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avbdeviced | The avbdeviced executable is used for the managment of persistent AVB entities which are advertised by the Mac. avbdeviced is launched automatically by launched as needed on demand and should not be launched manually. FILES /Library/Application_Support/Apple/com.apple.avbdeviced.devices configured Entities /Library/App... | avbdeviced – peristent entity management for AVB. | avbdeviced | null | null |
rpcinfo | rpcinfo makes an RPC call to an RPC server and reports what it finds. Unless otherwise specified or noted below the default rpcbind protocol version is 3. With no or only generic options, call the rpcbind dump procedure on the specified host or “localhost” if host is not specified and display the results. For version... | rpcinfo – report RPC information | rpcinfo [version] [-m | -s] [host] rpcinfo [version] -T netid host program [version] rpcinfo [version] -a server address -T netid program [version] rpcinfo [version] -b [-T netid] program version rpcinfo [version] -d [-T netid] program version rpcinfo -l [-T netid] [host] program version rpcinfo [version] [-T netid] [h... | {-b |} program version Make an RPC multicast over INET6 to the RPCB_MULTICAST_ADDR, “FF02::202”, and broadcast over INET using UDP to procedure 0 of the specified program and version and report all hosts that respond. rpcifno will first use RPCBIND version 3 and then call the broadcast procedure of the portmapper prot... | To show all of the RPC services registered on the local machine use: example% rpcinfo To show all of the RPC services registered on the machine named klaxon use: example% rpcinfo klaxon More usefully to show the services registered on klaxon use: example% rpcinfo -s klaxon To show all of the RPC services from an older ... |
BootCacheControl | Users should not run BootCacheControl manually. macOS 14.5 April 2, 2010 macOS 14.5 | BootCacheControl – provides control of caches used during startup. | BootCacheControl | null | null |
periodic | The periodic utility is intended to be called by launchd(8) to execute shell scripts located in the specified directory. One or more of the following arguments must be specified: daily Perform the standard daily periodic executable run. This usually occurs early in the morning (local time). weekly Perform the stan... | periodic – run periodic system functions | periodic directory ... | null | The /etc/defaults/periodic.conf system registry will typically have a local_periodic variable reading: local_periodic="/usr/local/etc/periodic" To log periodic output instead of receiving it as email, add the following lines to /etc/periodic.conf: daily_output=/var/log/daily.log weekly_output=/var/log/weekly.log monthl... |
accton | The accton utility is used for switching system accounting on or off. If called with the argument acctfile, system accounting is enabled. The acctfile specified must exist prior to starting system accounting, or accton will return an error. A record of every process that is started by the execve(2) system call and t... | accton – enable/disable system accounting | accton [acctfile] | null | null |
wfsctl | null | wfsctl – WebDAV File Sharing control utility SYNOPSYS wfsctl command [arg] OVERVIEW The wfsctl utility allows administrators to start, stop, and check the status of the WebDAV File Sharing service (WFS). It also allows administrators to create and delete WebDAV share points. It operates by configuring the Apache httpd ... | null | null | null |
postalias | The postalias(1) command creates or queries one or more Postfix alias databases, or updates an existing one. The input and output file formats are expected to be compatible with Sendmail version 8, and are expected to be suitable for the use as NIS alias maps. If the result files do not exist they will be created with ... | postalias - Postfix alias database maintenance | postalias [-Nfinoprsuvw] [-c config_dir] [-d key] [-q key] [file_type:]file_name ... | null | null |
slapacl | slapacl is used to check the behavior of slapd(8) by verifying access to directory data according to the access control list directives defined in its configuration. It opens the slapd.conf(5) configuration file or the slapd-config(5) backend, reads in the access/olcAccess directives, and then parses the attr list giv... | slapacl - Check access to a list of attributes. | /usr/sbin/slapacl -b_DN [-d_debug-level] [-D_authcDN_| -U_authcID] [-f_slapd.conf] [-F_confdir] [-o_option[=value]] [-u] [-v] [-X_authzID_| -o authzDN=DN] [attr[/access][:value]] [...] | -b_DN specify the DN which access is requested to; the corresponding entry is fetched from the database, and thus it must exist. The DN is also used to determine what rules apply; thus, it must be in the naming context of a configured database. See also -u. -d_debug-level enable debugging messages as defined by the ... | The command /usr/sbin/slapacl -f /etc/openldap/slapd.conf -v \ -U bjorn -b "o=University of Michigan,c=US" \ "o/read:University of Michigan" tests whether the user bjorn can access the attribute o of the entry o=University of Michigan,c=US at read level. SEE ALSO ldap(3), slapd(8), slaptest(8), slapauth(8) "OpenLDAP Ad... |
edquota | Edquota is a quota editor. By default, or if the -u flag is specified, one or more users may be specified on the command line. For each user a temporary file is created with an ASCII representation of the current disk quotas for that user. The list of filesystems with user quotas is determined by scanning the mounte... | edquota – edit user quotas | edquota [-u] [-p proto-username] username ... edquota -g [-p proto-groupname] groupname ... edquota -t [-u] edquota -t -g | null | null |
sndiskmove | sndiskmove is a utility for migrating the contents of a disk to a new disk. This is accomplished by copying the data from the disk and relabeling the destination disk with the name of the source disk. The source disk is also relabeled with its original name with a suffix added (this is ".old" by default but this can ... | sndiskmove - Xsan File System Disk Mover Utility | sndiskmove [-fqv] [-s suffix] [-b bufMB] [-S file] SourceVolume_DestinationVolume | -f Forces the disk data to be moved without confirmation from the user. WARNING: Use this flag with extreme caution! -q Run in quiet mode. This disables the progress display. -v Causes sndiskmove to be verbose. -s suffix Uses the supplied suffix to relabel the source disk. -b bufsizeMB Specifies the buffe... | null |
pdisk | pdisk is a menu driven program which partitions disks using the standard Apple disk partitioning scheme described in "Inside Macintosh: Devices". It does not support the Intel/DOS partitioning scheme supported by fdisk(8). Supported options are: -a --abbr Abbreviate the partition types shown in the partition lis... | pdisk – Apple partition table editor | pdisk [-acdfhilLrv] [--abbr] [--compute_size] [--debug] [--fname] [--help] [--interactive] [--list] [--logical] [--readonly] [--version] [device ...] | null | null |
amt | The amt utility is used to verify that the low level functions necessary to enforce requirements of the Controlled Access Protection Profile (CAPP) are working correctly. The amt utility must be executed with sufficient privileges and performs the following tests: Memory Read and Write This test allocates between 5% to... | amt – Abstract Machine Test Utility SYNOPSIS (NOW DEPRECATED) amt [-m] [-p] [-q] [-s] | null | null | null |
