8 System administration

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d2

d2cs Program needed to host Diablo II open and closed servers
d2dbs Program needed to host Diablo II open and closed servers
d2mbox a script to create an mbox format file from MailScanners quarantine directory when using exim as MTA.

da

dacs.services DACS web services
dacs_acs DACS access control service
dacs_admin DACS administration service
dacs_auth_agent DACS delegated authentication service
dacs_auth_transfer transfer credentials between federations
dacs_authenticate DACS authentication service
dacs_autologin_ssl use an SSL client certificate to automatically obtain DACS credentials
dacs_conf display DACS configuration directives
dacs_current_credentials display DACS credentials
dacs_error simple error handling utility for DACS
dacs_group DACS group administration
dacs_infocard Information Card administration
dacs_list_jurisdictions display information about DACS jurisdictions
dacs_managed_infocard create a managed Information Card
dacs_mex WS-MetadataExchange responder for Information Cards
dacs_notices DACS notice presentation and acknowledgement handler
dacs_passwd manage private DACS passwords
dacs_prenv CGI program that displays its environment
dacs_select_credentials temporarily disable DACS credentials
dacs_signout DACS signout service
dacs_sts Secure Token Service for managed Information Cards
dacs_token manage DACS one-time password token accounts
dacs_transform rule-based document transformation
dacs_uproxy minimal HTTP proxying
dacs_version display DACS version information
dacs_vfs access objects through the DACS virtual filestore
daemon run detached from the controlling terminal
daemonlogger program capture packets from an interface and log or rewrite them
dafileserver Initializes the File Server component of the dafs process
dafssync-debug Introduction to the fssync-debug command suite
dafssync-debug_attach Forces full volume attachment (FSYNC_VOL_ATTACH opcode)
dafssync-debug_callback Breaks callbacks for a volume (FSYNC_VOL_BREAKCBKS opcode)
dafssync-debug_detach Detaches a volume (FSYNC_VOL_DONE opcode)
dafssync-debug_error Forces volume into hard error state (FSYNC_VOL_FORCE_ERROR opcode)
dafssync-debug_header Retrieves volume disk data structure (FSYNC_VOL_QUERY_HDR opcode)
dafssync-debug_leaveoff Leaves a volume offline (FSYNC_VOL_LEAVE_OFF opcode)
dafssync-debug_list Historical sync command (FSYNC_VOL_LISTVOLUMES opcode)
dafssync-debug_mode Changes volume attach mode (FSYNC_VOL_NEEDVOLUME opcode)
dafssync-debug_move Sets volume moved flag (FSYNC_VOL_MOVE opcode)
dafssync-debug_offline Brings a volume offline (FSYNC_VOL_OFF opcode)
dafssync-debug_online Brings a volume online (FSYNC_VOL_ON opcode)
dafssync-debug_query Displays volume structure (FSYNC_VOL_QUERY opcode)
dafssync-debug_stats Displays various statistics
dafssync-debug_vgcadd Add an entry to the VG cache (FSYNC_VG_UPDATE opcode)
dafssync-debug_vgcdel Delete an entry from the VG cache (FSYNC_VG_UPDATE opcode)
dafssync-debug_vgcquery Displays VG cache contents (FSYNC_VG_QUERY opcode)
dafssync-debug_vgcscan Force a VG cache rescan (FSYNC_VG_SCAN opcode)
dafssync-debug_vgcscanall Force a VG cache rescan on all partitions (FSYNC_VG_SCAN_ALL opcode)
dafssync-debug_vnode Display vnode info (FSYNC_VOL_QUERY_VNODE opcode)
dafssync-debug_volop Display pending volume operation info (FSYNC_VOL_QUERY_VOP opcode)
dahdi_cfg configures DAHDI kernel modules from /etc/dahdi/system.conf
dahdi_diag Dump DAHDI channel parameters
dahdi_genconf Generate configuration for Dahdi channels.
dahdi_hardware Shows Dahdi hardware devices.
dahdi_maint Sets Dahdi spans into maintenance mode, e.g.: loopback
dahdi_monitor checks the Rx/Tx levels of a DAHDI channels
dahdi_registration Handle registration of Xorcom XPD modules in dahdi.
dahdi_scan Print Configuration of DAHDI Spans
dahdi_span_assignments handle DAHDI spans assignments
dahdi_span_types set line modes of DAHDI spans before assignment
dahdi_test Test if the DAHDI timer provides timely response
dahdi_tool Shows status of DAHDI interfaces
dahdi_waitfor_span_assignments wait for DAHDI spans to get (un)assigned
daily periodic system maintenance
damnit DAtabase MaNagement InTerface
dancer-ircd an IRC server
dansguardian web content filter
danted network proxyserver
daptup plugin for apt[itude] and cupt to list repository changes
darcs-createrepo create a pushable darcs repository
darkstat network statistics gatherer
dasalvager Initializes the Salvager component of the dafs process
database-statistics-sqlite Collect stats for OpenVAS database
davolserver Initializes the Volume Server component of the dafs process

