NAME
afmserver - the multi-stream server of the afbackup package
SYNOPSIS
afmserver [ <options> ] [ <configuration-file> ]
DESCRIPTION
The multi-stream server able to serve several clients in parallel.
This program works as a protocol multiplexing frontend for the normal
server, that in turn is started as backend in slave mode. For the
client side this server looks exactly like the normal single stream
server, so for them there is nothing special contac- ting the multi
stream server. The clients must pass a unique identifier to the multi
stream server. Otherwise it cannot distinguish the clients, especially
when dispatching the data on tape to the clients. By default this
identifier is the official hostname of the client, that is determined
from the connection. A client may pass a different identifier after
having connected and authenticated successfully. The options are
identical to those of the server program except for option -S, that is
not applicable here, cause the multi-stream server doesn’t know a slave
mode. The other options are also passed to the server backend (see:
afserver(8)), except for the following, that are understood only by
mserver:
-d Daemonize. Go into the background and run forever. This is the
way, the multi stream server can be started without using the
inetd. -p should be supplied when using this option
-p <port>
The TCP port number or service name, the server should bind to.
If started via inetd, the inetd binds to the port and starts the
mserver connected to the port. When started as daemon, the
mserver must be told the port to bind to. If not given, the
service entry afmbackup is used or, if not found, the default
port 2989
FILES
/usr/server/lib/server.conf
Server configuration file
/var/log/afbackup
The directory for logging the server actions
/var/lib/afbackup
Some internal state information of the server.
SEE ALSO
afserver(8), afclientconfig(8), xafclientconfig(8), full_backup(8),
incr_backup(8), afverify(8), afrestore(8), xafrestore(8),
update_indexes(8), copy_tape(8), afclient.conf(8), afserver(8),
afmserver(8), afserver.conf(8), cartis(8), cartready(8), label_tape(8),
tar(1)
AUTHOR
afbackup was written by Albert Fluegel (af@muc.de). This manpage was
extracted from the text docs by Christian Meder (meder@isr.uni-
stuttgart.de).