lpadmin | lpadmin configures printer and class queues provided by CUPS. It can also be used to set the server default printer or class. When specified before the -d, -p, or -x options, the -E option forces encryption when connecting to the server. The first form of the command (-d) sets the default printer or class to destinati... | lpadmin - configure cups printers and classes | lpadmin [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] -d destination lpadmin [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] -p destination [ -R name-default ] option(s) lpadmin [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] -x destination | The following options are recognized when configuring a printer queue: -c class Adds the named printer to class. If class does not exist it is created automatically. -m model Sets a standard PPD file for the printer from the model directory or using one of the driver interfaces. Use the -m option with the lpinfo(8) c... | null |
fdisk | In order for the BIOS to boot the kernel, certain conventions must be adhered to. Sector 0 of a bootable hard disk must contain boot code, an MBR partition table, and a magic number (0xAA55). These MBR partitions (also known as BIOS partitions) can be used to break the disk up into several pieces. The BIOS loads secto... | fdisk – DOS partition maintenance program | fdisk [-ieu] [-f mbrname] [-c cylinders] [-h heads] [-s sectors] [-S size] [-b size] device | null | null |
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networksetup | The networksetup command is used to configure network settings typically configured in the System Preferences application. The networksetup command requires at least admin privileges to change network settings. If the "Require an administrator password to access system-wide preferences" option is selected in System Pre... | networksetup – configuration tool for network settings in System Preferences. | networksetup [-listnetworkserviceorder] [-listallnetworkservices] [-listallhardwareports] [-detectnewhardware] [-getmacaddress hardwareport] [-getcomputername] [-setcomputername computername] [-getinfo networkservice] [-setmanual networkservice ip subnet router] [-setdhcp networkservice [clientid]] [-setbootp networkse... | null | networksetup -listallnetworkservices networksetup -setmanual "Built-in Ethernet" 192.168.100.100 255.255.255.0 192.168.100.1 networksetup -setdnsservers "Built-in Ethernet" 192.168.100.100 192.168.100.12 networksetup -setsearchdomains "Built-in Ethernet" company.com corp.com networksetup -setwebproxy "Built-in Ethernet... |
ktutil | The ktutil command invokes a command interface from which an administrator can read, write, or edit entries in a keytab. (Kerberos V4 srvtab files are no longer supported.) COMMANDS list list [-t] [-k] [-e] Displays the current keylist. If -t, -k, and/or -e are specified, also display the timestamp, key contents, or ... | ktutil - Kerberos keytab file maintenance utility | ktutil | null | null |
setquota | setquota provides several options for creating and updating home directory quotas. Quotas are set as specified in the individual user record. | setquota – Sets home directory quotas on the local computer. | setquota [-ahl] [-n directoryDomainName] [-u username] | -a sets home directory quota for users defined in all directory domains of the server's search path. -l sets home directory quota for users defined in the local directory domain. -n directoryDomainName sets home directory quota for users defined in a specific directory domain in the server's search path. -u... | null |
otctl | Command line interface do provide trust and sycning related information in sysdiagnose. SEE ALSO sysdiagnose(1), HISTORY otctl was first introduced in Mac OS X version 10.15 Darwin Thu Feb 14 2019 Darwin | otctl – Command line interface do provide diagnostic information for iCloud Keychain syncing | otctl | null | null |
dnctl | The dnctl utility is the user interface for controlling the dummynet(4) traffic shaper. dummynet operates by first using a packet filter to classify packets and divide them into flows, using any match pattern that can be used in dnctl rules. Depending on local policies, a flow can contain packets for a single TCP conn... | dnctl – Traffic shaper control program | dnctl [-anqs] {list | show} dnctl [-f | -q] flush dnctl [-q] {delete} [number ...] dnctl {pipe | queue} number config config-options dnctl [-s [field]] {pipe | queue} {delete | list | show} [number ...] dnctl [-nq] [-p preproc [preproc-flags]] pathname | null | The following rules show some of the applications of for simulations and the like by using dummynet rules in pf.conf(8) configuration files. To drop random incoming IPv4 and IPv6 ICMP packets with a probability of 5%, create a pipe: dnctl pipe 10 config plr 0.05 and add these rules in your pf.conf file: dummynet in ine... |
mDNSResponder | mDNSResponder (also known as mdnsd on some systems) is a daemon invoked at boot time to implement Multicast DNS and DNS Service Discovery. On Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), mDNSResponder is also the system-wide Unicast DNS Resolver. mDNSResponder listens on UDP port 5353 for Multicast DNS Query packets. When it receives... | mDNSResponder – Multicast and Unicast DNS daemon | mDNSResponder | null | null |
repquota | Repquota prints a summary of the disk usage and quotas for the specified file systems. Available options: -a Print the quotas of all the filesystems configured with a quota mount option file at its root. -g Print only group quotas (the default is to print both group and user quotas if they exist). -u Pri... | repquota – summarize quotas for a file system | repquota [-g] [-u] [-v] filesystem ... repquota [-g] [-u] [-v] -a | null | null |
cupsfilter | cupsfilter is a front-end to the CUPS filter subsystem which allows you to convert a file to a specific format, just as if you had printed the file through CUPS. By default, cupsfilter generates a PDF file. The converted file is sent to the standard output. | cupsfilter - convert a file to another format using cups filters (deprecated) | cupsfilter [ --list-filters ] [ -D ] [ -U user ] [ -c config-file ] [ -d printer ] [ -e ] [ -i mime/type ] [ -j job-id[,N] ] [ -m mime/type ] [ -n copies ] [ -o name=value ] [ -p filename.ppd ] [ -t title ] [ -u ] filename | --list-filters Do not actually run the filters, just print the filters used to stdout. -D Delete the input file after conversion. -U user Specifies the username passed to the filters. The default is the name of the current user. -c config-file Uses the named cups-files.conf configuration file. -d printer Uses informa... | null |
checkgid | Given one or more group identifers on the command line (e.g., "httpd" or "#-1"), figure out whether they'll be valid for the server to use at run- time. If a groupname isn't found, or we can't setgid() to it, return -1. If all groups are valid, return 0. This may need to be run as the superuser for the setgid() to suc... | checkgid – validate group identifiers | checkgid group ... | null | null |
uuconv | The uuconv program can be used to convert UUCP configuration files from one format to another. This can be useful for administrators converting from an older UUCP package. Taylor UUCP is able to read and use old configuration file formats, but some new features can not be selected using the old formats. The type of c... | uuconv - convert UUCP configuration files | uuconv -i type -o type [-p program] [--program program] uuconv --input type --output type [-p program] [--program program] | -i, --input Set input type (one of taylor, v2, hdb) -o, --output Set output type (one of taylor, v2, hdb) -p, --program Program to convert (e.g., uucp or cu) Standard UUCP options: -v, --version Report version information and exit. --help Print a help message and exit. SEE ALSO cu(1), info(1), uucp(1), uuchk(8) AUTHOR ... | null |
