems and tell the differences
- ntfscp
- copy file to an NTFS volume.
- ntfsdecrypt
- decrypt or update NTFS files encrypted according to EFS
- ntfsfallocate
- preallocate space to a file on an NTFS volume
- ntfsfix
- fix common errors and force Windows to check NTFS
- ntfsinfo
- dump a file's attributes
- ntfslabel
- display/change the label on an ntfs file system
- ntfsls
- list directory contents on an NTFS filesystem
- ntfsprogs
- tools for doing neat things with NTFS
- ntfsresize
- resize an NTFS filesystem without data loss
- ntfstruncate
- truncate a file on an NTFS volume
- ntfsundelete
- recover a deleted file from an NTFS volume.
- ntfswipe
- overwrite unused space on an NTFS volume
- ntpdate
- set the date and time via NTP
- ntpdate-debian
- set the date and time via NTP
- oldlog2new
- Convert an NCSA httpd 1.1 access_log file to CLF acces...
- orphaner
- frontend for deborphan
- ownership
- Compaq ownership tag retriever
- pam-auth-update
- manage PAM configuration using packaged profiles
- pam_access
- PAM module for logdaemon style login access control
- pam_cap
- PAM module to set inheritable capabilities
- pam_debug
- PAM module to debug the PAM stack
- pam_deny
- The locking-out PAM module
- pam_echo
- PAM module for printing text messages
- pam_env
- PAM module to set/unset environment variables
- pam_exec
- PAM module which calls an external command
- pam_faildelay
- Change the delay on failure per-application
- pam_filter
- PAM filter module
- pam_ftp
- PAM module for anonymous access module
- pam_getenv
- get environment variables from /etc/environment
- pam_group
- PAM module for group access
- pam_issue
- PAM module to add issue file to user prompt
- pam_keyinit
- Kernel session keyring initialiser module
- pam_lastlog
- PAM module to display date of last login and perform i...
- pam_limits
- PAM module to limit resources
- pam_listfile
- deny or allow services based on an arbitrary file
- pam_localuser
- require users to be listed in /etc/passwd
- pam_loginuid
- Record user's login uid to the process attribute
- pam_mail
- Inform about available mail
- pam_mkhomedir
- PAM module to create users home directory
- pam_motd
- Display the motd file
- pam_namespace
- PAM module for configuring namespace for a session
- pam_nologin
- Prevent non-root users from login
- pam_permit
- The promiscuous module
- pam_pwhistory
- PAM module to remember last passwords
- pam_rhosts
- The rhosts PAM module
- pam_rootok
- Gain only root access
- pam_securetty
- Limit root login to special devices
- pam_selinux
- PAM module to set the default security context
- pam_sepermit
- PAM module to allow/deny login depending on SELinux en...
- pam_shells
- PAM module to check for valid login shell
- pam_succeed_if
- test account characteristics
- pam_systemd
- Register user sessions in the systemd login manager
- pam_tally
- The login counter (tallying) module
- pam_tally2
- The login counter (tallying) module
- pam_time
- PAM module for time control access
- pam_timestamp
- Authenticate using cached successful authentication at...
- pam_timestamp_check
- Check to see if the default timestamp is valid
- pam_tty_audit
- Enable or disable TTY auditing for specified users
- pam_umask
- PAM module to set the file mode creation mask
- pam_unix
- Module for traditional password authentication
- pam_userdb
- PAM module to authenticate against a db database
- pam_warn
- PAM module which logs all PAM items if called
- pam_wheel
- Only permit root access to members of group wheel
- pam_xauth
- PAM module to forward xauth keys between users
- paperconfig
- configure the system default paper size
- parted
- (unknown subject)
- partprobe
- inform the OS of partition table changes
- partx
- tell the Linux kernel about the presence and numbering...
- pcimodules
- List kernel driver modules available for all currently...
- tc-pfifo_fast
- three-band first in, first out queue
- pidof
- find the process ID of a running program.