db

db2bak Directory Server script for making a backup of the database
db2bak-online Directory Server perl script for creating a backup
db2index Directory Server script for indexing attributes
db2index-online Directory Server perl script for indexing a database
db2ldif Directory Server script for exporting the database
db2ldif-online Directory Server perl script for exporting a database to a LDIF file
dbab-add-list dnsmasq based ad blocking
dbab-chk-list dnsmasq based ad blocking
dbab-get-list dnsmasq based ad blocking
dbab-svr dnsmasq based ad blocking
dbackup AWIT-DBackup is a powerful per-directory backup utility.
dbcheck Bacula's Catalog Database Check/Clean program
dbck LysKOM database maintenance program
dbclean Clean Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse Database
dblist Database List Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse
dbmail-export export a mailbox from DBMail to mbox format.
dbmail-httpd speaks the HTTP-1.1 protocol
dbmail-imapd provides access to the DBMail system to clients supporting Internet Message Access Protocol, IMAP4r1, as specified in RFC 3501.
dbmail-lmtpd The LMTP daemon receive messages from an MTA supporting the Lightweight Mail Transport Protocol, as specified in RFC 2033.
dbmail-pop3d POP3 daemon providing Post Office Protocol, POP3, as specified in RFC 1939.
dbmail-sievecmd manipulates Sieve scripts in DBMail.
dbmail-sieved The Manage Sieve daemon, used for managing Sieve scripts for a user's email account.
dbmail-timsieved speaks the Manage Sieve draft protocol, used for managing Sieve scripts for a user's email account.
dbmail-users manages the DBMail user database.
dbmail-util maintains the integrity and cleanliness of the DBMail datatables.
dbmmanage No manpage for this program, utility or function.
dbmon.sh Directory Server script for monitoring database and entry cache usage
dbprocs Start or stop ovdb housekeeping processes
dbskkd-cdb a dictionary server for the SKK
dbslower-bpfcc Trace MySQL/PostgreSQL server queries slower than a threshold.
dbstat-bpfcc Collect histograms of MySQL/PostgreSQL query latencies.
dbverify Directory Server script for indexing attributes

dc

dcb show / manipulate DCB (Data Center Bridging) settings
dcb-app show / manipulate application priority table of the DCB (Data Center Bridging) subsystem
dcb-apptrust show / configure per-selector trust and trust order of the application priority table of the DCB (Data Center Bridging) subsystem
dcb-buffer show / manipulate port buffer settings of the DCB (Data Center Bridging) subsystem
dcb-dcbx show / manipulate port DCBX (Data Center Bridging eXchange)
dcb-ets show / manipulate ETS (Enhanced Transmission Selection) settings of the DCB (Data Center Bridging) subsystem
dcb-maxrate show / manipulate port maxrate settings of the DCB (Data Center Bridging) subsystem
dcb-pfc show / manipulate PFC (Priority-based Flow Control) settings of the DCB (Data Center Bridging) subsystem
dcb-rewr show / manipulate the rewrite table of the DCB (Data Center Bridging) subsystem
dcbtool manage the Data Center Bridging (DCB) settings of a CEE DCB interface
dcc Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse
dcc-milter Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse Milter Interface
dccd Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse Daemon
dccifd Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse Program Interface
dccproc Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse Procmail Interface
dccsight Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse raw checksum interface
dconschat user interface to dcons(4)
dcsnoop-bpfcc Trace directory entry cache (dcache) lookups. Uses Linux eBPF/bcc.
dcsnoop.bt Trace directory entry cache (dcache) lookups. Uses bpftrace/eBPF.
dcsnoop.bt.bt Trace directory entry cache (dcache) lookups. Uses bpftrace/eBPF.
dcstat-bpfcc Directory entry cache (dcache) stats. Uses Linux eBPF/bcc.