sharing | A list of flags and their descriptions: -a <path> Add a new share point for the directory specified by <path>. -e <share point name> Edit the share point record specified by <share point name>. -r <share point name> Delete the share point record specified by <share point name>. -l List all existing share point re... | sharing – create share points for smb services. | sharing [-a <path> [options]] [-e <share point name> [options]] [-r <share point name>] [-l] | null | /usr/sbin/sharing -a /SomePath/ShareThisDirectory This example shows how to create a share point for the directory "/SomePath/ShareThisDirectory": /usr/sbin/sharing -e ShareThisDirectory -S SP1 -g 001 This example shows how to edit the share point record created above, adding a customized name "SP1" for smb services, a... |
vifs | The vifs utility simply locks the fstab file before invoking an editor on it. This is important to facilitate the modification of fstab by automated tools and system management software. Always use vifs to edit fstab, instead of invoking an editor directly. SEE ALSO vi(1), fstab(5) HISTORY The vifs utility originates ... | vifs – safely edit fstab | vifs | null | null |
ac | By default, a record of individual login and logout times are recorded by login(1) and init(8), respectively to syslogd(8). The ac utility examines these records and writes the accumulated connect time (in hours) for all logins to the standard output. The options are as follows: -d Display the connect times in 24 hour... | ac – connect time accounting | ac [-dp] [-t tty] [-w wtmp] [users ...] | null | Allow times recorded in modems to be charged out at a different rate than other: ac -p -t "ttyd*" > modems ac -p -t "!ttyd*" > other SEE ALSO log(1), login(1), getutxent(3), utmpx(5), launchd(8), sa(8), syslogd(8) HISTORY An ac command appeared in Version 5 AT&T UNIX. This version of ac was written for NetBSD 0.9A fro... |
racoon | racoon is used to setup and maintain an IPSec tunnel or transport channel, between two devices, over which network traffic is conveyed securely. This security is made possible by cryptographic keys and operations on both devices. racoon relies on a standardized network protocol (IKE) to automatically negotiate and man... | racoon – IKE (ISAKMP/Oakley) key management daemon | racoon [-46BdFLv] [-f configfile] [-l logfile] | null | null |
dsenableroot | dsenableroot sets the password for the root account if enabling the root user account. Otherwise, if disable [-d] is chosen, the root account passwords are removed and the root user is disabled. A list of flags and their descriptions: -u username Username of a user that has administrative privileges on this computer. ... | dsenableroot – enables or disables the root account. | dsenableroot [-d] [-u username] [-p password] [-r rootPassword] | null | -dsenableroot Your username will be used and you will be queried for both your password and the new root password to be set to enable the root account. -dsenableroot -d Your username will be used and you will be queried for only your password to disable the root account. -dsenableroot -u username -p userpassword -r roo... |
xsanctl | xsanctl provides a basic control facility for the Xsan file system. It operates by sending commands to the Xsan file system management daemon xsand. xsanctl must be run by the superuser. COMMANDS xsanctl provides the following commands: Primary commands These commands are the primary ones needed for SAN management. h... | xsanctl – Xsan file system control utility SYNOPSYS xsanctl command [arg [...]] | null | null | addVolume superVolume --defaultFirstPool --addLUN metaLUN --storagePool lotsOfSpace --addLUNs firstAcreOfData,secondAcreOfData This command creates a new volume, superVolume with two Storage Pools, MetadataAndJournal and lotsOfSpace. The first Storage Pool is the one named MetadataAndJournal and contains metadata and ... |
kdcsetup | kdcsetup is a tool for configuring an Apple Open Directory KDC. It creates the needed Kerberos files and data for an Open Director master. -v debug_level Controls the amount of output generated by kdcsetup. 0 prints errors and very basic information. 1 prints generatal status information. Higher levels may add progr... | kdcsetup – Kerberos – Open Directory Single Sign On | kdcsetup [-v debug_level] [-a admin_name] [-p password] REALM | null | null |
aslmanager | aslmanager manages rotated files and ASL data written by the syslogd server. It is started automatically at various times by syslogd. It may also be invoked from the command line by the superuser (root). It manages the life-cycle of data in the ASL database, rotated log files, and ASL directory data stores. Configur... | aslmanager – Apple System Log data life-cycle manager | aslmanager [-s store_dir] [-a [archive_dir]] [-ttl days] [-store_ttl days] [-module_ttl days] [-size max_size] [-asldb] [-module [name]] [-checkpoint] [-d [level]] [-dd [level]] | null | null |
screencapture | The screencapture utility is not very well documented to date. A list of options follows. -c Force screen capture to go to the clipboard. -b Capture Touch Bar, only works in non-interactive modes. -C Capture the cursor as well as the screen. Only allowed in non- interactive modes. -d Display errors... | screencapture – capture images from the screen and save them to a file or the clipboard | screencapture [-SWCTMPcimswxto] file | null | null |
htdigest | null | htdigest - manage user files for digest authentication | htdigest [ -c ] passwdfile realm username SUMMARY htdigest is used to create and update the flat-files used to store usernames, realm and password for digest authentication of HTTP users. Resources available from the Apache HTTP server can be restricted to just the users listed in the files created by htdigest. This ma... | -c Create the passwdfile. If passwdfile already exists, it is deleted first. passwdfile Name of the file to contain the username, realm and password. If -c is given, this file is created if it does not already exist, or deleted and recreated if it does exist. realm The realm name to which the user name belongs. Se... | null |
chat | The chat program defines a conversational exchange between the computer and the modem. Its primary purpose is to establish the connection between the Point-to-Point Protocol Daemon (pppd) and the remote's pppd process. | chat - Automated conversational script with a modem | chat [ options ] script | -f <chat file> Read the chat script from the chat file. The use of this option is mutually exclusive with the chat script parameters. The user must have read access to the file. Multiple lines are permitted in the file. Space or horizontal tab characters should be used to separate the strings. -t <timeout> Set the time... | null |
DevToolsSecurity | This tool changes the security authorization policies for use of Apple- code-signed debugger and performance analysis tools on development systems. On normal user systems, the first time in a given login session that any such Apple-code-signed debugger or performance analysis tools are used to examine one of the user's... | DevToolsSecurity – Change the security authorization policies for developer systems | DevToolsSecurity DevToolsSecurity [-status] [-enable] [-disable] [-verbose] | null | null |
logresolve | null | logresolve - Resolve IP-addresses to hostnames in Apache log files | logresolve [ -s filename ] [ -c ] < access_log > access_log.new SUMMARY logresolve is a post-processing program to resolve IP-addresses in Apache's access logfiles. To minimize impact on your nameserver, logresolve has its very own internal hash-table cache. This means that each IP number will only be looked up the fir... | -s filename Specifies a filename to record statistics. -c This causes logresolve to apply some DNS checks: after finding the hostname from the IP address, it looks up the IP addresses for the hostname and checks that one of these matches the original address. Apache HTTP Server 2018-07-06 LOGRESOLVE(1) | null |
