DMESG(8) - System Manager’s Manual # DMESG(8) - System Manager’s Manual NAME # dmesg - display the system message buffer SYNOPSIS # dmesg [-s] [-MÂ core] [-NÂ system] DESCRIPTION # dmesg displays the contents of the system message buffer. It is most commonly used to review system startup messages. On some systems the message buffer can survive reboot and be retained (in the hope of exposing information from a crash). ...
DOAS.CONF(5) - File Formats Manual # DOAS.CONF(5) - File Formats Manual NAME # doas.conf - doas configuration file DESCRIPTION # The doas(1) utility executes commands as other users according to the rules in the doas.conf configuration file. The rules have the following format: permit|deny [options] identity [as target] [cmd command [args …]] Rules consist of the following parts: permit|deny The action to be taken if this rule matches. options ...
FTPD(8) - System Manager’s Manual # FTPD(8) - System Manager’s Manual NAME # ftpd - Internet File Transfer Protocol server SYNOPSIS # ftpd [-46ADdlMnPSUW] [-m minuid] [-T maxtimeout] [-t timeout] [-u mask] DESCRIPTION # ftpd is the Internet File Transfer Protocol server process. The server uses the TCP protocol and listens at the port specified in the “ftp” service specification; see services(5). The options are as follows: -4 When -D is specified, forces ftpd to use IPv4 addresses only. ...
LOGGER(1) - General Commands Manual # LOGGER(1) - General Commands Manual NAME # logger - make entries in the system log SYNOPSIS # logger [-cis] [-f file] [-p pri] [-t tag] [message …] DESCRIPTION # The logger utility provides a shell command interface to the syslog(3) system log module. The options are as follows: -c If unable to pass the message to syslogd(8), attempt to write the message to the console. ...
NEWSYSLOG(8) - System Manager’s Manual # NEWSYSLOG(8) - System Manager’s Manual NAME # newsyslog, newsyslog.conf - rotate log files SYNOPSIS # newsyslog [-Fmnrv] [-a directory] [-f config_file] [log …] DESCRIPTION # The newsyslog utility rotates log files when they exceed a configurable size or age. The log file is renamed to log.0 and an empty file is created in its place. An archive of older logs may be kept: in order of increasing age, these files are named log. ...
PPPD(8) - System Manager’s Manual # PPPD(8) - System Manager’s Manual NAME # pppd - Point-to-Point Protocol daemon SYNOPSIS # pppd [tty_name] [speed] [options] DESCRIPTION # PPP is the protocol used for establishing internet links over dial-up modems, DSL connections, and many other types of point-to-point links. The pppd daemon works together with the kernel ppp(4) driver to establish and maintain a PPP link with another system (called the peer) and to negotiate Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for each end of the link. ...
RDIST(1) - General Commands Manual # RDIST(1) - General Commands Manual NAME # rdist - remote file distribution client program SYNOPSIS # rdist [-DFnV] [-A num] [-a num] [-c mini_distfile] [-d var=value] [-f distfile] [-L remote_logopts] [-l local_logopts] [-M maxproc] [-m host] [-o distopts] [-P rsh-path] [-p rdistd-path] [-t timeout] [name …] DESCRIPTION # rdist is a program to maintain identical copies of files over multiple hosts. It preserves the owner, group, mode, and mtime of files if possible and can update programs that are executing. ...
SAVECORE(8) - System Manager’s Manual # SAVECORE(8) - System Manager’s Manual NAME # savecore - save a core dump of the operating system SYNOPSIS # savecore [-cfvz] [-NÂ system] directory DESCRIPTION # savecore copies the currently running kernel and its associated core dump into directory, and enters a reboot message and information about the core dump into the system log. The options are as follows: -c Clears the dump, so that future invocations of savecore will ignore it. ...
SPAMD(8) - System Manager’s Manual # SPAMD(8) - System Manager’s Manual NAME # spamd - spam deferral daemon SYNOPSIS # spamd [-45bdv] [-B maxblack] [-C file] [-c maxcon] [-G passtime:greyexp:whiteexp] [-h hostname] [-K file] [-l address] [-M address] [-n name] [-p port] [-S secs] [-s secs] [-w window] [-Y synctarget] [-y synclisten] DESCRIPTION # spamd is a fake mail daemon which rejects false mail. It is designed to be very efficient so that it does not slow down the receiving machine. ...
SPAMLOGD(8) - System Manager’s Manual # SPAMLOGD(8) - System Manager’s Manual NAME # spamlogd - spamd whitelist updating daemon SYNOPSIS # spamlogd [-DI] [-i interface] [-l pflog_interface] [-W whiteexp] [-Y synctarget] DESCRIPTION # spamlogd manipulates the spamd(8) database in /var/db/spamd used for greylisting. spamlogd updates the /var/db/spamd whitelist entries whenever a connection to port 25 is logged to the pflog(4) interface. The source addresses of inbound connections are whitelisted when seen by spamlogd to ensure that their entries in /var/db/spamd do not expire if the connecting host continues to send legitimate mail. ...