sysadmin(1) [debian man page]

SYSADMIN(1)						      General Commands Manual						       SYSADMIN(1)

NAME

       sysadmin  - responsible for everything imaginable that may or may not have to do with the system you're using.  Contraction of "system" and
       "administrator"

SYNOPSIS

       sysadmin [-ab] [-cd] [-ef] etc......

DESCRIPTION

       sysadmin takes care of everything, is generally harangued, must be supplied with coffee, chocolate, and alcohol in order to function  prop-
       erly, cannot be exposed to direct sunlight, and must not be allowed to have a life.

       sysadmin is not intended as a user interface routine; other programs provide user-friendly front ends; sysadmin is used by everyone who can
       track him [her] down.

       With no flags, sysadmin reads its standard input up to an EOF, or a line which sysadmin wishes to parse, and then  proceeds  to	ignore	it
       entirely  and  read  news  all  day.  When invoked with the -w option, sysadmin reads standard input and responds according to terms of job
       description.

OPTIONS

       -bofh  Go into Bastard Operator From Hell mode.	This option causes sysadmin to use tools stored in the /usr/lib/bofh  directory  to  parse
	      the standard input and route user tasks appropriately.

       -cd    causes sysadmin to become caffeine-deprived, resulting in system slowdowns.

       -b     causes  the sysadmin to function normally while augmenting the standard input with beer(5).  Can be used with the -t option as well,
	      depending upon which version of sysadmin you are running.

       -t     causes the sysadmin to smoke tobacco, which can result in significant performance improvement, provided you are running the  correct
	      version of sysadmin.

       -Cfile Specify an alternate configuration file (sysadmin.cf is the standard).

       -dX    set debuggin value to X.

       -fFullname
	      Set the full name of the sysadmin.

       -Bf    Create the sysadmin.cf configuration freeze file.

       -lname Sets the name of the "luser" person (that is, originator of a given request). -l can only be used by "trusted" users (who are listed
	      in sysadmin.cf).

NOTES

       The -t option should not be used with a version of sysadmin which is not capable of parsing tobacco input.   Though  the  functionality	of
       this command may seem similar to the -b option, it should not be confused with that or the related -c option.

								 25 September 1995						       SYSADMIN(1)

CTLUSER(8)						      System Manager's Manual							CTLUSER(8)

NAME

       ctluser - control lusers

SYNOPSIS

       ctluser [ -h ] [ -m ] command [ argument...  ]

DESCRIPTION

       Ctluser sends a message to the control channel of a given luser(8) This command can only be run by the sysadmin(1)

       In  the	normal mode of behavior, the message is sent to the luser's brain, which then performs the requested action and sends back a reply
       with a text message and the exit code for ctluser.  If the luser's brain successfully performed the command, ctluser will exit with a  sta-
       tus of zero and print the reply on standard output.

       The  ``-m''  flag  is used to display an MPEG of the results of the given command on the console of the sysadmin(1) Note that this requires
       the sysadmin(1) to be running an X server.

       To see a command summary, use the ``-h'' flag.  If a command is included when ctluser is invoked with the ``-h'' flag, then only the  usage
       for that command will be given.

       The  complete  list  of commands follows.  Note that all commands have a fixed number of arguments.  If a parameter can be an empty string,
       then it is necessary to specify it as two adjacent quotes, like "".

       addhist <entry>
	      Add an entry to the luser's employment record.

       allow reason
	      Allow a luser to use the computer system again.  The reason must be the same text given with an earlier  ``reject''  command.   Note
	      that this command is currently not implemented.

       begin name
	      Begin a new luser(1) with the given file.  Note that this command is currently not implemented.

       cancel pid
	      Causes a process of a luser to be killed

       changegroup group
	      Changes a luser from their current workgroup to the one specified.

       checkfile
	      Forces a user to return to a paper based system

       drop   Causes a large mass to drop onto the luser from a great height.

       flushlogs
	      Destorys all logs of the actions done by the sysadmin(1) to the luser.

       go reason
	      The luser is fired for the given reason.

       hangup Makes the luser hang themselves

       mode   Displays the operating mode of the luser

       newgroup group
	      Causes a luser to make their own newgroup up

       pause thought
	      Makes the luser pause for the given thought.  Note that this may cause some lusers to crash

       shutdown reason
	      Makes the luser shutdown. This is essentially the same as killing them

       signal sig
	      Sends the given signal to the luser

       throttle reason
	      Causes the luser to throttle themselves

       trace item flag
	      Gives the sysadmin(1) information on what the luser is doing.

BUGS

       Ctluser sometimes has the effect of lusers complaining the to management. The use of bosskill(8) maybe required at this point.

HISTORY

       Written by Simon Burr <simes@tcp.co.uk>. Based upon the manual page for ctlinnd(8), part of the InterNetNews system.

SEE ALSO

       luser(1), sysadmin(1), bosskill(8)

								  19 October 1995							CTLUSER(8)