cvdbset | cvdbset is a tool for system administrators to control cvdb(8) tracing information from the Xsan File System client file system. The level of tracing emitted can be controlled on a per module basis. The set of modules for which tracing is enabled is called the trace set. The level of tracing can be refined further by s... | cvdbset - A program to control cvdb tracing. | cvdbset [options] | no options Display the whether tracing is enabled/disabled, the size of the logging buffer, the modules in the trace set, and their corresponding logmasks. all Enable tracing of all modules. Once cvdbset with a list of modules is invoked, some modules are turned off. cvdbset all sets all modules for tracing. When ... | To see what modules are in the trace set and their logmasks, the command cvdbset with no parameters is used. Here is the output from this command at start-up. Debug logging is DISABLED, Bufsize 4194304 Currently set masks: Module ' proxy_clnt' module 0x0000000000000001 logmask 0xffffffffffffffff Module ' cvdir' ... |
KernelEventAgent | The KernelEventAgent utility is responsible for displaying disk full and unresponsive file server messages. It is not intended to be run directly, but rather started by the system. The few options it has are intended as debugging aids. Typically, allowing the system to start KernelEventAgent by itself, without any a... | KernelEventAgent – utility to provide user interface on behalf of the kernel | KernelEventAgent [-dv] [-f fsname] [-t timeout] | null | null |
gpt | The gpt utility provides the necessary functionality to manipulate GUID partition tables (GPTs), but see BUGS below for how and where functionality is missing. The basic usage model of the gpt tool follows that of the cvs(1) tool. The general options are described in the following paragraph. The remaining paragraphs ... | gpt – GUID partition table maintenance utility | gpt [general_options] command [command_options] device ... | null | null |
scutil | Invoked with no options, scutil provides a command line interface to the "dynamic store" data maintained by configd(8). Interaction with this data (using the SystemConfiguration.framework SCDynamicStore APIs) is handled with a set of commands read from standard input. A list of the available commands is available by ... | scutil – Manage system configuration parameters | scutil scutil --prefs [preference-file] scutil -r [-W] { nodename | address | local-address remote-address } scutil -w dynamic-store-key [-t timeout] scutil --get pref scutil --set pref [newval] scutil --dns scutil --proxy scutil --nc nc-arguments | -r [-W] { nodename | address | local-address remote-address } Check the network reachability of the specified host name, IP address, or a pair of local and remote IP addresses. One or more of the following strings will be reported to standard output. Not Reachable The specified nodename/address cannot be reache... | null |
ioreg | ioreg displays the I/O Kit registry. It shows the hierarchical registry structure as an inverted tree. The provider-client relationships among those objects is shown as follows: +-o provider | +-o client By default, object properties are not shown. The use of the -c, -k, -l, or -n options cause ioreg to show propert... | ioreg – show I/O Kit registry | ioreg [-abfilrtxy] [-c class] [-d depth] [-k key] [-n name] [-p plane] [-w width] | null | null |
ab | null | ab - Apache HTTP server benchmarking tool | ab [ -A auth-username:password ] [ -b windowsize ] [ -B local-address ] [ -c concurrency ] [ -C cookie-name=value ] [ -d ] [ -e csv-file ] [ -E client-certificate file ] [ -f protocol ] [ -g gnuplot-file ] [ -h ] [ -H custom-header ] [ -i ] [ -k ] [ -l ] [ -m HTTP-method ] [ -n requests ] [ -p POST-file ] [ -P proxy-au... | -A auth-username:password Supply BASIC Authentication credentials to the server. The username and password are separated by a single : and sent on the wire base64 encoded. The string is sent regardless of whether the server needs it (i.e., has sent an 401 authentication needed). -b windowsize Size of TCP send/receive b... | null |
traceroute6 | The traceroute6 utility uses the IPv6 protocol hop limit field to elicit an ICMPv6 TIME_EXCEEDED response from each gateway along the path to some host. The only mandatory parameter is the destination host name or IPv6 address. The default probe datagram carries 12 bytes of payload, in addition to the IPv6 header. Th... | traceroute6 – print the route IPv6 packets will take to a network node | traceroute6 [-adeEIlnNrTUv] [-f firsthop] [-g gateway] [-m hoplimit] [-p port] [-q probes] [-s src] [-t tclass] [-w waittime] target [datalen] | null | null |
pwd_mkdb | The pwd_mkdb utility creates db(3) style secure and insecure databases for the specified file. These databases are then installed into /etc/spwd.db and /etc/pwd.db respectively. The file is installed into /etc/master.passwd. The file must be in the correct format (see passwd(5)). It is important to note that the fo... | pwd_mkdb – generate the password databases | pwd_mkdb [-c] [-p | -s] [-d directory] [-u username] file | null | null |
sysctl | The sysctl utility retrieves kernel state and allows processes with appropriate privilege to set kernel state. The state to be retrieved or set is described using a “Management Information Base” (“MIB”) style name, described as a dotted set of components. The following options are available: -A Equivalent to -o -... | sysctl – get or set kernel state | sysctl [-bdeFhilNnotqWx] [-B bufsize] [-f filename] name[=value[,value]] ... sysctl [-bdeFhlNnotqWx] [-B bufsize] -a | null | For example, to retrieve the maximum number of processes allowed in the system, one would use the following request: sysctl kern.maxproc To set the maximum number of processes allowed per uid to 1000, one would use the following request: sysctl kern.maxprocperuid=1000 Information about the system clock rate may be obta... |
appsleepd | appsleepd provides app sleep services. There are no configuration options to appsleepd. Users should not run appsleepd manually. Mac OS X February 1, 2013 Mac OS X | appsleepd – app sleep daemon | appsleepd | null | null |
sshd | sshd (OpenSSH Daemon) is the daemon program for ssh(1). It provides secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. sshd listens for connections from clients. It is normally started at boot from /etc/rc. It forks a new daemon for each incoming connection. The forked daemons hand... | sshd – OpenSSH daemon | sshd [-46DdeGiqTtV] [-C connection_spec] [-c host_certificate_file] [-E log_file] [-f config_file] [-g login_grace_time] [-h host_key_file] [-o option] [-p port] [-u len] | null | null |
mDNSResponderHelper | mDNSResponderHelper is an executable invoked by launchd to provide privilege separation to the mDNSResponder daemon. mDNSResponderHelper has no user-specifiable command-line arguments, and users should not run mDNSResponderHelper manually. FILES /usr/sbin/mDNSResponderHelper SEE ALSO mDNSResponder(8) BUGS mDNSResponder... | mDNSResponderHelper – mDNS privilege separation helper | mDNSResponderHelper | null | null |
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postmulti | The postmulti(1) command allows a Postfix administrator to manage multiple Postfix instances on a single host. postmulti(1) implements two fundamental modes of operation. In iterator mode, it executes the same command for multiple Postfix instances. In life-cycle management mode, it adds or deletes one instance, or c... | postmulti - Postfix multi-instance manager | Enabling multi-instance management: postmulti -e init [-v] Iterator mode: postmulti -l [-aRv] [-g group] [-i name] postmulti -p [-av] [-g group] [-i name] postfix-command... postmulti -x [-aRv] [-g group] [-i name] unix-command... Life-cycle management: postmulti -e create [-av] [-g group] [-i name] [-G group] [-I name... | null | null |
