Part VI Section 5: Miscellaneous

Table of Contents

Intro

intro(5) - introduction to miscellany

a

acctsuspend(5) - suspend and resume accounting when available disk space reaches threshold

acl(5) - introduction to HFS access control lists

aclv(5) - introduction to JFS access control lists (ACLs)

aio(5) - POSIX asynchronous I/O facility

aio_listio_max(5) - the maximum number of POSIX asynchronous I/O operations that can be specified in a listio() call

aio_max_ops(5) - the system-wide maximum number of POSIX asynchronous I/O operations that can be queued simultaneously at any given time

aio_physmem_pct(5) - the maximum percentage of the total physical memory in the system that can be locked for use in POSIX asynchronous I/O operations

aio_prio_delta_max(5) - the maximum slow-down factor (priority offset) for POSIX asynchronous I/O operations

aliases(5) - aliases file for sendmail

allocate_fs_swapmap(5) - determines when swapmap structures are allocated for filesystem swap

alwaysdump(5) - defines which classes of kernel memory pages are dumped when a kernel panic occurs

Aries(5) - emulate PA-RISC applications on Itanium Processor Family (IPF)

ascii(5) - map of ASCII character set

Audio(5) - audio tools available through HP VUE

audit(5) - introduction to HP-UX Auditing System

b

bufpages(5) - the number of 4096-byte memory pages in the file-system buffer cache

c

chanq_hash_locks(5) - size of hashed pool of spinlocks protecting the channel queue hash tables

complex(5) - complex functions and macros

core_addshmem_read(5) - determines the inclusion of readable shared memory in a process core dump

core_addshmem_write(5) - determines the inclusion of read/write shared memory in process core dump

create_fastlinks(5) - configure the system to use fast symbolic links

curses(5) - definitions for screen handling and optimisation functions

d

dbc_max_pct(5) - the maximum percentage of memory to be used by dynamic buffer cache

dbc_min_pct(5) - the minimum percentage of memory to be used by the dynamic buffer cache

default_disk_ir(5) - enable/disable the use of a device's write cache in the SCSI subsystem

dirent(5) - format of directory streams and directory entries

dld.so(5) - dynamic loader

dma32_pool_size(5) - the amount of memory to reserve for the 32-bit DMA pool

dontdump(5) - defines which classes of kernel memory pages are not dumped when a kernel panic occurs

e

enable_idds(5) - enable intrusion detection data source

environ(5) - user environment

eqmemsize(5) - determines the minimum size (in pages) of the equivalently mapped reserve pool

executable_stack(5) - controls whether program stacks are executable by default

f

fcntl(5) - file control options

fenv(5) - floating-point environment macros and functions

fs_async(5) - synchronous or asynchronous writes of file-system data structures to disk

fs_wrapper(5) - configuration and binary files used by file system administration commands

g

gssapi(5) - Generic Security Service Application Programming Interface

h

hdlpreg_hash_locks(5) - determines the size of the pregion spinlock pool

hfs_max_ra_blocks(5) - maximum number of read-ahead blocks that kernel may have outstanding for a single HFS file system

hfs_max_revra_blocks(5) - maximum number of reverse read-ahead blocks that kernel may have outstanding for a single HFS file system

hfs_ra_per_disk(5) - amount of HFS file system read-ahead per disk drive, in KB

hfs_revra_per_disk(5) - maximum HFS file system blocks to be read in one read-ahead operation when sequentially reading backwards

hier(5) - file system hierarchy

hostname(5) - host name resolution description

i

initmodmax(5) - number of Dynamically Loadable Kernel Modules (DLKM) that can be loaded simultaneously

inttypes(5) - basic integer data types

ioctl(5) - generic device control commands

k

kerberos(5) - introduction to the Kerberos system

krs(5) - kernel registry services

ksi_alloc_max(5) - system-wide limit of queued signals that can be allocated

ksi_send_max(5) - limit on number of queued signals per process

l

lang(5) - description of supported languages

langinfo(5) - language information constants

libcrash(5) - crash dump access library

libcres.a(5) - a subset of functions from libc.a

limits(5) - implementation-specific constants

m

man(5) - macros for formatting manpages

manuals(5) - list of HP-UX documentation

math(5) - math functions, constants, and types

max_acct_file_size(5) - defines the maximum accounting file size

max_async_ports(5) - maximum number of asynchronous disk ports that can be open at any time

max_mem_window(5) - maximum number of group-private 32-bit shared memory configurable by users

max_thread_proc(5) - defines the maximum number of concurrent threads allowed per process.

