POSIX threads NAME pthreads - POSIX threads DESCRIPTION POSIX.1 specifies a set of interfaces (functions, header files) for threaded programming commonly known as POSIX threads, or…systemd file system hierarchy requirements NAME file-hierarchy - systemd file system hierarchy requirements DESCRIPTION Operating systems using the systemd (1) system and service m…user environment NAME environ - user environment SYNOPSIS extern char ** environ ; DESCRIPTION The variable environ points to an array of pointers to strings called the "environmen…auditing API for the dynamic linker NAME rtld-audit - auditing API for the dynamic linker SYNOPSIS #define _GNU_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */ #include <link.h> DESCRIPTIO…introduction to boot time parameters of the Linux kernel NAME bootparam - introduction to boot time parameters of the Linux kernel DESCRIPTION The Linux kernel accepts certain 'com…overview of Linux user namespaces NAME user_namespaces - overview of Linux user namespaces DESCRIPTION For an overview of namespaces, see namespaces (7). User namespaces isolate se…overview of Linux capabilities NAME capabilities - overview of Linux capabilities DESCRIPTION For the purpose of performing permission checks, traditional UNIX implementations dist…overview of signals NAME signal - overview of signals DESCRIPTION Linux supports both POSIX reliable signals (hereinafter "standard signals") and POSIX real-time signals. Signal di…Writing and packaging system daemons NAME daemon - Writing and packaging system daemons DESCRIPTION A daemon is a service process that runs in the background and supervises the sys…overview of the virtual ELF dynamic shared object NAME vdso - overview of the virtual ELF dynamic shared object SYNOPSIS #include <sys/auxv.h> void *vdso = (uintptr_t) getauxval(AT…socket address families (domains) NAME address_families - socket address families (domains) SYNOPSIS #include <sys/types.h> /* See NOTES */ #include <sys/socket.h> int socket(int d…overview of standard C libraries on Linux NAME libc - overview of standard C libraries on Linux DESCRIPTION The term “libc” is commonly used as a shorthand for the “standard C libr…overview of standard C libraries on Linux NAME libc - overview of standard C libraries on Linux DESCRIPTION The term “libc” is commonly used as a shorthand for the “standard C libr…Linux IPv4 ICMP kernel module. NAME icmp - Linux IPv4 ICMP kernel module. DESCRIPTION This kernel protocol module implements the Internet Control Message Protocol defined in RFC 79…overview of POSIX message queues NAME mq_overview - overview of POSIX message queues DESCRIPTION POSIX message queues allow processes to exchange data in the form of messages. This…Linux ARP kernel module. NAME arp - Linux ARP kernel module. DESCRIPTION This kernel protocol module implements the Address Resolution Protocol defined in RFC 826. It is used to co…TCP protocol NAME tcp - TCP protocol SYNOPSIS #include <sys/socket.h> #include <netinet/in.h> #include <netinet/tcp.h> tcp_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0); DESCRIPTION Thi…communication between kernel and user space (AF_NETLINK) NAME netlink - communication between kernel and user space (AF_NETLINK) SYNOPSIS #include <asm/types.h> #include <sys/socke…Pluggable Authentication Modules for Linux NAME PAM, pam - Pluggable Authentication Modules for Linux DESCRIPTION This manual is intended to offer a quick introduction to Linux-PAM…Linux IPv4 protocol implementation NAME ip - Linux IPv4 protocol implementation SYNOPSIS #include <sys/socket.h> #include <netinet/in.h> #include <netinet/ip.h> /* superset of prev…