Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition

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Linux

Commands

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-q Use PID files to record the process IDs of running daemons.

This is the default. These files are needed to determine the

current number of users.

-r file

Read Kerberos configuration from file instead of /etc/krb5.

conf.

-s file

Read Kerberos V4 authentication information from file instead

of /etc/srvtab.

-t n

Set default inactivity timeout period to n seconds. (The default

is 15 minutes.)

-T n

Allow ftp clients to request a different timeout period of up to

n seconds. (The default is 2 hours.)

-u umask

Set the default umask to umask.

-U file

Read the list of users denied remote access from file instead of

/etc/ftpusers.

-w format

Specify the format for the remote hostname passed to login.

Use one of the following formats:

ip

Pass the IP address.

n[,[no]striplocal]

Pass hostnames less than n characters in length, and IP

addresses for longer hostsnames. Set n to 0 to use the

system default. The striplocal portion of the option deter-

mines whether or not to strip local domains from

hostnames. The default is to strip them.

fuser

fuser [options] [files | filesystems]

Identifies and outputs the process IDs of processes that are using

the files or local filesystems. Each process ID is followed by a letter

code: c if process is using file as the current directory; e if execut-

able; ...