---
name: "sysadmin"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "asr-manpages"
version: "1.2-3"
release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sysadmin"
---

# sysadmin(1)

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

## 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 properly, 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.