8 System administration

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sw

swanctl strongSwan configuration, control and monitoring command line interface.
swap-offset program to calculate the offset of a swap file in a partition
swapctl specify devices for paging and swapping
swapd dynamic swapping manager
swapdev query/set image root device, swap device, RAM disk size, or video mode
swapin-bpfcc Count swapins by process. Uses BCC/eBPF.
swapin.bt Count swapins by process. Uses bpftrace/eBPF.
swapin.bt.bt Count swapins by process. Uses bpftrace/eBPF.
swapinfo display system data structures
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
swapout No manpage for this program, utility or function.
swapspace dynamically manage swap space
swat Samba Web Administration Tool
swauth-add-account Please fill
swauth-add-user Please fill
swauth-cleanup-tokens Please fill
swauth-delete-account Please fill
swauth-delete-user Please fill
swauth-list Please fill
swauth-prep Please fill
swauth-set-account-service Please fill
swift Please fill
swift-account-audit Please fill
swift-account-auditor Please fill
swift-account-reaper Please fill
swift-account-replicator Please fill
swift-account-server Please fill
swift-account-stats-logger Please fill
swift-bench Please fill
swift-container-auditor Please fill
swift-container-replicator Please fill
swift-container-server Please fill
swift-container-updater Please fill
swift-drive-audit Please fill
swift-get-nodes Please fill
swift-init Please fill
swift-log-stats-collector Please fill
swift-log-uploader Please fill
swift-object-auditor Swift object auditor daemon
swift-object-info Please fill
swift-object-replicator Swift object replicator daemon
swift-object-server Swift object server
swift-object-updater Please fill
swift-proxy-server Please fill
swift-ring-builder Manipulate the swift ring storage devices.
switch_root switch to another filesystem as the root of the mount tree
switchconf Change system configuration to one of many predefined
swtpm TPM Emulator for TPM 1.2 and 2.0
swtpm-create-tpmca Tool to create a local CA for swtpm_localca
swtpm-localca Local CA to create EK and platform certs for swtpm
swtpm_bios BIOS simulation tool for swtpm
swtpm_cert Tool to create EK and platform certs for swtpm (1.2 & 2.0)
swtpm_cuse TPM Emulator for TPM 1.2 and 2.0
swtpm_ioctl Utility for sending control commands to swtpm
swtpm_localca Local CA to create EK and platform certs for swtpm
swtpm_setup Swtpm tool to simulate the manufacturing of a TPM 1.2 or 2.0

sx

sx.fcgi SX FastCGI Server
sxadm manage SX clusters and individual nodes
sxadm-cluster manage SX clusters
sxadm-node create a node and manage a local storage
sxdump backup and restore cluster data
sxreport-server collect configuration and logs from SX nodes
sxserver start and stop SX services
sxsetup configure and display information about an SX node

sy

symlinks symbolic link maintenance utility
sympa A Modern Mailing List Manager
sympa_automatic Automatic list creation daemon
sympa_msg Daemon to handle incoming messages
sympa_soap_server Sympa SOAP server
sympa_wizard help perform sympa initial setup
synaptic graphical management of software packages
sync synchronize data on disk with memory
sync-accounts synchronise accounts and passwords
sync-accounts-createuser helper/hook program for sync-accounts
sync-available sync dpkg's available database with apt's database
sync_client client side of the synchronization (replication) engine
sync_members Synchronize a Mailman mailing list's membership with a flat file.
sync_reset Account reset utility. DANGER.
sync_server server side of the synchronization (replication) engine
synce-serial-abort Force a SynCE serial connection to abort.
synce-serial-abort-device Force a SynCE serial connection to abort.
synce-serial-chat starts a serial connection
synce-serial-config Configure a serial device for use with SynCE.
synce-serial-start Start a serial connection for use with SynCE.
synce-serial-start-device Start a serial connection for use with SynCE.
syncnews synchronize IMAP news mailboxes with active file
syncoid a tool to facilitates the asynchronous incremental replication of ZFS filesystems.