lsof | Lsof revision 4.91 lists on its standard output file information about files opened by processes for the following UNIX dialects: Apple Darwin 9 and Mac OS X 10.[567] FreeBSD 8.[234], 9.0 and 1[012].0 for AMD64-based systems Linux 2.1.72 and above for x86-based systems Solaris 9, 10 and 11 (See the DISTRIBUTION section... | lsof - list open files Reported Description (Common Symbol) KEEPALIVE keep alive time (SO_KEEPALIVE) LINGER linger time (SO_LINGER) MSS maximum segment size (TCP_MAXSEG) PQLEN partial listen queue connections QLEN established listen queue connections QLIM established listen queue limit RCVBUF receive b... | lsof [ -?abChlnNOPRtUvVX ] [ -A A ] [ -c c ] [ +c c ] [ +|-d d ] [ +|-D D ] [ +|-e s ] [ +|-E ] [ +|-f [cfgGn] ] [ -F [f] ] [ -g [s] ] [ -i [i] ] [ -k k ] [ -K k ] [ +|-L [l] ] [ +|-m m ] [ +|-M ] [ -o [o] ] [ -p s ] [ +|-r [t[m<fmt>]] ] [ -s [p:s] ] [ -S [t] ] [ -T [t] ] [ -u s ] [ +|-w ] [ -x [fl] ] [ +|-X ] [ -z [z]... | In the absence of any options, lsof lists all open files belonging to all active processes. If any list request option is specified, other list requests must be specifically requested - e.g., if -U is specified for the listing of UNIX socket files, NFS files won't be listed unless -N is also specified; or if a user lis... | For a more extensive set of examples, documented more fully, see the 00QUICKSTART file of the lsof distribution. To list all open files, use: lsof To list all open Internet, x.25 (HP-UX), and UNIX domain files, use: lsof -i -U To list all open IPv4 network files in use by the process whose PID is 1234, use: lsof -i 4 -... |
pkgutil | pkgutil reads and manipulates Mac OS X Installer flat packages, and provides access to the “receipt” database used by the Installer. Options are processed first, and affect the operation of all commands. Multiple commands are performed sequentially in the given order. The files and directories where receipts are stored... | pkgutil – Query and manipulate Mac OS X Installer packages and receipts. | pkgutil [options] [commands] | --help, -h A brief summary of commands and usage. --force, -f Don't ask for confirmation before performing a potentially destructive or ambiguous operation. --verbose, -v Output in a "human-readable" format with extra headers, footers, indentation, and other contextual information. --volume path Perform all operations ... | null |
slapindex | Slapindex is used to regenerate slapd(8) indices based upon the current contents of a database. It opens the given database determined by the database number or suffix and updates the indices for all values of all attributes of all entries. If a list of specific attributes is provided on the command line, only the indi... | slapindex - Reindex entries in a SLAPD database | /usr/sbin/slapindex [-b_suffix] [-c] [-d_debug-level] [-f_slapd.conf] [-F_confdir] [-g] [-n_dbnum] [-o_option[=value]] [-q] [-t] [-v] [attr[...]] | -b_suffix Use the specified suffix to determine which database to generate output for. The -b cannot be used in conjunction with the -n option. -c enable continue (ignore errors) mode. -d_debug-level enable debugging messages as defined by the specified debug-level; see slapd(8) for details. -f_slapd.conf specify ... | To reindex your SLAPD database, give the command: /usr/sbin/slapindex To regenerate the index for only a specific attribute, e.g. "uid", give the command: /usr/sbin/slapindex uid SEE ALSO ldap(3), ldif(5), slapadd(8), ldapadd(1), slapd(8) "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/) ACKNOWLEDGE... |
sc_auth | Configures a local user account to permit authentication using a supported SmartCard. Authentication is via asymmetric key (also known as public-key) encryption. CTK Identity CTK Identity allows to create and manipulate CryptoTokenKit identities. CryptoTokenKit identities can use non-exportable or exportable private k... | sc_auth – SmartCard authorization setup script | sc_auth pair [-v] -u user -h hash sc_auth unpair [-v] [-u user] [-h hash] sc_auth pairing_ui [-v] [-f] [-s enable|disable|status] sc_auth identities sc_auth list [-v] [-u user] [-d domain] sc_auth changepin [-t tokenid] [-u] sc_auth verifypin [-t tokenid] [-p PIN] sc_auth enable_for_login -c class-id sc_auth fileva... | null | null |
ioclasscount | ioclasscount displays the instance counts of OSObject-based C++ classes in the kernel, incremented by the number of direct subclasses that have an instance count of at least 1. For example, if IONetworkController is not directly instantiated, but its direct subclass IOEthernetController has any instances, then IONetwo... | ioclasscount | ioclasscount [--track] [--leaks] [--maps=PID] [--site=SITE] [--reset] [--start] [--stop] [--exclude] [--size=BYTES] [--capsize=BYTES] [--tag=tag] [--zsize=BYTES] [classname] [...] | null | Display instance counts for IOPCIDevice and AppleTestPCI: /usr/sbin/ioclasscount IOPCIDevice AppleTestPCI IOPCIDevice = 2, AppleTestPCI = 1 Start collecting backtraces for everything: /usr/sbin/ioclasscount --start Display backtraces and allocation sizes for everything: /usr/sbin/ioclasscount --track Display all backtr... |
uucico | The uucico daemon processes file transfer requests queued by uucp (1) and uux (1). It is started when uucp or uux is run (unless they are given the -r option). It is also typically started periodically using entries in the crontab table(s). When invoked with -r1, --master, -s, --system, or -S, the daemon will place a... | uucico - UUCP file transfer daemon | uucico [ options ] | The following options may be given to uucico. -r1, --master Start in master mode (call out to a system); implied by -s, --system, or -S. If no system is specified, call any system for which work is waiting to be done. -r0, --slave Start in slave mode. This is the default. -s system, --system system Call the named sys... | null |
firmwarepasswd | The firmwarepasswd command is used to add or remove firmware passwords from a system as well as check status and other options. The firmwarepasswd command requires root privileges to run. A list of flags and their descriptions: -setpasswd Prompts to add a new firmware password or change and existing password if one ex... | firmwarepasswd – tool for setting and removing firmware passwords on a system | firmwarepasswd [-setpasswd] [-setmode mode [-allow-oroms]] [-mode] [-check] [-delete] [-verify] [-unlockseed] [-disable-reset-capability] [-enable-reset-capability] [-h] | null | null |
rarpd | Rarpd services Reverse ARP requests on the Ethernet connected to interface. Upon receiving a request, rarpd maps the target hardware address to an IP address via its name, which must be present in both the ethers(5) and hosts(5) databases. If a host does not exist in both databases, the translation cannot proceed and a... | rarpd – Reverse ARP Daemon | rarpd [-adf] [interface] | -a Listen on all the Ethernets attached to the system. If ‘-a’ is omitted, an interface must be specified. -d Run in debug mode, with all the output to stderr. This option implies the -f option. -f Run in the foreground. FILES /etc/ethers /etc/hosts /tftpboot SEE ALSO bpf(4), Finlayson, R., Mann, T., Mo... | null |
tsig-keygen | tsig-keygen and ddns-confgen are invocation methods for a utility that generates keys for use in TSIG signing. The resulting keys can be used, for example, to secure dynamic DNS updates to a zone or for the rndc command channel. When run as tsig-keygen, a domain name can be specified on the command line which will be u... | ddns-confgen - ddns key generation tool | tsig-keygen [-a algorithm] [-h] [-r randomfile] [name] ddns-confgen [-a algorithm] [-h] [-k keyname] [-q] [-r randomfile] [-s name | -z zone] | -a algorithm Specifies the algorithm to use for the TSIG key. Available choices are: hmac-md5, hmac-sha1, hmac-sha224, hmac-sha256, hmac-sha384 and hmac-sha512. The default is hmac-sha256. Options are case-insensitive, and the "hmac-" prefix may be omitted. -h Prints a short summary of options and arguments. -k keyname... | null |
