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9. n Commands

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pack_cis - compile PCMCIA Card Information Structures
pam
pam_console - control permissions for users at the system console
pam_console_apply - set or revoke permissions for users at the system console
pam_krb5 - Kerberos 5 authentication
pam_krb5afs - Kerberos 5 authentication with AFS support
pam_localuser - require users to be listed in /etc/passwd
pam_stack - recurse into other PAM stacks
pam_timestamp - authenticate using cached successful authentication attempts
pam_timestamp_check - check or clear authentication timestamps
pam_xauth - forward xauth keys between users
parted
partprobe - inform the OS of partition table changes
pcbitctl - PCBIT-D firmware loader
pcinitrd - create a PCMCIA initrd ram disk image
pidof - - find the process ID of a running program.
ping
pivot_root - change the root file system
plipconfig - fine tune PLIP device parameters
pmap_dump - print a list of all registered RPC programs
pmap_set - set the list of registered RPC programs
portmap
poweroff
ppp-watch - watch - daemon to make PPP interfaces act more like other interfaces
pppd - Point to Point Protocol daemon
pppdump - convert PPP record file to readable format
pppoe-relay - relay - user-space PPPoE relay agent.
pppoe-server - server - user-space PPPoE server
pppoe-sniff - sniff - examine network for non-standard PPPoE frames
pppoe - user-space PPPoE client.
pppstats - print PPP statistics
praliases
pvchange - change attributes of a physical volume
pvcreate - initialize a disk or partition for use by LVM
pvdata - shows debugging information about a physical volume
pvdisplay - display attributes of a physical volume
pvmove - move physical extents
pvscan - scan all disks for physical volumes
pwck - verify integrity of password files
pwconv
pwunconv
quotacheck - scan a filesystem for disk usage, create, check and repair quota files
quotaon

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