dd

ddb configure DDB kernel debugger properties
ddclient Update IP addresses at dynamic DNS services
ddns-confgen ddns key generation tool
ddpt copies data between files and storage devices. Support for devices that understand the SCSI command set.
ddpt_sgl helper for ddpt utility's scatter gather lists
ddptctl helper/auxiliary utility for ddpt
ddupdate Update DNS data for dynamic IP addresses
ddupdate-config ddupdate configuration file setup tool.
ddupdate-netrc-to-keyring ddupdate configuration migration tool.

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deadline_test High resolution test program
deadlock-bpfcc Find potential deadlocks (lock order inversions) in a running program.
deadlock_detector-bpfcc Find potential deadlocks (lock order inversions) in a running program.
debbugs-dbhash migrate a debbugs database to hashed format
debbugsconfig copy basic debbugs configuration files from templates
debconf Debian package configuration system
debconf-devel developers guide
debfoster weed unnecessary Debian packages
debian-edu-fsautoresize automatically resize filesystems
debian-edu-ltsp-chroot execute commands in a specified LTSP Chroot
debian-edu-ltsp-initrd update the ltsp.img file on a Debian Edu LTSP server for each use case
debian-edu-ltsp-install setup, configure and manage LTSP chroot and SquashFS image
debian-edu-ltsp-ipxe update the iPXE menu file on a Debian Edu LTSP server
debian-edu-pxeinstall create PXE installation framework for Debian Edu systems
debian-edu-restart-services restart the services that are running on this server.
debian-edu-test-install Launch debian-edu test suite to check a debian-edu installation.
debian-edu-update-netblock configure network limitations for the host
debian-installer-launcher Debian Installer desktop launcher
debocker build Debian packages with docker
debootstick Generate a bootable image from a Debian-based chroot environment
debootstrap Bootstrap a basic Debian system
debsecan-create-cron Create cron entry for the Debian Security Analyzer
debsums_gen Generate /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.md5sums for packages lacking it
debsums_init Initialize md5sums files for packages lacking them
debug.sh selectively debug scripts
debugedit Debuginfo editing helper
debugfs ext2/ext3/ext4 file system debugger
debugfs.ocfs2 OCFS2 file system debugger.
debugfs.reiser4 the program for debugging reiser4 filesystem.
debugfs.reiserfs The debugging tool for the ReiserFS filesystem.
debuginfod debuginfo-related http file-server daemon
debuginfod.service debuginfo related information server for systemd
debugreiserfs The debugging tool for the ReiserFS filesystem.
debugvmfs VMFS file system debugger
debugvmfs6 VMFS file system debugger
debwrap Package install wrapper for dpkg/apt-get
decmn explodes an ICU memory-mappable data file
decnetconf Simple configuration script for DECnet
decryptcore decrypt a core dump of the operating system
default-if helper scripts for ipmasq(8)
defer Postfix delivery status reports
defoma-reconfigure Reconfigure all from zero.
defrag defragment file systems.
defrag.exfat Defragment or assess fragmentation on an exFAT filesystem
defrag.f2fs relocate blocks in a given area to the specified region
defragfs No manpage for this program, utility or function.
defragfs.ocfs2 online defragmenter for ocfs2 filesystem
delay.4th FreeBSD debugging boot module
delayer A pipe to delay line-based input by a given time
delete-pr deletes closed PRs
delgroup remove a user or group from the system
deliver deliver mail
deliverquota.courier deliver to a maildir with a quota
deliverquota.courier-imap deliver to a maildir with a quota
deliverquota.maildrop deliver to a maildir with a quota
delo install boot loader
delpart tell the kernel to forget about a partition
delrconsole Delete a remote console user
deluser remove a user or group from the system
deluser.local hook for local actions in adduser and deluser
denial6
denyhosts version: 2.6
depmod Generate modules.dep and map files.
desktop-file-install install a desktop file to the applications directory
desktoptojson Converts a .desktop file to a .json file.
detect-new-ip6
detect_sniffer6
determine_maximum_mpps Determine the maximum mpps the machine can handle
dev_mkdb create /dev database
devctl device control utility
devd device state change daemon
devdump Utility programs for dumping and verifying iso9660 images.
devfs DEVFS control
devfsd optional daemon for managing devfs (the Linux Device Filesystem)
devinfo print information about system device configuration
devlink Devlink tool
devlink-dev devlink device configuration
devlink-dpipe devlink dataplane pipeline visualization
devlink-health devlink health reporting and recovery
devlink-lc devlink line card configuration
devlink-monitor state monitoring
devlink-port devlink port configuration
devlink-rate devlink rate management
devlink-region devlink address region access
devlink-resource devlink device resource configuration
devlink-sb devlink shared buffer configuration
devlink-trap devlink trap configuration
devmap_name Query device-mapper name
devmatch print information about unattached devices
dexconf generate XFree86 X server configuration file from debconf database values

