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NAME

       dnetd - DECnet Super-server

SYNOPSIS

       dnetd [options]
       Options:
       [-dvVhs] [-l logtype] [-p dir]

DESCRIPTION

       dnetd is a daemon that serves incoming connections from remote systems.
       dnetd reads the file /etc/dnetd.conf to determine which daemons are run
       in  response  to  which objects. See the man page for dnetd.conf(5) for
       more information on the format of this file.
       dnetd can also run scripts or programs on the Linux system  that  match
       the  TASK  name  on  an  object name. eg if the connection from VMS was
       "TASK=showproc" then the program "showproc" will be run and the  output
       (stdout  only) sent back to the calling process. Note that dnetd always
       converts the task name into lower case.
       dnetd looks for it’s scripts in three locations:
       a) In the user’s home directory (unless the -s switch was specified.
       b) In the directory pointed to by the  environment  variable  DNTASKDIR
       (if that variable exists when the daemon is started)
       c) In /usr/local/decnet/tasks
       dntaskd  should  be  started at system boot time (after DECnet has been
       started) and must be run as root.
       dntaskd reads the decnet.proxy(5) file to authenticate users who do not
       provide usernames when connecting.

OPTIONS

       -d     Don’t fork and run the background. Use this for debugging.

       -v     Verbose. The more of these there are the more verbose dnetd will
              be. Don’t use more than one for normal operation because it will
              seriously impair performance.

       -h -?  Displays help for using the command.

       -s     Run  in  "secure"  mode.  This  just prevents users from running
              scripts in their home directories.  (so  it’s  not  really  that
              secure!)

       -p <directory name>
              Specifies  the  default  directory  name  to search for programs
              named in dnetd.conf(5).  By  default  dnetd  will  look  in  the
              directory  named by $(prefix)/sbin when it was compiled. This is
              /usr/local/sbin if  you  compiled  from  unmodified  sources  or
              /usr/sbin if you installed a binary distribution.

       -l     Set logging options. The following are available:
              -lm  Log  to /dev/mono. (only useful if you have my mono monitor
              driver and a second monitor)
              -le Log to stderr. Use this for debugging  or  testing  combined
              with -d.
              -ls  Log  to  syslog(3).  This  is the default if no options are
              given.

       -V     Show the version of dnetd.

SEE ALSO

       decnet.proxy(5), dnetd.conf(5)