maxdsiz(5) - maximum size (in bytes) of the data segment for any user process

maxfiles(5) - sets the soft limit for the number of files a process is allowed to have open simultaneously

maxfiles_lim(5) - hard limit for the number of files that a process is allowed to have open simultaneously

maxrsessiz(5) - maximum size (in bytes) of the RSE stack for any user process on the IPF platform

maxssiz(5) - maximum size (in bytes) of the stack for any user process

maxtsiz(5) - maximum size (in bytes) of the text segment for any user process

maxuprc(5) - limits the maximum number of concurrent user processes per user

maxusers(5) - expected number of simultaneous users on the system

maxvgs(5) - maximum number of LVM Volume Groups that can be created/activated on the system

mesg(5) - enable or disable System V IPC messages at boot time

mknod(5) - header file of macros for handling device numbers

mm(5) - the MM macro package for formatting documents

mman(5) - memory mapping definitions

modstrmax(5) - allocates the size of the kernel dumpstrtab string table

msgmap(5) - number of entries in the System V IPC message space resource map

msgmax(5) - maximum System V IPC message size in bytes

msgmnb(5) - maximum number of bytes on a single System V IPC message queue

msgmni(5) - maximum number of system-wide System V IPC message queues (IDs) allowed

msgseg(5) - number of System V IPC message segments in the system

msgssz(5) - number of bytes in a System V IPC message segment

msgtql(5) - maximum number of System V IPC messages in the system at any time

n

nbuf(5) - sets the system-wide number of file-system buffer and cache buffer headers

ncdnode(5) - maximum number of open CD-ROM file system nodes that can be in memory

nclist(5) - number of cblocks for pty and tty data transfers

ndir(5) - format of HP-UX directory streams

nfile(5) - set maximum number of files that can be open simultaneously on the system at any given time

nflocks(5) - the maximum combined total number of file locks that are available system-wide to all processes at any given time

ninode(5) - the maximum number of open inodes that can be in memory

nkthread(5) - limits the number of threads allowed to run simultaneously

nproc(5) - limits the number of processes allowed to exist simultaneously

npty(5) - maximum number of pseudo-teletypes (ptys)

NSTREVENT(5) - maximum number of outstanding STREAMS bufcalls

nstrpty(5) - maximum number of streams-based pseudo-teletypes (ptys)

NSTRPUSH(5) - maximum number of STREAMS modules in a single stream

NSTRSCHED(5) - number of STREAMS scheduler daemons to run

nstrtel(5) - specifies the number of telnet device files the kernel can support for incoming telnet sessions

nswapdev(5) - maximum number of devices that can be enabled for swap

nswapfs(5) - maximum number of file systems that can be enabled for swap

nsysmap(5) - number of entries in a kernel dynamic memory allocation map

o

orientation(5) - the orientation of a stream

p

pa_maxssiz(5) - maximum size (in bytes) of the stack for a user process running under the PA-RISC emulator on IPF

pam_unix(5) - authentication, account, session, and password management PAM modules for UNIX

pam_updbe(5) - User policy definition service module

pfdat_hash_locks(5) - determines the size of the pfdat spinlock pool

pfs_exports(5) - directories to export to PFS clients

pfs_fstab(5) - static file system mounting table, mounted file systems table

physical_io_buffers(5) - total buffers for physical I/O operations

portal(5) - a "window to the future" for applications

pthread_stubs(5) - list of pthread calls for which the stubs are provided in the C library