df

df2mbox a script to create an mbox format file from MailScanners quarantine directory when using sendmail as MTA.
dftp FTP Debian packages maintainer

dg

dgclient Request an AmprNet Dynamic Route Server to configure a route
dgserver Provide IPIP tunnel routes to AmprNet clients.

dh

dh_make prepare Debian packaging for an original source archive
dhclient Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client
dhclient-script DHCP client network configuration script
dhclient3 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client
dhcp-add-wpad dnsmasq based ad blocking
dhcp-edit add or and remove entries to/from dhcpd.conf
dhcp-helper A DHCP/BOOTP relay agent.
dhcp-lease-list Prints active DHCP leases.
dhcp6c DHCPv6 client daemon
dhcp6ctl DHCPv6 client and server control utility
dhcp6d Stateless DHCPv6 server
dhcp6leasectl control the dhcp6leased client
dhcp6leased Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCPv6) client daemon for IPv6 prefix delegation
dhcp6relay DHCPv6 relay agent
dhcp6s DHCPv6 server
dhcp_probe locate DCHP and BootP servers on a directly-attached network
dhcpcanon DHCP Client Anonymity profile
dhcpcanon-script DHCP client network configuration script
dhcpcd a DHCP client
dhcpcd-2.0.x DHCP client daemon
dhcpcd-2.2.x DHCP client daemon
dhcpcd-bin an RFC 2131 compliant DHCP client
dhcpcd-gtk a GTK+ frontend for network configuration
dhcpcd-online a utility to work out if dhcpcd(8) is in the connected state
dhcpcd-run-hooks DHCP client configuration script
dhcpcd3 a wrapper for the DHCP client daemon.
dhcpcd5 a DHCP client
dhcpd Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Server
dhcpd3 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Server
dhcpdump DHCP packet dumper
dhcping send a DHCP request to DHCP server to see if it's up and running
dhcpleasectl control the dhcpleased client
dhcpleased Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) client
dhcpoptinj DHCP option injector, a tool to manipulate DHCP packet options
dhcpy6d MAC address aware DHCPv6 server
dhcrelay Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Relay Agent
dhcrelay3 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Relay Agent
dhcrelay6 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6) relay agent
dhelp_parse Debian online help parser
dhid Dynamic Host Information System client.
dhis-genid Dynamic Host Information System client ID generation.
dhis-genkeys Dynamic Host Information System key generation.
dhis-genpass Dynamic Host Information System password generation.
dhis-register Dynamic Host Information System client registration.
dhis-register-p Dynamic Host Information System client registration.
dhis-register-q Dynamic Host Information System client registration.
dhisd Dynamic Host Information System server.