kadmin.local | kadmin and kadmin.local are command-line interfaces to the Kerberos V5 administration system. They provide nearly identical functionalities; the difference is that kadmin.local directly accesses the KDC database, while kadmin performs operations using kadmind(8). Except as explicitly noted otherwise, this man page wi... | kadmin - Kerberos V5 database administration program | kadmin [-O|-N] [-r realm] [-p principal] [-q query] [[-c cache_name]|[-k [-t keytab]]|-n] [-w password] [-s admin_server[:port]] [command args...] kadmin.local [-r realm] [-p principal] [-q query] [-d dbname] [-e enc:salt ...] [-m] [-x db_args] [command args...] | -r realm Use realm as the default database realm. -p principal Use principal to authenticate. Otherwise, kadmin will append /admin to the primary principal name of the default ccache, the value of the USER environment variable, or the username as obtained with getpwuid, in order of preference. -k Use a keytab to d... | null |
syslogd | The syslogd server receives and processes log messages. Several modules receive input messages through various channels, including UNIX domain sockets associated with the syslog(3), asl(3), and kernel printf APIs, and optionally on a UDP socket from network clients. The Apple System Log facility comprises the asl(3) A... | syslogd – Apple System Log server | syslogd [-d] [-D] [-m mark_interval] [-l lib_path] [-db_max size] [-utmp_ttl time] [-mps_limit quota] [-dup_delay time] [-module_name {0|1}] | null | null |
taskpolicy | The taskpolicy program uses the setiopolicy_np(3) and setpriority(2) APIs to execute a program with altered I/O or scheduling policies. All children of the specified program also inherit these policies. taskpolicy accepts the following flags and arguments: -d policy Run the program after calling setiopolicy_np(3) wit... | taskpolicy – execute a program with an altered I/O or scheduling policy or change settings of already running process | taskpolicy [-d policy] [-g policy] [-c clamp] [-b] [-t thruput_tier] [-l latency_tier] [-a] [-s] program [arg1 [...]] taskpolicy [-b|-B] [-t thruput_tier] [-l latency_tier] [-p pid] | null | null |
BTLEServerAgent | BTLEServerAgent is a process that handles Bluetooth LE features. SEE ALSO BTLEServer Darwin 3/7/16 Darwin | BTLEServerAgent | BTLEServerAgent | null | null |
filecoordinationd | filecoordinationd is used by the Foundation framework's NSFileCoordinator class to coordinate access to files by multiple processes, and to message registered NSFilePresenters. There are no configuration options to filecoordinationd. Users should not run filecoordinationd manually. Mac OS X March 15, 2011 Mac... | filecoordinationd – system-wide file access coordination | filecoordinationd | null | null |
dot_clean | For each dir, dot_clean recursively merges all ._* files with their corresponding native files according to the rules specified with the given arguments. By default, if there is an attribute on the native file that is also present in the ._ file, the most recent attribute will be used. If no operands are given, a usag... | dot_clean – Merge ._* files with corresponding native files. | dot_clean [-fmnsv] [--keep=[mostrecent|dotbar|native]] [dir ...] | -f Flat merge. Do not recursively merge all directories in the given dir. This is off by default. -h Help. Prints verbose usage message. -m Always delete dot underbar files. -n Delete dot underbar file if there is no matching native file. -s Follow symbolic links. This will follow symbolic d... | The following is how to do an dot_clean merge on the mounted volume test, always using the dot underbar information. dot_clean --keep=dotbar /Volumes/test DIAGNOSTICS The dot_clean utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. BUGS None known. macOS 14.5 Sept 27, 2012 macOS 14.5 |
PasswordService | In the first synopsis form, PasswordService prints a usage summary or version information and quits. In the second form, PasswordService acts as a password server. PasswordService must be run as root; it will exit otherwise. If there is another instance of PasswordService running, it will exit. The PasswordService dae... | PasswordService – Mac OS X Server Password Server daemon | PasswordService [-help | -ver] PasswordService [-n] | The following options are available: -n Do not daemonize. USAGE In typical usage, PasswordService is launched during the boot process by launchd. To start and stop PasswordService manually, use launchctl(8) commands. This command updates the configuration files and effect the startup state. FILES & FOLDERS /usr/sbin... | null |
systemsetup | The systemsetup command is used to configure certain per-machine settings typically configured in the System Preferences application. The systemsetup command requires at least "admin" privileges to run. A list of flags and their descriptions: -getdate Displays the current date. -setdate mm:dd:yy Use this command to se... | systemsetup – configuration tool for certain machine settings in System Preferences. | systemsetup [-getdate] [-setdate mm:dd:yy] [-gettime] [-settime hh:mm:ss] [-gettimezone] [-listtimezones] [-settimezone timezone] [-getusingnetworktime] [-setusingnetworktime on | off] [-getnetworktimeserver] [-setnetworktimeserver timeserver] [-getsleep] [-setsleep minutes] [-getcomputersleep] [-setcomputersleep minut... | null | systemsetup -setdate 04:15:02 systemsetup -settime 16:20:00 systemsetup -settimezone US/Pacific systemsetup -setnetworktimeserver time.apple.com SEE ALSO networksetup(8) macOS July 30, 2020 macOS |
zdump | The zdump program prints the current time in each timezone named on the command line. The following options are available: --version Output version information and exit. --help Output short usage message and exit. -i Output a description of time intervals. For each timezone on the command line, output an interva... | zdump – timezone dumper | zdump [--help] [--version] [-ivV] [-c [loyear,]hiyear] [-t [lotime,]hitime] [timezone ...] | null | null |
snmpd | snmpd is an SNMP agent which binds to a port and awaits requests from SNMP management software. Upon receiving a request, it processes the request(s), collects the requested information and/or performs the requested operation(s) and returns the information to the sender. | snmpd - daemon to respond to SNMP request packets. | snmpd [OPTIONS] [LISTENING ADDRESSES] | -a Log the source addresses of incoming requests. -A Append to the log file rather than truncating it. -c FILE Read FILE as a configuration file (or a comma-separated list of configuration files). Note that the loaded file will only understand snmpd.conf tokens, unless the configuration type is specified in ... | null |
ndp | The ndp command manipulates the address mapping table used by the Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP). -a Dump the currently existing NDP entries. The following information will be printed: Neighbor IPv6 address of the neighbor. Linklayer Address Linklayer address of the neighbor. It could be “(incomplete)” when ... | ndp – control/diagnose IPv6 neighbor discovery protocol | ndp -a [-lntx] ndp -A wait [-nt] ndp -c [-nt] ndp -d [-nt] hostname ndp -f [-nt] filename ndp -H ndp -I [delete | interface] ndp -i interface [flags...] ndp -p ndp -P ndp -r ndp -R ndp -s [-nt] -s nodename etheraddr [temp] [proxy] | null | null |
coreaudiod | coreaudiod is a daemon used for Core Audio related purposes. coreaudiod was introduced with OSX version 10.4. Darwin Mon Jul 19 2004 Darwin | coreaudiod | coreaudiod | null | null |
rpcbind | Rpcbind is a server that converts RPC program numbers into DARPA protocol port numbers. It is a replacement for the older portmap program. rpcbind supports the original version 2 portmap protocol and in addition supports the newer version 3 and version 4 protocols that are necessary for IPv6 support. It must be runnin... | rpcbind – portmap | rpcbind [-d] [-v] [-h bindip] | null | null |