- tc-pie
- Proportional Integral controller-Enhanced AQM algorithm
- ping
- send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts
- ping6
- send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts
- pivot_root
- change the root filesystem
- pklocalauthority
- PolicyKit Local Authority
- plipconfig
- fine tune PLIP device parameters
- polkit
- Authorization Framework
- polkitd
- PolicyKit daemon
- popcon-largest-unused
- List size of unused packages
- popularity-contest
- list the most popular Debian packages
- poweroff
- Halt, power-off or reboot the machine
- tc-prio
- Priority qdisc
- pwck
- verify integrity of password files
- pwconv
- convert to and from shadow passwords and groups
- pwunconv
- convert to and from shadow passwords and groups
- rainbow-gc
- Helper script which attempts to garbage-collect stale ...
- rainbow-run
- Create and use Rainbow-isolated instances
- rainbow-sugarize
- Helper script for using Sugar with Rainbow
- rainbow-xify
- Enable the use of the X display in rainbow-secured shells
- rarp
- manipulate the system RARP table
- raw
- bind a Linux raw character device
- readprofile
- read kernel profiling information
- reboot
- Halt, power-off or reboot the machine
- tc-red
- Random Early Detection
- remove-default-ispell
- remove default ispell dictionary
- remove-default-wordlist
- remove default wordlist
- remove-shell
- remove shells from the list of valid login shells
- resize2fs
- ext2/ext3/ext4 file system resizer
- resizecons
- change kernel idea of the console size
- resizepart
- simple wrapper around the "resize partition" ioctl
- resolvconf
- manage nameserver information
- rmail
- a Mail Transfer Agent
- rmmod
- Simple program to remove a module from the Linux Kernel
- rmt
- remote magtape protocol module
- rmt-tar
- remote magtape protocol module
- rotatelogs
- Piped logging program to rotate Apache logs
- route
- show / manipulate the IP routing table
- routef
- flush routes
- routel
- list routes with pretty output format
- rpc.gssd
- RPCSEC_GSS daemon
- rpc.idmapd
- NFSv4 ID <-> Name Mapper
- rpc.sm-notify
- send reboot notifications to NFS peers
- rpc.statd
- NSM service daemon
- rpc.svcgssd
- server-side rpcsec_gss daemon
- rpcbind
- universal addresses to RPC program number mapper
- rpcdebug
- set and clear NFS and RPC kernel debug flags
- rpcinfo
- report RPC information
- rsmtp
- a Mail Transfer Agent
- rsyslogd
- reliable and extended syslogd
- rtacct
- network statistics tools.
- rtcwake
- enter a system sleep state until specified wakeup time
- rtmon
- listens to and monitors RTnetlink
- rtstat
- unified linux network statistics
- run-parts
- run scripts or programs in a directory
- runlevel
- Print previous and current SysV runlevel
- runq
- a Mail Transfer Agent
- rush
- a restricted user shell
- rvnamed
- reverse name resolution daemon for iptraf (8)
- safe_finger
- finger client wrapper that protects against nasty stuf...
- samhain
- check file integrity
- saned
- SANE network daemon
- savelog
- save a log file
- select-default-ispell
- select default ispell dictionary
- select-default-wordlist
- select default wordlist
- sendmail
- a Mail Transfer Agent
- sensors-conf-convert
- sensors configuration conversion
- sensors-detect
- detect hardware monitoring chips
- service
- run a System V init script
- setarch
- change reported architecture in new program environmen...
- setcap
- set file capabilities
- setfont
- load EGA/VGA console screen font
- setkeycodes
- load kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries
- setlogcons
- Send kernel messages to console N
- setpci
- configure PCI devices
- setvesablank
- Turn VESA screen blanking on or off
- setvtrgb
- set the virtual terminal RGB colors
- tc-sfb
- Stochastic Fair Blue
- sfdisk
- partition table manipulator for Linux
- tc-sfq
- Stochastic Fairness Queueing
- sftp-server
- SFTP server subsystem
- sgdisk
- Command-line GUID partition table (GPT) manipulator fo...
- shadowconfig
- toggle shadow passwords on and off
- showconsolefont
- Show the current EGA/VGA console screen font
- showmount
- show mount information for an NFS server
- shutdown
- Halt, power-off or reboot the machine
- siggen
- signature gathering routine for Tripwire
- slattach
- attach a network interface to a serial line
- sln
- create symbolic links
- sm-notify
- send reboot notifications to NFS peers
- split-logfile
- Split combined virtual hosts access log into one file ...