di

diagperm Enable access to network diagnostic tools for a user group
diald demand dialing daemon for IP links over phone lines
diald-deb diald information for Debian/GNU Linux
dialout Configure and control PPP links
dialtest HylaFAX dial string processing rules test program
dibbler-client a portable DHCPv6 client
dibbler-relay a portable DHCPv6 relay
dibbler-server a portable DHCPv6 server
dicod GNU dictionary server
dicodconfig write dicod database configuration section
dictd a dictionary database server
dictdconfig write dictd database configuration section
digest-service handles server side authentication of digest protocols in the GSS-API suite.
digest_arch Deprecated Mailman digest archiver
digest_file_auth File based digest authentication helper for Squid. Version 1.1
diod distributed I/O daemon
diodcat cat files by attaching directly to diod server
dioddate get server system time
diodload create artificial diod load
diodls list files by attaching directly to diod server
diodmount mount diod file systems
diodshowmount list diod server connections
dip handle dialup IP connections
diplogin handle dialup IP connections
diplogini handle dialup IP connections
direvent directory event monitor
dirmngr GnuPG's network access daemon
dirs_cleaner remove contents of directories
dirtop-bpfcc File reads and writes by directory. Top for directories.
dirvish Disk based virtual image network backup system
dirvish-expire delete expired dirvish images
dirvish-runall run a set of dirvish backup jobs.
disable stop/start printers and classes
discard Postfix discard mail delivery agent
discover hardware detection utility
discover-modprobe kernel module loading using discover(1)
discover-pkginstall intsall packages for available hardware using discover(1)
disk-manager Filesystem configuration management
disk-manager-root disk-manager su helper
diskarbitrationd disk arbitration daemon
diskdevstat tool for recording harddisk activity
diskhealth monitor disk health from a storage device via SMART
diskinfo get information about disk device
disklabel read and write BSD label
diskless booting a system over the network with PXE
diskless-createbasetgz create a base.tgz file for diskless initialization
diskless-newhost create a new diskless host
diskless-newimage create a new NFS-Root image
DiskUnmountWatcher watches for disk unmount and remove cached credentials
diskutil Administers quorum partitions in a cluster.
display-config No manpage for this program, utility or function.
distrib-info A distribution independant utility to retrieve package information.
divaload configure Eicon Diva active ISDN card
divalog Utility to read and translate messages from divalogd
divalogd utility to record messages from Diva cards
divertctrl set/query ISDN diversion services for (E)DSS1 protocol
divine guess the current networking setup
dizzy-render seed a directory with cached texture files

dk

dk-filter DomainKeys filter for sendmail
dkim-filter DKIM filter for sendmail
dkim-genkey DKIM filter key generation tool
dkim-stats output dkim-milter statistics
dkim-testkey DKIM filter installation test
dkim-testssp DKIM filter ADSP evaluation tool
dkimproxy.in SMTP proxy for verifying DKIM signatures
dkimproxy.out SMTP proxy for adding DKIM signatures to email
dkimpy-milter DKIM signing and verifying filter for MTAs
dkms Dynamic Kernel Module Support

dl

dl10k1 emu10k1(emu10k2) dump loader
dlm_controld dlm cluster control daemon
dlm_stonith a proxy for fencing via stonith/pacemaker
dlm_tool a utility for the dlm and dlm_controld daemon

dm

dma DragonFly Mail Agent
dma-migrate convert the DragonFly Mail Agent's queue files
dmarcts-report-parser DMARC Report Parser
dmascc_cfg Configure dmascc devices
dmassagevendor convert the ethernet vendor codes master list to arpwatch format
dmesg print or control the kernel ring buffer
dmevent_tool A utility used to load a DSO into dmeventd and (un)register devices with it for monitoring
dmeventd Device-mapper event daemon
dmidecode DMI table decoder
dmraid discover, configure and activate software (ATA)RAID
dmrg The main DMRG++ driver
dmsetup Low level logical volume management
dmstats Device-mapper statistics management
dmvdostats Display VDO statistics for device-mapper devices
dmzadm manage zoned block device format for use with the dm-zoned device mapper target

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