praudit | The praudit utility prints the contents of the audit trail files to the standard output in human-readable form. If no file argument is specified, the standard input is used by default. The options are as follows: -d del Specifies the delimiter. The default delimiter is the comma. -l Prints the entire record on ... | praudit – print the contents of audit trail files SYNOPSIS (NOW DEPRECATED) praudit [-lnpx] [-r | -s] [-d del] [file ...] | null | null | null |
BTLEServer | BTLEServer is a process that handles Bluetooth LE features. SEE ALSO BTLEServerAgent Darwin 3/7/16 Darwin | BTLEServer | BTLEServer | null | null |
usernoted | usernoted is a daemon that provides notification services on the system There are no options for usernoted, and users should not run usernoted manually. macOS July 4, 2018 macOS | usernoted – Notification Center daemon | null | null | null |
postkick | The postkick(1) command sends request to the specified service over a local transport channel. This command makes Postfix private IPC accessible for use in, for example, shell scripts. Options: -c config_dir Read the main.cf configuration file in the named directory instead of the default configuration directory. -v ... | postkick - kick a Postfix service | postkick [-c config_dir] [-v] class service request | null | null |
postcat | The postcat(1) command prints the contents of the named files in human-readable form. The files are expected to be in Postfix queue file format. If no files are specified on the command line, the program reads from standard input. By default, postcat(1) shows the envelope and message content, as if the options -beh wer... | postcat - show Postfix queue file contents | postcat [-bdehnoqv] [-c config_dir] [files...] | null | null |
netstat | The netstat command symbolically displays the contents of various network-related data structures. There are a number of output formats, depending on the options for the information presented. The first form of the command displays a list of active sockets for each protocol. The second form presents the contents of ... | netstat – show network status | netstat [-AaLlnW] [-f address_family | -p protocol] netstat [-gilns] [-v] [-f address_family] [-I interface] netstat -i | -I interface [-w wait] [-c queue] [-abdgqRtS] netstat -s [-s] [-f address_family | -p protocol] [-w wait] netstat -i | -I interface -s [-f address_family | -p protocol] netstat -m [-m] netstat -r [-... | null | null |
lpc | lpc provides limited control over printer and class queues provided by CUPS. It can also be used to query the state of queues. If no command is specified on the command-line, lpc displays a prompt and accepts commands from the standard input. COMMANDS The lpc program accepts a subset of commands accepted by the Berkele... | lpc - line printer control program (deprecated) | lpc [ command [ parameter(s) ] ] | null | null |
slapadd | Slapadd is used to add entries specified in LDAP Directory Interchange Format (LDIF) to a slapd(8) database. It opens the given database determined by the database number or suffix and adds entries corresponding to the provided LDIF to the database. Databases configured as subordinate of this one are also updated, un... | slapadd - Add entries to a SLAPD database | /usr/sbin/slapadd [-b_suffix] [-c] [-d_debug-level] [-f_slapd.conf] [-F_confdir] [-g] [-j_lineno] [-l_ldif-file] [-n_dbnum] [-o_option[=value]] [-q] [-s] [-S_SID] [-u] [-v] [-w] | -b_suffix Use the specified suffix to determine which database to add entries to. The -b cannot be used in conjunction with the -n option. -c enable continue (ignore errors) mode. -d_debug-level enable debugging messages as defined by the specified debug-level; see slapd(8) for details. -f_slapd.conf specify an al... | To import the entries specified in file ldif into your slapd(8) database give the command: /usr/sbin/slapadd -l ldif SEE ALSO ldap(3), ldif(5), slapcat(8), slapindex(8), ldapadd(1), slapd(8) "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintai... |
krbservicesetup | krbservicesetup is used by sso_util to configure Kerberized services on the current host. It uses kadmin to add service principals to the KDC database and create the krb5.keytab file. And then edits/creates the config files of the given service to use the proper service principal. krbservicesetup knows how to configure... | krbservicesetup – Kerberos – Open Directory Single Sign On | krbservicesetup [-r REALM] -a admin_name [-p password] [-t keytab] [-f setup_file] [service_type service_principal] | null | It is better to use the configure command in sso_util to configure multiple services. Here is an example of using krbservicesetup to configure a FTP server in the realm FOO.ORG krbservicesetup -r FOO.ORG -a admin -p password ftp ftp/myhost.foo.org@FOO.ORG (the above should be all on one line) NOTES The krbservicesetup ... |
slapconfig | slapconfig is a utility for configuring slapd. It must be run by root. USAGE -q suppress prompts. Queries -defaultsuffix Returns the default suffix which is based on the machine's DNS name, or hostname if DNS is not available. -getclientconfig Returns whether this machine is an LDAP client, not a client, or ... | slapconfig -- tool to configure slapd and related daemons | slapconfig command [command-options] [-q] | null | null |
rtadvd | rtadvd sends router advertisement packets to the specified interfaces. The program will daemonize itself on invocation. It will then send router advertisement packets periodically, as well as in response to router solicitation messages sent by end hosts. Router advertisements can be configured on a per-interface basis... | rtadvd – router advertisement daemon | rtadvd [-dDfMRs] [-c configfile] [-F dumpfile] [-p pidfile] interface ... | null | null |
httxt2dbm | null | httxt2dbm - Generate dbm files for use with RewriteMap | httxt2dbm [ -v ] [ -f DBM_TYPE ] -i SOURCE_TXT -o OUTPUT_DBM SUMMARY httxt2dbm is used to generate dbm files from text input, for use in RewriteMap with the dbm map type. If the output file already exists, it will not be truncated. New keys will be added and existing keys will be updated. | -v More verbose output -f DBM_TYPE Specify the DBM type to be used for the output. If not specified, will use the APR Default. Available types are: GDBM for GDBM files, SDBM for SDBM files, DB for berkeley DB files, NDBM for NDBM files, default for the default DBM type. -i SOURCE_TXT Input file from which the dbm i... | httxt2dbm -i rewritemap.txt -o rewritemap.dbm httxt2dbm -f SDBM -i rewritemap.txt -o rewritemap.dbm Apache HTTP Server 2019-11-13 HTTXT2DBM(1) |
distnoted | distnoted provides distributed notification services. There are no configuration options to distnoted. Users should not run distnoted manually. Mac OS X July 1, 2005 Mac OS X | distnoted – distributed notification server | distnoted | null | null |
mtree | The mtree utility compares the file hierarchy rooted in the current directory against a specification read from the standard input. Messages are written to the standard output for any files whose characteristics do not match the specifications, or which are missing from either the file hierarchy or the specification. ... | mtree – map a directory hierarchy | mtree [-LPUcdeinqruxwD] [-f spec] [-f spec] [-K keywords] [-k keywords] [-p path] [-s seed] [-X exclude-list] | null | The -d and -u options can be used in combination to create directory hierarchies for distributions and other such things; the files in /etc/mtree were used to create almost all directories in this FreeBSD distribution. SEE ALSO chflags(1), chgrp(1), chmod(1), cksum(1), md5(1), stat(2), fts(3), md5(3), chown(8) HISTORY ... |
