07 System Management

WxTerm’s system management feature collects system info from the target host remotely via an SSH session and displays it in a graphical interface, eliminating the need to manually type commands to view it.

7.1 Open System Management

• Menu “Tools → System Management” (requires the currently active tab to be an SSH session).
• Tab right-click → “System Management”.
• The “System Overview” panel in the SSH sidebar is a simplified system info display.

After opening, the system management dialog appears, containing multiple categorized tabs.

System management feature is not available in the Free version; available in Trial and above.

7.2 Tab Overview

The system management dialog contains the following tabs:

Tab	Content
System Info	OS, CPU, memory, disk, network overview
Processes	Running process list, sortable/killable
Services	systemd service list and status
Cron	Scheduled task list
Users	System user list
Packages	Installed package list
Ports	Listening ports and connections
Network	Network interfaces and routes
Logs	System log viewer
Firewall	Firewall rules (iptables / firewalld / ufw)

7.3 System Info

Displays the remote host’s core info as info cards.

Overview Cards

Category	Fields
OS	Distribution name, version, kernel version, hostname
CPU	Model, core count, clock speed, load
Memory	Total, used, available, usage
Disk	Mount points per partition, total, used, available, usage
Network	IP address per interface, MAC, send/receive rates

SSH Sidebar System Overview

The “System Overview” panel in the SSH sidebar is a compact version of the System Info tab, persistently showing CPU/memory/disk usage and network rates, convenient for real-time monitoring.

7.4 Process Management

Displays a list of all processes on the remote host.

Column Info

• Process name
• User
• CPU usage
• Memory usage

Operations

• Sort: click a column header to sort by that column.
• Kill process: select a process and click the “Kill” button to send a kill signal.
• Force kill: send kill -9 to force kill.
• Refresh: re-fetch the process list.

7.5 Service Management

Displays the systemd service list and status.

Column Info

• Service name
• Status (active / inactive / failed)
• Enabled state (enabled / disabled)

Operations

• Start: systemctl start <service>
• Stop: systemctl stop <service>
• Restart: systemctl restart <service>
• Enable: systemctl enable <service>
• Disable: systemctl disable <service>

7.6 Cron Scheduled Tasks

Displays the current user’s crontab scheduled task list.

Field	Description
Schedule	cron expression (minute hour day month weekday)
Command	The command to execute

For security reasons, the system management dialog displays cron tasks read-only by default; edit via terminal crontab -e.

7.7 User Management

Displays the system user list.

Field	Description
Username	Login name
UID	User ID
GID	Primary group ID
Home directory	User home directory
Shell	Default shell

7.8 Packages

Displays the installed package list (auto-detects the package manager: apt / yum / dnf / pacman / zypper).

Field	Description
Package name	Package name
Version	Installed version
Description	Package description

Supports search filtering.

7.9 Port Viewer

Displays network listening ports and active connections.

Field	Description
Protocol	tcp / tcp6 / udp / udp6
Local address	Listen address:port
Remote address	Peer address:port
State	LISTEN / ESTABLISHED / TIME_WAIT, etc.
Process	Process occupying that port

7.10 Network

Displays network interface and routing info.

Interfaces

Field	Description
Interface name	eth0 / wlan0, etc.
IP address	IPv4 / IPv6
MAC	Hardware address
State	UP / DOWN
Send/receive rate	Real-time byte send/receive rate

Routes

Displays the routing table (route -n or ip route).

7.11 Log Viewer

View system logs (journalctl / syslog / messages).

• Can select log level (emerg / alert / crit / err / warning / notice / info / debug).
• Can filter by keyword.
• Can select a time range.
• Supports auto-scroll to the latest.

7.12 Firewall

Displays firewall rules, auto-detecting the type:

Type	Detection condition	Displayed content
ufw	Ubuntu family	ufw status
firewalld	CentOS/RHEL/Fedora	firewall-cmd –list-all
iptables	Generic	iptables -L -n

The system management dialog displays firewall rules read-only by default; modify via terminal commands.