syncsnoop-bpfcc Trace sync() syscall. Uses Linux eBPF/bcc.
syncsnoop.bt Trace the sync() variety of syscalls. Uses bpftrace/eBPF.
syncsnoop.bt.bt Trace the sync() variety of syscalls. Uses bpftrace/eBPF.
syntax-validate Directory Server perl script for validating attribute syntax.
syntax-validate.pl Directory Server perl script for validating attribute syntax.
sysconf read and modify system configuration files
sysconf-generic configure a file of no built-in format
sysconf-loader configure boot loader directives
sysconf-make configure make.conf directives
sysconf-poudriere configure poudriere.conf and poudriere.d overlay files
sysconf-rc pass configuration requests through to sysrc
sysconf-src configure the src-env.conf / make.conf / src.conf triad
sysconf-sysctl configure boot-time sysctl.conf directives
sysconf-targets sysconf multi-file sourcing and write policy
syscount-bpfcc Summarize syscall counts and latencies.
syscount-perf count system calls. Uses Linux perf_events.
syscount.bt Count system calls. Uses bpftrace/eBPF.
syscount.bt.bt Count system calls. Uses bpftrace/eBPF.
sysctl configure kernel parameters at runtime
sysdig
sysdump dump /sys to a textformat
sysklogd Linux system logging utilities.
syslog-facility Setup and remove LOCALx facility for sysklogd
syslog-nagios-bridge transfer SysLog events to Nagios
syslog-ng syslog-ng system logger application
syslog2eximlog make syslog output suitable for eximstats
syslogc collect messages from syslog memory buffer
syslogd log systems messages
syslogd-listfiles list system logfiles
syslogout modular centralized shell logout mechanism
syslogtocern convert thttpd syslog entries into CERN Common Log format
sysmerge update system configuration files
syspatch manage base system binary patches
sysprofile modular centralized shell configuration
sysrc safely edit system rc files
system-config-audit Graphical utility for editing audit configuration
system-config-selinux SELinux Management tool
systemd-activate Test socket activation of daemons
systemd-ask-password-console.path Query the user for system passwords on the console and via wall
systemd-ask-password-console.service Query the user for system passwords on the console and via wall
systemd-ask-password-wall.path Query the user for system passwords on the console and via wall
systemd-ask-password-wall.service Query the user for system passwords on the console and via wall
systemd-backlight Load and save the display backlight brightness at boot and shutdown
systemd-backlight@.service Load and save the display backlight brightness at boot and shutdown
systemd-battery-check Check battery level whether there's enough charge, and power off if not
systemd-battery-check.service Check battery level whether there's enough charge, and power off if not
systemd-binfmt Configure additional binary formats for executables at boot
systemd-binfmt.service Configure additional binary formats for executables at boot
systemd-bless-boot Mark current boot process as successful
systemd-bless-boot-generator Pull systemd-bless-boot.service into the initial boot transaction when boot counting is in effect
systemd-bless-boot.service Mark current boot process as successful
systemd-boot-check-no-failures verify that the system booted up cleanly
systemd-boot-check-no-failures.service verify that the system booted up cleanly
systemd-boot-clear-sysfail.service Clear LoaderEntrySysFail entry
systemd-boot-random-seed.service Refresh boot loader random seed at boot
systemd-boot-system-token.service Generate an initial boot loader system token and random seed
systemd-bsod Displays boot-time emergency log message in full screen
systemd-bsod.service Display boot-time emergency log message in full screen
systemd-clonesetup Set up and tear down dm-clone devices
systemd-clonesetup-generator Unit generator for /etc/clonetab
systemd-confext Activates System Extension Images
systemd-confext.service Activates System Extension Images
systemd-coredump Acquire, save and process core dumps
systemd-coredump.socket Acquire, save and process core dumps
systemd-coredump@.service Acquire, save and process core dumps
systemd-crontab-generator translate cron schedules in systemd Units
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 and masking specific units at boot
systemd-efi-boot-generator Generator for automatically mounting the EFI System Partition used by the current boot to /boot
systemd-environment-d-generator Load variables specified by environment.d
