sysadmin(1) - responsible for everything imaginable that may or may not have to do with the system you're using

SYSADMIN(1)               User Commands               SYSADMIN(1)

NAME
     sysadmin - responsible for everything imaginable that may or
     may  not  have to do with the system you're using.  Contrac-
     tion 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 properly, cannot be exposed to direct sun-
     light, 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 augment-
          ing  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,  origina-
          tor  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.

Date posted: 25th September 1995