Part VI Section 5: Miscellaneous Topics

Table of Contents

Introduction

intro(5) - introduction to miscellany

A

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

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

acl(5) - introduction to HFS access control lists (ACLs)

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

aio(5) - POSIX asynchronous I/O facility

aio_iosize_max(5) - maximum size of any asynchronous I/O in an lio_listio(), aio_read(), or aio_write() call

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) - maximum number of POSIX async I/O operations that can be queued at any time

aio_monitor_run_sec(5) - frequency of AIO thread pool monitor execution (in seconds)

aio_physmem_pct(5) - percentage of physical memory lockable for request call-back POSIX asynchronous I/O operations

aio_prio_delta_max(5) - greatest delta (slowdown factor) allowed in POSIX async IO request priorities

aio_proc_max(5) - maximum number of async I/O operations that can be queued by any process that uses aio_reap()

aio_proc_thread_pct(5) - percentage of all process threads allowed in AIO pool

aio_proc_threads(5) - maximum number of process threads allowed in AIO pool

aio_req_per_thread(5) - desirable ratio between number of pending AIO requests and servicing threads

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 HP-UX applications on Itanium-based systems running HP-UX

ascii(5) - map of ASCII character set

Audio(5) - audio tools available through HP VUE (OBSOLETED)

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

audit_memory_usage(5) - percentage of physical memory that can be used by audit subsystem

audit_track_paths(5) - enable/disable tracking of current and root directories for auditing subsystem

B

bufcache_max_pct(5) - OBSOLETED kernel tunable parameter — see dbc_max_pct(5)

bufpages(5) - OBSOLETED kernel tunable parameter — see dbc_max_pct(5)

C

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

compartments(5) - description of HP-UX compartments

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 optimization functions

curses.h(5) - definitions for screen handling and optimization functions — see curses(5)

D

dbc_max_pct(5) - OBSOLETED kernel tunable parameter

dbc_min_pct(5) - OBSOLETED kernel tunable parameter — see dbc_max_pct(5)

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

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

diskaudit_flush_interval(5) - determine time interval (in secs) for flushing audit records

dld.sl(5) - dynamic loader

dld.so(5) - dynamic loader

dlpi_max_clones(5) - maximum number of cloned DLPI streams allowed on the system

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

dnlc_hash_locks(5) - number of locks for the Directory Name Lookup Cache (DNLC)

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

dump_compress_on(5) - selects whether the system dumps memory pages compressed or uncompressed when a kernel panic occur

dump_concurrent_on(5) - enable or disable option for system to dump memory using multiple dump units when a kernel panic occurs on Integrity systems

E

enable_idds(5) - enable intrusion detection data source

environ(5) - user environment

eqmem_limit(5) - determines the maximum amount (in MB) of equivalently mapped memory which can be allocated after boot

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

EVM(5) - event management

EvmCallback(5) - event management (EVM) callback function

EvmConnection(5) - connection to the EVM (Event Management) daemon

EvmEvent(5) - structure of an EVM event

EvmFilter(5) - EVM (Event Management) event filter

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

expanded_node_host_names(5) - enable maximum length expansion of the system node and host names

F

fadvise(5) - structures needed when using the fadvise() function

fadvise.h(5) - structures needed when using the fadvise() function — see fadvise(5)

fcache_fb_policy(5) - policy for flush behind requests from VxFS file system

fcache_seqlimit_file(5) - percent of file cache that can be consumed by sequential accesses, per-file limit

fcache_seqlimit_system(5) - percentage of file cache that can be consumed by sequential accesses, per system-wide limit

fcntl(5) - file control options

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

filecache_max(5) - maximum or minimum amount of physical memory used for caching file I/O data

filecache_min(5) - maximum or minimum amount of physical memory used for caching file I/O data — see filecache_max(5)

fs_async(5) - enables write calls to return before write operation is complete

fs_symlinks(5) - maximum number of symbolic links used to resolve a path name

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

G

gssapi(5) - Generic Security Service Application Programming Interface

gvid_no_claim_dev(5) - PCI Vendor/Device ID that the gvid graphics driver will not claim

H

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

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

hires_timeout_enable(5) - enable high resolution timers support

hostname(5) - host name resolution description

hosts_access(5) - format of host access control files

hosts_options(5) - host access control language extensions

I

intr_strobe_ics_pct(5) - limit for the percent of time a processor is allowed to spend in interrupt context

inttypes(5) - fixed-size integer data types

ioctl(5) - generic device control commands

ipmi_watchdog_action(5) - sets action taken if IPMI watchdog timer expires

K

kconfig(5) - introduction to kernel configuration commands

Kerberos(5) - introduction to the Kerberos system

krs(5) - kernel registry services, KRS

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

lcpu_attr(5) - dynamically enable or disable LCPU attribute of the default processor set

ldapux(5) - overview of LDAP-UX

libcrash(5) - crash dump access library

libcres(5) - subset of functions from libc

limits(5) - implementation-specific constants

livedump(5) - a feature that saves operating system state to the file system for debugging purposes.