systemd-factory-reset Request or complete a factory reset operation, or query current factory reset mode
systemd-factory-reset-generator Pull factory-reset-now.target into the initial boot transaction when factory reset has been requested
systemd-fsck File system checker logic
systemd-fsck-root.service File system checker logic
systemd-fsck-usr.service File system checker logic
systemd-fsck@.service File system checker logic
systemd-fsckd File system check progress reporting
systemd-fsckd.service File system check progress reporting
systemd-fsckd.socket File system check progress reporting
systemd-fstab-generator Unit generator for /etc/fstab
systemd-getty-generator Generator for enabling getty instances on the console
systemd-gpt-auto-generator Generator for automatically discovering and mounting root, /home/, /srv/, /var/ and /var/tmp/ partitions, as well as discovering and enabling swap partitions, based on GPT partition type GUIDs
systemd-growfs Creating and growing file systems on demand
systemd-growfs-root.service Creating and growing file systems on demand
systemd-growfs@.service Creating and growing file systems on demand
systemd-halt.service System shutdown logic
systemd-hibernate-clear.service Resume from hibernation
systemd-hibernate-resume Resume from hibernation
systemd-hibernate-resume-generator Unit generator for resume= kernel parameter
systemd-hibernate-resume.service Resume from hibernation
systemd-hibernate-resume@.service Resume from hibernation
systemd-hibernate.service System sleep state logic
systemd-homed Home Area/User Account Manager
systemd-homed.service Home Area/User Account Manager
systemd-hostnamed Daemon to control system hostname from programs
systemd-hostnamed.service Daemon to control system hostname from programs
systemd-hwdb hardware database management tool
systemd-hybrid-sleep.service System sleep state logic
systemd-imds-generator Generator to automatically enable IMDS on supporting environments
systemd-imdsd@.service Cloud IMDS (Instance Metadata Service) client
systemd-import-generator Generator for automatically downloading disk images at boot
systemd-importd VM and container image import and export service
systemd-importd.service VM and container image import and export service
systemd-initctl /dev/initctl compatibility
systemd-initctl.service /dev/initctl compatibility
systemd-initctl.socket /dev/initctl compatibility
systemd-integritysetup Disk integrity protection logic
systemd-integritysetup-generator Unit generator for integrity protected block devices
systemd-integritysetup@.service Disk integrity protection logic
systemd-journal-gatewayd HTTP server for journal events
systemd-journal-gatewayd.service HTTP server for journal events
systemd-journal-gatewayd.socket HTTP server for journal events
systemd-journal-remote Receive journal messages over the network
systemd-journal-remote.service Receive journal messages over the network
systemd-journal-remote.socket Receive journal messages over the network
systemd-journal-upload Send journal messages over the network
systemd-journal-upload.service Send journal messages over the network
systemd-journald Journal service
systemd-journald-audit.socket Journal service
systemd-journald-dev-log.socket Journal service
systemd-journald-varlink@.socket Journal service
systemd-journald.service Journal service
systemd-journald.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-loop@.service Attach a loopback block device
systemd-machine-id-commit.service Commit a transient machine ID to disk
systemd-machine-tag@.service Add a machine tag to the host
systemd-machined Virtual machine and container registration manager
systemd-machined.service Virtual machine and container registration manager
systemd-makefs Creating and growing file systems on demand
systemd-makefs@.service Creating and growing file systems on demand
systemd-makeswap@.service Creating and growing file systems on demand
systemd-mkswap@.service Creating and growing file systems on demand
systemd-modules-load Load kernel modules at boot
systemd-modules-load.service Load kernel modules at boot
systemd-mountfsd Disk Image File System Mount Service
systemd-mountfsd.service Disk Image File System Mount Service
systemd-netlogd systemd-netlogd Documentation
systemd-network-generator Generate network configuration from the kernel command line
systemd-network-generator.service Generate network configuration from the kernel command line
