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Command Reference
newpass
Syntax:
newpass
[
user=
username]
Use the
newpass
command to create or change your current password. If you are at the root
level, be very careful not to forget your root password.
If you supply the optional
name=
username, another user’s password can be changed. Root-level
privileges are required to change another user’s password.
ping
Syntax:
ping hostipaddress|hostname
[options . . . ]
The
ping
command is used to request ICMP echo responses from the specified host or network
gateway. If the host responds, ping will print (hostname) is alive; if no answer, it will print no
answer from (hostname). The options are:
fill=
any_character
Fills the packet with the designated character.
npkts=
num_packets
The number of packets to send. Allowable values are 1 to 30,000
(default=1). As a special case, enter -1; this will cause ping to send
one datagram per second and print one line of output for every
response received. In this case, ping will report round trip time and
packet loss statistics.
intv=
interval
Specifies the time in milliseconds between ping requests. Default=1
second (1000 ms).
pksize=
num_bytes
Used to specify the number of bytes in the packet; the allowable value
range is from 18 (the default value) to 1472.