- ss
- another utility to investigate sockets
- ssh-keysign
- ssh helper program for host-based authentication
- ssh-pkcs11-helper
- ssh-agent helper program for PKCS#11 support
- sshd
- OpenSSH SSH daemon
- start-stop-daemon
- start and stop system daemon programs
- startpar
- start runlevel scripts in parallel
- startpar-upstart-inject
- notify startpar of started/stopped upstart jobs
- statd
- NSM service daemon
- sudo
- execute a command as another user
- sudo_plugin
- Sudo Plugin API
- sudoedit
- execute a command as another user
- sudoreplay
- replay sudo session logs
- sulogin
- Single-user login
- svcgssd
- server-side rpcsec_gss daemon
- svnserve
- Server for the 'svn' repository access method
- swaplabel
- print or change the label or UUID of a swap area
- swapoff
- enable/disable devices and files for paging and swapping
- swapon
- enable/disable devices and files for paging and swapping
- switch_root
- switch to another filesystem as the root of the mount ...
- synaptic
- graphical management of software packages
- sync-available
- sync dpkg's available database with apt's database
- sysctl
- configure kernel parameters at runtime
- syslog2eximlog
- make syslog output suitable for eximstats
- systemd-activate
- Test socket activation of daemons
- systemd-ask-password-console.path
- Query the user for system passwords o...
- systemd-ask-password-console.service
- Query the user for system password...
- systemd-ask-password-wall.path
- Query the user for system passwords on t...
- systemd-ask-password-wall.service
- Query the user for system passwords o...
- systemd-backlight
- Load and save the display backlight brightness at boo...
- systemd-backlight@.service
- Load and save the display backlight brightne...
- systemd-binfmt
- Configure additional binary formats for executables at...
- systemd-binfmt.service
- Configure additional binary formats for executab...
- systemd-cryptsetup
- Full disk decryption logic
- systemd-cryptsetup-generator
- Unit generator for /etc/crypttab
- systemd-cryptsetup@.service
- Full disk decryption logic
- systemd-debug-generator
- Generator for enabling a runtime debug shell an...
- systemd-efi-boot-generator
- Generator for automatically mounting the EFI...
- systemd-fsck
- File system checker logic
- systemd-fsck-root.service
- File system checker logic
- systemd-fsck@.service
- File system checker logic
- systemd-fstab-generator
- Unit generator for /etc/fstab
- systemd-getty-generator
- Generator for enabling getty instances on the c...
- systemd-gpt-auto-generator
- Generator for automatically discovering and ...
- systemd-halt.service
- System shutdown logic
- systemd-hibernate.service
- System sleep state logic
- systemd-hostnamed
- Host name bus mechanism
- systemd-hostnamed.service
- Host name bus mechanism
- systemd-hybrid-sleep.service
- System sleep state logic
- systemd-initctl
- /dev/initctl compatibility
- systemd-initctl.service
- /dev/initctl compatibility
- systemd-initctl.socket
- /dev/initctl compatibility
- systemd-journald
- Journal service
- systemd-journald-dev-log.socket
- Journal service
- systemd-journald.service
- Journal service
- systemd-journald.socket
- Journal service
- systemd-kexec.service
- System shutdown logic
- systemd-localed
- Locale bus mechanism
- systemd-localed.service
- Locale bus mechanism
- systemd-logind
- Login manager
- systemd-logind.service
- Login manager
- systemd-machined
- Virtual machine and container registration manager
- systemd-machined.service
- Virtual machine and container registration man...
- systemd-modules-load
- Configure kernel modules to load at boot
- systemd-modules-load.service
- Configure kernel modules to load at boot
- systemd-networkd
- Network manager
- systemd-networkd-wait-online
- Wait for network to come online
- systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
- Wait for network to come online
- systemd-networkd.service
- Network manager
- systemd-poweroff.service
- System shutdown logic
- systemd-quotacheck
- File system quota checker logic
- systemd-quotacheck.service
- File system quota checker logic
- systemd-random-seed
- Load and save the system random seed at boot and sh...
- systemd-random-seed.service
- Load and save the system random seed at boo...