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-wait-online@.service Wait for network to come online
systemd-networkd.service Network manager
systemd-nsresourced User Namespace Resource Delegation Service
systemd-nsresourced.service User Namespace Resource Delegation Service
systemd-oomd A userspace out-of-memory (OOM) killer
systemd-oomd.service A userspace out-of-memory (OOM) killer
systemd-pcrextend Measure boot phase into TPM2 PCR 11, machine ID and file system identity into PCR 15
systemd-pcrfs-root.service Measure boot phase into TPM2 PCR 11, machine ID and file system identity into PCR 15
systemd-pcrfs@.service Measure boot phase into TPM2 PCR 11, machine ID and file system identity into PCR 15
systemd-pcrlock Analyze and predict TPM2 PCR states and generate an access policy from the prediction
systemd-pcrlock-file-system.service Analyze and predict TPM2 PCR states and generate an access policy from the prediction
systemd-pcrlock-firmware-code.service Analyze and predict TPM2 PCR states and generate an access policy from the prediction
systemd-pcrlock-firmware-config.service Analyze and predict TPM2 PCR states and generate an access policy from the prediction
systemd-pcrlock-machine-id.service Analyze and predict TPM2 PCR states and generate an access policy from the prediction
systemd-pcrlock-make-policy.service Analyze and predict TPM2 PCR states and generate an access policy from the prediction
systemd-pcrlock-secureboot-authority.service Analyze and predict TPM2 PCR states and generate an access policy from the prediction
systemd-pcrlock-secureboot-policy.service Analyze and predict TPM2 PCR states and generate an access policy from the prediction
systemd-pcrmachine.service Measure boot phase into TPM2 PCR 11, machine ID and file system identity into PCR 15
systemd-pcrphase Measure boot phase into TPM2 PCR 11
systemd-pcrphase-initrd.service Measure boot phase into TPM2 PCR 11, machine ID and file system identity into PCR 15
systemd-pcrphase-sysinit.service Measure boot phase into TPM2 PCR 11, machine ID and file system identity into PCR 15
systemd-pcrphase.service Measure boot phases, machine ID, product UUID, user records and file system identity into TPM PCRs and NvPCRs
systemd-portabled Portable service manager
systemd-portabled.service Portable service manager
systemd-poweroff.service System shutdown logic
systemd-pstore A service to archive contents of pstore
systemd-pstore.service A service to archive contents of pstore
systemd-quotacheck File system quota checker logic
systemd-quotacheck.service File system quota checker logic
systemd-quotacheck@.service File system quota checker logic
systemd-random-seed Load and save the OS system random seed at boot and shutdown
systemd-random-seed.service Load and save the OS system random seed at boot and shutdown
systemd-rc-local-generator Compatibility generator and service to start /etc/rc.local during boot
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-repart Automatically grow and add partitions, and generate disk images (DDIs)
systemd-repart.service Automatically grow and add partitions, and generate disk images (DDIs)
systemd-report-files@.service Report the contents of files as system report metrics
systemd-report-sign-plain@.service Sign system reports with a local software key
systemd-report-sign-tpm2@.service Sign system reports with a set of signed TPM2 attestations
systemd-report-sign-tsm@.service Sign system reports with a confidential-computing attestation report
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 change
systemd-rfkill.service Load and save the RF kill switch state at boot and change
systemd-rfkill.socket Load and save the RF kill switch state at boot and change
systemd-rfkill@.service Load and save the RF kill switch state at boot and shutdown
systemd-run-generator Generator for invoking commands specified on the kernel command line as system service
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 (possibly remote) socket
systemd-soft-reboot.service Userspace reboot operation
systemd-ssh-generator Generator for binding a socket-activated SSH server to local AF_VSOCK and AF_UNIX sockets
systemd-storage-block@.service Storage provider exposing local block devices as storage volumes
systemd-storage-fs@.service Storage provider exposing regular files and directories as storage volumes
systemd-storagetm Exposes all local block devices as NVMe-TCP mass storage devices
systemd-storagetm.service Exposes all local block devices as NVMe-TCP mass storage devices