M

man(5) - macros for formatting manpages

manuals(5) - accessing and ordering 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

maxdsiz_64bit(5) - maximum size (in bytes) of the data segment for any user process — see maxdsiz(5)

maxfiles(5) - initial (soft) maximum number of file descriptors per process

maxfiles_lim(5) - hard maximum number of file descriptors per process

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

maxrsessiz_64bit(5) - maximum size (in bytes) of the RSE stack for any user process on the Itanium-based platform — see maxrsessiz(5)

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

maxssiz_64bit(5) - maximum size (in bytes) of the stack for any user process — see maxssiz(5)

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

maxtsiz_64bit(5) - maximum size (in bytes) of the text segment for any user process — see maxtsiz(5)

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

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

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

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

mknod.h(5) - header file of macros for handling device numbers — see mknod(5)

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

mman(5) - memory mapping definitions

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

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

msgmbs(5) - maximum number of megabytes for all System V IPC message queues

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 (OBSOLETE)

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

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

N

nbuf(5) - OBSOLETED kernel tunable parameter — see dbc_max_pct(5)

ncdnode(5) - maximum number of open CDFS files (system-wide)

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

ncsize(5) - number of Directory Name Lookup Cache (DNLC) entries

nfile(5) - maximum number of open files (system-wide)

nflocks(5) - maximum number of file locks

nfs_portmon(5) - enable/disable the NFS server's source port verification check

nfs2_max_threads(5) - control the number of kernel threads that perform asynchronous I/O for the NFS version 2 client

nfs2_nra(5) - control the number of read-ahead operations queued by the NFS version 2 client when sequentially accessing a file

nfs3_bsize(5) - control the logic block size used by NFS version 3 clients

nfs3_do_readdirplus(5) - turn on or off NFS version 3 readdirplus functionality on the NFS server

nfs3_jukebox_delay(5) - control the length of time the NFS version 3 client waits before re-transmitting a request after receiving a NFS3ERR_JUKEBOX error

nfs3_max_threads(5) - control the number of kernel threads that perform asynchronous I/O for the NFS version 3 client

nfs3_max_transfer_size(5) - control the data portion size of a NFS version 3 read, write, readdir, or readdirplus request

nfs3_max_transfer_size_cots(5) - control the data portion size of a NFS version 3 read, write, readdir, or readdirplus request over TCP

nfs3_nra(5) - control the number of read-ahead operations queued by the NFS version 3 client when sequentially accessing a file

nfs4_bsize(5) - control the logic block size used by NFS version 4 clients

nfs4_max_threads(5) - control the number of kernel threads that perform asynchronous I/O for the NFS version 4 client

nfs4_max_transfer_size(5) - control the size of the data portion of a NFS version 4 read, write, readdir, or readdirplus request

nfs4_max_transfer_size_cots(5) - control the data portion size of a NFS version 4 read, write, readdir, or readdirplus request over TCP

nfs4_nra(5) - control the number of read-ahead operations queued by the NFS version 4 client when sequentially accessing a file

nfssec(5) - overview of NFS security modes

ninode(5) - maximum number of HFS file system open inodes that can be in memory

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

nodehostnamesize(5) - size of node name and host name

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

npty(5) - maximum number of BSD pseudo terminals (ptys)

NSTREVENT(5) - maximum number of outstanding STREAMS bufcalls

nstrpty(5) - maximum number of STREAMS-based pseudo terminals (pts)

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

nsysmap64(5) - number of entries in a kernel dynamic memory allocation map — see nsysmap(5)

numa_policy(5) - physical memory allocation policy on cell-based HP-UX servers

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 an Integrity system

pa_maxssiz_32bit(5) - maximum size (in bytes) of the stack for a user process running under the PA-RISC emulator on an Integrity system — see pa_maxssiz(5)

pa_maxssiz_64bit(5) - maximum size (in bytes) of the stack for a user process running under the PA-RISC emulator on an Integrity system — see pa_maxssiz(5)

pagezero_daemon_enabled(5) - zeroing of free memory in the background is enabled

pam_authz(5) - PAM module that provides user authorization

pam_hpsec(5) - extended authentication, account, password, and session service module for HP-UX

pam_ldap(5) - authentication, account, session, and password management PAM modules for LDAP

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

pam_updbe(5) - User policy definition service module

partition(5) - display information about the Partition Command Line Interface

pci_eh_enable(5) - enables/disables PCI Error Recovery

pci_error_tolerance_time(5) - time interval, in minutes, between two PCI errors at a I/O slot that will result in automatic PCI Error Recovery

pfdat_hash_locks(5) - OBSOLETE kernel tunable parameter

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

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

privgrp(5) - HP-UX group privileges

privileges(5) - description of HP-UX privileges

process_id_max(5) - limit the maximum value for process IDs (PIDs)

process_id_min(5) - specify a minimum value for process IDs (PIDs)

pthread_scope_options(5) - list of external options to specify the scheduling contention scope of threads

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

Q

quota(5) - disk quotas

R

RBAC(5) - role-based access control — see rbac(5)

rbac(5) - role-based access control

rcsintro(5) - description of RCS commands

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

region_hash_locks(5) - OBSOLETE kernel tunable parameter

remote_nfs_swap(5) - enable swapping across NFS

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

S

sched_thread_affinity(5) - adjust scheduler thread affinity

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 (OBSOLETE)

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

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 - OBSOLETED kernel tunable parameter

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

signal.h(5) - description of signals — see signal(5)

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

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

standards(5) - UNIX standards behavior on HP-UX

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

stat.h(5) - data returned by the stat() function — see stat(5)

stdarg(5) - macros for handling variable argument lists

stdint(5) - integer types

stdsyms(5) - description of named defines and other specifications for namespace 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) - OBSOLETE kernel tunable parameter

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

sys_attrs_kevm(5) - KEVM (Kernel Event Manager) subsystem attributes

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 that are: Not Thread-Safe, Cancellation Points, Cancel Safe, Async Signal Safe, or 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

uname_eoverflow(5) - causes uname() system function to return [EOVERFLOW] if values do not fit in fields

unctrl(5) - definitions for unctrl

unistd(5) - standard structures and symbolic constants

unistd.h(5) - standard structures and symbolic constants — see unistd(5)

unlockable_mem(5) - OBSOLETE kernel tunable parameter

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

unwind.h(5) - overview of stack unwind library entry points and convenience macros — see unwind(5)

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

X

xferlog(5) - FTP server logfile