cupsdisable | cupsenable starts the named printers or classes while cupsdisable stops the named printers or classes. | cupsdisable, cupsenable - stop/start printers and classes | cupsdisable [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -c ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -r reason ] [ --hold ] destination(s) cupsenable [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -c ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ --release ] destination(s) | The following options may be used: -E Forces encryption of the connection to the server. -U username Uses the specified username when connecting to the server. -c Cancels all jobs on the named destination. -h server[:port] Uses the specified server and port. --hold Holds remaining jobs on the named printer. Useful ... | null |
lpmove | lpmove moves the specified job or all jobs from source to destination. job can be the job ID number or the old destination and job ID. | lpmove - move a job or all jobs to a new destination | lpmove [ -E ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -U username ] job destination lpmove [ -E ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -U username ] source destination | The lpmove command supports the following options: -E Forces encryption when connecting to the server. -U username Specifies an alternate username. -h server[:port] Specifies an alternate server. | Move job 123 from "oldprinter" to "newprinter": lpmove 123 newprinter or lpmove oldprinter-123 newprinter Move all jobs from "oldprinter" to "newprinter": lpmove oldprinter newprinter SEE ALSO cancel(1), lp(1), lpr(1), lprm(1), CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help) COPYRIGHT Copyright © 2007-2019 by Apple Inc. 2... |
purge | Purge can be used to approximate initial boot conditions with a cold disk buffer cache for performance analysis. It does not affect anonymous memory that has been allocated through malloc, vm_allocate, etc. SEE ALSO malloc(3), sync(8) macOS September 20, 2005 macOS | purge – force disk cache to be purged (flushed and emptied) | purge | null | null |
rpc.statd | The rpc.statd utility is a daemon which cooperates with rpc.statd daemons on other hosts to provide a status monitoring service. The daemon accepts requests from programs running on the local host (typically, rpc.lockd(8), the NFS file locking daemon) to monitor the status of specified hosts. If a monitored host cras... | rpc.statd – host status monitoring daemon | rpc.statd [-d] rpc.statd [-d] -n rpc.statd [-d] [-l | -L | -N hostname] | null | null |
cupsctl | cupsctl updates or queries the cupsd.conf file for a server. When no changes are requested, the current configuration values are written to the standard output in the format "name=value", one per line. | cupsctl - configure cupsd.conf options | cupsctl [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ --[no-]debug-logging ] [ --[no-]remote-admin ] [ --[no-]remote-any ] [ --[no-]share-printers ] [ --[no-]user-cancel-any ] [ name=value ] | The following options are recognized: -E Enables encryption on the connection to the scheduler. -U username Specifies an alternate username to use when authenticating with the scheduler. -h server[:port] Specifies the server address. --[no-]debug-logging Enables (disables) debug logging to the error_log file. --[no-]... | Display the current settings: cupsctl Enable debug logging: cupsctl --debug-logging Get the current debug logging state: cupsctl | grep '^_debug_logging' | awk -F= '{print $2}' Disable printer sharing: cupsctl --no-share-printers KNOWN ISSUES You cannot set the Listen or Port directives using cupsctl. SEE ALSO cupsd.co... |
DirectoryService | DirectoryService has been replaced by opendirectoryd(8). dspluginhelperd provides support for 3rd party DirectoryService plugins. More information can be accessed from the Darwin Open Directory Page: http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/opendirectory/ | dspluginhelperd – support daemon for legacy DirectoryService plugins | dspluginhelperd [-v] | The options are as follows: -v Display the release version. DIAGNOSTICS See odutil(1) for information on enabling debug logging and various other options introspection of opendirectoryd. ERRORS Error codes are available using dserr(1) or from framework headers <DirectoryService/DirServiceTypes.h>. DirectoryServi... | null |
notifyd | notifyd is the server for the Mac OS X notification system described in notify(3). The server is started automatically by launchd during system startup. The -d option causes notifyd to log debugging messages to a log file. Messages are not logged to ASL to avoid potential deadlocks, since the ASL system makes use of t... | notifyd – notification server | notifyd [-d] [-log_file path] [-shm_pages npages] | null | null |
klist_cdhashes | The klist_cdhashes command should not be run directly. SEE ALSO macOS 14.5 April 25, 2019 macOS 14.5 | klist_cdhashes – reports information about kexts that have been approved via SKEL | klist_cdhashes | null | null |
dtrace | DTrace is a comprehensive dynamic tracing framework ported from Solaris. DTrace provides a powerful infrastructure that permits administrators, developers, and service personnel to concisely answer arbitrary questions about the behavior of the operating system and user programs. The dtrace command provides a generic in... | dtrace – dynamic tracing compiler and tracing utility | dtrace [-aACeFhHlqSvVwZ] [-b bufsz] [-c cmd] [-D name [=value]] [-I path] [-L path] [-o output] [-s script] [-U name] [-x arg[=value]] [-p pid] [-P provider [[predicate] action]] [-m [provider:] module [[predicate] action]] [-f [[provider:] module:] function [[predicate] action]] [-n [[[provider:] module:] function:] n... | The arguments accepted by the -P, -m, -f, -n, and -i options can include an optional D language predicate enclosed in slashes and an optional D language action statement list enclosed in braces. D program code specified on the command line must be appropriately quoted to avoid interpretation of meta-characters by the ... | null |
kextcache | The kextcache program creates kext caches, which speed up kext loading operations. It is invoked automatically as needed to rebuild system caches. Caution: Incorrect use of kextcache can render a volume incapable of startup. Installers and administrators should not use this program to update system kext caches. Inst... | kextcache – create kext cache files | kextcache -prelinked-kernel filename [options] [--] [kext_or_directory ...] kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel [options] [--] [kext_or_directory ...] kextcache -system-caches [options] kextcache -update-volume os_volume [options] DEPRECATED The kextcache utility has been deprecated. It should no longer be necessary to ... | null | null |
dbmmanage | null | dbmmanage - Manage user authentication files in DBM format | dbmmanage [ encoding ] filename add|adduser|check|delete|update username [ encpasswd [ group[,group...] [ comment ] ] ] dbmmanage filename view [ username ] dbmmanage filename import SUMMARY dbmmanage is used to create and update the DBM format files used to store usernames and password for basic authentication of HTTP... | filename The filename of the DBM format file. Usually without the extension .db, .pag, or .dir. username The user for which the operations are performed. The username may not contain a colon (:). encpasswd This is the already encrypted password to use for the update and add commands. You may use a hyphen (-) if you wan... | null |
languagesetup | languagesetup The languagesetup command changes the default system language that is chosen in the Setup Assistant application. This affects the language shown at login window. -h Prints help -Localized Prints localized prompts in interactive mode (requires UTF8-capable terminal. This is the default mode.) -Englis... | languagesetup – Set the primary language for the system. | languagesetup [-h] [-Localized | -English] [-langspec language] | null | null |
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