systemd-suspend-then-hibernate.service System sleep state logic
systemd-suspend.service System sleep state logic
systemd-sysctl Configure kernel parameters at boot
systemd-sysctl.service Configure kernel parameters at boot
systemd-sysext Activates System Extension Images
systemd-sysext.service Activates System Extension Images
systemd-sysinstall Simple OS installer
systemd-system-update-generator Generator for redirecting boot to offline update mode
systemd-sysupdate Automatically Update OS or Other Resources
systemd-sysupdate-reboot.service Automatically Update OS or Other Resources
systemd-sysupdate-reboot.timer Automatically Update OS or Other Resources
systemd-sysupdate.service Automatically Update OS or Other Resources
systemd-sysupdate.timer Automatically Update OS or Other Resources
systemd-sysupdated.service System Update Service
systemd-sysusers Allocate system users and groups
systemd-sysusers.service Allocate system users and groups
systemd-sysv-generator Unit generator for SysV init scripts
systemd-time-wait-sync Wait until kernel time is synchronized
systemd-time-wait-sync.service Wait until kernel time is synchronized
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 Create, delete, and clean up files and directories
systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service Create, delete, and clean up files and directories
systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer Create, delete, and clean up files and directories
systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev-early.service Create, delete, and clean up files and directories
systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service Create, delete, and clean up files and directories
systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service Create, delete, and clean up files and directories
systemd-tpm2-clear.service Request that the TPM security chip is cleared on next boot
systemd-tpm2-generator Generator for inserting TPM2 synchronization point in the boot process
systemd-tpm2-setup Set up the TPM2 Storage Root Key (SRK) at boot
systemd-tpm2-setup-early.service Set up the TPM2 Storage Root Key (SRK) at boot
systemd-tpm2-setup.service Set up the TPM2 Storage Root Key (SRK), Endorsement Key (EK), and initialize NvPCRs at boot
systemd-tpm2-swtpm.service Provide a fallback software TPM
systemd-udev-settle.service Wait for all pending udev events to be handled
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-done Mark /etc/ and /var/ fully updated
systemd-update-done.service Mark /etc/ and /var/ as fully updated
systemd-update-utmp Write audit and utmp updates at bootup, runlevel changes and shutdown
systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service Write audit and utmp updates at bootup, runlevel changes and shutdown
systemd-update-utmp.service Write audit and utmp updates at bootup and shutdown
systemd-user-sessions Permit user logins after boot, prohibit user logins at shutdown
systemd-user-sessions.service Permit user logins after boot, prohibit user logins at shutdown
systemd-userdbd JSON User/Group Record Query Multiplexer/NSS Compatibility
systemd-userdbd.service JSON User/Group Record Query Multiplexer/NSS Compatibility
systemd-validatefs@.service Validate File System Mount Constraint Data
systemd-vconsole-setup.service Configure the virtual consoles
systemd-veritysetup Disk verity protection logic
systemd-veritysetup-generator Unit generator for verity protected block devices
systemd-veritysetup@.service Disk verity protection logic
systemd-volatile-root Make the root file system volatile
systemd-volatile-root.service Make the root file system volatile
systemd-xdg-autostart-generator User unit generator for XDG autostart files
systemkeychain creates system keychains and allows keychains to unlock keychains
systemtap-service SystemTap initscript and systemd service
systeroid configure kernel parameters at runtime
systeroid-tui manage kernel parameters with a terminal user interface
systime KYLIN SDK System Time Monitoring Service
systraq monitors your system and warns you when files change
systune Kernel tuning through the /proc filesystem.
systunedump Dumps /proc files for kernel tuning.
sysupgrade upgrade system to the next release or a new snapshot
sysv-rc-conf Run-level configuration for SysV like init script links
sysvconfig configure Sys V style init script links

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