- systemd-readahead
- Disk read ahead logic
- systemd-readahead-collect.service
- Disk read ahead logic
- systemd-readahead-done.service
- Disk read ahead logic
- systemd-readahead-done.timer
- Disk read ahead logic
- systemd-readahead-replay.service
- Disk read ahead logic
- systemd-reboot.service
- System shutdown logic
- systemd-remount-fs
- Remount root and kernel file systems
- systemd-remount-fs.service
- Remount root and kernel file systems
- systemd-resolved
- Network Name Resolution manager
- systemd-resolved.service
- Network Name Resolution manager
- systemd-rfkill
- Load and save the RF kill switch state at boot and shu...
- systemd-rfkill@.service
- Load and save the RF kill switch state at boot ...
- systemd-shutdown
- System shutdown logic
- systemd-shutdownd
- Scheduled shutdown service
- systemd-shutdownd.service
- Scheduled shutdown service
- systemd-shutdownd.socket
- Scheduled shutdown service
- systemd-sleep
- System sleep state logic
- systemd-socket-proxyd
- Bidirectionally proxy local sockets to another (p...
- systemd-suspend.service
- System sleep state logic
- systemd-sysctl
- Configure kernel parameters at boot
- systemd-sysctl.service
- Configure kernel parameters at boot
- systemd-system-update-generator
- Generator for redirecting boot to offli...
- systemd-sysusers
- Allocate system users and groups
- systemd-sysusers.service
- Allocate system users and groups
- systemd-timedated
- Time and date bus mechanism
- systemd-timedated.service
- Time and date bus mechanism
- systemd-timesyncd
- Network Time Synchronization
- systemd-timesyncd.service
- Network Time Synchronization
- systemd-tmpfiles
- Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile and temporary ...
- systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service
- Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile ...
- systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer
- Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile an...
- systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
- Creates, deletes and cleans up volat...
- systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
- Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile ...
- systemd-udevd
- Device event managing daemon
- systemd-udevd-control.socket
- Device event managing daemon
- systemd-udevd-kernel.socket
- Device event managing daemon
- systemd-udevd.service
- Device event managing daemon
- systemd-update-utmp
- Write audit and utmp updates at bootup, runlevel ch...
- systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service
- Write audit and utmp updates at bo...
- systemd-update-utmp.service
- Write audit and utmp updates at bootup, run...
- systemd-user-sessions
- Permit user logins after boot, prohibit user logi...
- systemd-user-sessions.service
- Permit user logins after boot, prohibit u...
- tasksel
- a user interface for installing tasks
- tc-tbf
- Token Bucket Filter
- tc
- show / manipulate traffic control settings
- tc-bfifo
- Packet limited First In, First Out queue
- tc-cbq-details
- Class Based Queueing
- tc-codel
- Controlled-Delay Active Queue Management algorithm
- tc-stab
- Generic size table manipulations
- tcpd
- access control facility for internet services
- tcpdchk
- tcp wrapper configuration checker
- tcpdmatch
- tcp wrapper oracle
- tcpdump
- dump traffic on a network
- tcptraceroute
- print the route packets trace to network host
- tcptraceroute.db
- print the route packets trace to network host
- telinit
- Change SysV runlevel
- tiger
- UNIX Security Checker
- tigercron
- Cron utility for Tiger UNIX Security Checker
- tigexp
- UNIX Security Checker Explanation Generator
- tripwire
- a file integrity checker for UNIX systems
- try-from
- test program for the tcp_wrapper
- tune2fs
- adjust tunable filesystem parameters on ext2/ext3/ext4...
- tunelp
- set various parameters for the lp device
- twadmin
- Tripwire administrative and utility tool
- twintro
- introduction to Tripwire software
- twprint
- Tripwire database and report printer
- tzselect
- select a timezone
- udevadm
- udev management tool
- udevd
- Device event managing daemon
- udisks
- Disk Manager
- udisksd
- The udisks system daemon
- umount
- unmount file systems
- umount.nfs
- unmount a Network File System
- unafs
- script to warn users about their weak passwords
- unattended-upgrade
- automatic installation of security (and other) upgrades
- unique
- removes duplicates from a wordlist
- unix_chkpwd
- Helper binary that verifies the password of the curren...
