gennames Command
Purpose
Gathers all the information necessary to run the filemon and netpmon commands in off-line mode.
Syntax
gennames[-f ]
Description
The gennames command gathers name to address mapping information necessary for the filemon and netpmon commands to work in off-line mode. The information gathered includes:
- the list of all the loaded kernel extension, similar to what the genkex command reports,
- the list of all the loaded shared libraries, similar to what the genkld command reports
- the list of all the loaded processes, similar to what the genld command reports
- for /unix and all kernel extensions and libraries, the output of the stripnm -z command is collected
Flags
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| -f | Collects the device information for physical and logical volumes. It also prints out the virtual file system information used by offline filemon. |
Security
Attention RBAC users: This command can
perform privileged operations. Only privileged users can run privileged operations. For more
information about authorizations and privileges, see Privileged Command Database in Security. For a list of privileges and the
authorizations that are associated with this command, see the lssecattr
command or the getcmdattr subcommand.
Examples
To collect information needed for the filemon command in off-line mode, type:
gennames -f > gen.out