q

quota(5) - disk quotas

r

rcsintro(5) - description of RCS commands

regexp(5) - regular expression and pattern matching notation definitions

region_hash_locks(5) - determines the size of the region spinlock pool

remote_nfs_swap(5) - enable swapping across NFS

rtsched_numpri(5) - number of priority values to support for POSIX.1b realtime applications

s

scroll_lines(5) - number of scrollable lines used by the Internal Terminal Emulator

scsi_max_qdepth(5) - maximum number of I/Os that target will queue up for execution

scsi_maxphys(5) - maximum allowed length of an I/O on all SCSI devices

sd(5) - Software Distributor, commands to create, distribute, install, monitor, and manage software

secure_sid_scripts(5) - controls whether setuid and setgid bits on scripts are honored

sema(5) - enable or disable System V IPC semaphores at boot time

semaem(5) - adjust-on-exit maximum value

semmni(5) - number of System V IPC system-wide semaphore identifiers

semmns(5) - number of System V IPC system-wide semaphores

semmnu(5) - maximum number of System V IPC undo structures for processes

semmsl(5) - maximum number of System V IPC semaphores per identifier

semume(5) - maximum number of System V IPC undo entries per process

semvmx(5) - maximum value of any single System V IPC semaphore

sendfile_max(5) - maximum number of Buffer Cache Pages used by sendfile

shmem(5) - enable or disable System V shared memory

shmmax(5) - maximum size (in bytes) for a System V shared memory segment

shmmni(5) - number of System V shared memory segment identifiers in the system

shmseg(5) - maximum number of System V shared memory segments per process

signal(5) - description of signals

sis(5) - secure internet services with Kerberos authentication and authorization

st_ats_enabled(5) - determines whether to reserve a tape device on open

st_fail_overruns(5) - determines whether variable block mode read requests smaller than the physical record size will fail

st_large_recs(5) - determines maximum logical record size allowed through the stape driver

stat(5) - data returned by the stat() function

stdarg(5) - macros for handling variable argument lists

stdsyms(5) - description of "named defines" and other specifications for name space from HP-UX header files.

STRCTLSZ(5) - maximum size of streams message control (bytes)

streampipes(5) - force all pipes to be STREAMS-based

STRMSGSZ(5) - maximum size of streams message data (bytes)

suffix(5) - file-name suffix conventions

swapmem_on(5) - allow physical memory size to exceed the available swap space

swchunk(5) - swap chunk size in 1 KB blocks

sysv_hash_locks(5) - System V IPC hashed spinlock pool size

t

tcphashsz(5) - determines the size of the networking hash tables

term(5) - terminal capabilities

thread_safety(5) - list of libc, libpthread and libgen interfaces which are: Not thread-safe, Cancellation Points, Cancel Safe, Async Signal Safe, and Async Cancel Safe

timeslice(5) - scheduling interval in clock ticks per second

timezone(5) - difference between Universal (Greenwich mean) time and Local time

types(5) - primitive system data types

u

unctrl(5) - definitions for unctrl

unistd(5) - standard structures and symbolic constants

unlockable_mem(5) - amount of physical memory that may not be locked by user processes

unwind(5) - overview of stack unwind library entry points and convenience macros

v

values(5) - machine-dependent values

varargs(5) - handle variable argument list

vps_ceiling(5) - maximum (in kilobytes) of system-selectable page size

vps_chatr_ceiling(5) - maximum (in kilobytes) of user selectable page size

vps_pagesize(5) - minimum (in kilobytes) of system-selected page size

vx_ncsize(5) - the number of bytes to be reserved for the directory path-name cache used by the VxFS file system

vxfs_max_ra_kbytes(5) - maximum amount of read-ahead data, in KB, that kernel may have outstanding for a single VxFS file system

vxfs_ra_per_disk(5) - amount of VxFS file system read-ahead per disk, in KB

x

xferlog(5) - FTP server logfile