- unix_update
- Helper binary that updates the password of a given user
- unshadow
- combines passwd and shadow files
- update-alternatives
- maintain symbolic links determining default commands
- update-apt-xapian-index
- rebuild the Apt Xapian Index
- update-binfmts
- maintain registry of executable binary formats
- update-ca-certificates
- update /etc/ssl/certs and certificates.crt
- update-catalog
- create or update entry in SGML catalog file
- update-ccache-symlinks
- update symlinks in /usr/lib/ccache
- update-default-aspell
- rebuild aspell database and emacsen stuff
- update-default-ispell
- update default ispell dictionary
- update-default-wordlist
- update default wordlist
- update-dictcommon-aspell
- rebuild aspell database and emacsen stuff
- update-dictcommon-hunspell
- rebuild hunspell database and emacsen stuff
- update-exim4.conf
- Generate exim4 configuration files.
- update-exim4.conf.template
- Regenerate exim4 configuration file template.
- update-exim4defaults
- Manage exim4 daemon default file.
- update-fmtlang
- update various TeX-related configuration files
- update-fmtutil
- update various TeX-related configuration files
- update-fonts-alias
- compile fonts.alias files
- update-fonts-dir
- compile fonts.dir files
- update-fonts-scale
- generate fonts.scale files
- update-gconf-defaults
- generate GConf defaults shipped in Debian packages
- update-grub
- stub for grub-mkconfig
- update-grub2
- stub for grub-mkconfig
- update-icon-caches
- Update wrapper script for the icon caches
- update-icon-caches.gtk2
- Update wrapper script for the icon caches
- update-inetd
- create, remove, enable or disable entry in /etc/inetd....
- update-info-dir
- update or create index file from all installed info fi...
- update-initramfs
- generate an initramfs image
- update-java-alternatives
- update alternatives for jre/sdk installations
- update-language
- update various TeX-related configuration files
- update-language-dat
- update various TeX-related configuration files
- update-language-def
- update various TeX-related configuration files
- update-language-lua
- update various TeX-related configuration files
- update-locale
- Modify global locale settings
- update-mime
- create or update MIME information
- update-passwd
- safely update /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /etc/group
- update-pciids
- download new version of the PCI ID list
- update-perl-sax-parsers
- (de)register Perl SAX parser modules
- update-python-modules
- byte-compile python modules
- update-rc.d
- install and remove System-V style init script links
- update-texmf
- shell script to generate /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf
- update-texmf-config
- script used in maintainer scripts to trigger tex-co...
- update-updmap
- generate
- update-xmlcatalog
- maintain XML catalog files
- updatedb
- update a database for mlocate
- upowerd
- UPower Daemon
- useradd
- create a new user or update default new user information
- userdel
- delete a user account and related files
- usermod
- modify a user account
- uucico
- UUCP file transfer daemon
- uucpd
- run uucico from inetd
- uusched
- Call all systems which have work in a random order.
- uuxqt
- UUCP execution daemon
- validlocale
- Test if a given locale is available
- varmon
- a VA RAID monitor
- vcstime
- Show time in upper right hand corner of the console sc...
- vigr
- edit the password, group, shadow-password or shadow-gr...
- vipw
- edit the password, group, shadow-password or shadow-gr...
- visudo
- edit the sudoers file
- vmstat
- Report virtual memory statistics
- vpddecode
- VPD structure decoder
- wdctl
- show hardware watchdog status
- wipefs
- wipe a signature from a device
- wpa_action
- wpa_cli action script
- wpa_background
- Background information on Wi-Fi Protected Access and I...
- wpa_cli
- WPA command line client
- wpa_passphrase
- Generate a WPA PSK from an ASCII passphrase for a SSID
- wpa_supplicant
- Wi-Fi Protected Access client and IEEE 802.1X supplicant
- wwwerrs
- httpd log rotation for wwwstat
- x86_64
- change reported architecture in new program environmen...
- xfce4-kiosk-query
- Queries Xfce4 kiosk capabilities
- xtables-multi
- xtables multi-link binary for netfilter's iptables and...
- zdump
- timezone dumper
- zic
- timezone compiler