Ubuntu Manpage: smsd - daemon for handling incoming and outgoing SMSes using libgnokii

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NAME

       smsd - daemon for handling incoming and outgoing SMSes using libgnokii

SYNOPSIS

       smsd [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

The SMSD (SMS daemon) program is intended for receiving and sending SMSes.

The program is designed to use modules (plugins) to work with different backends. Currently are
supported PostgreSQL, MySQL and a special module 'file' which is designed to work without an SQL database
(see below for special instructions in the file module section). When SMSD uses an SQL server as a
repository for SMSes you must create a database (default name is 'sms') with tables defined in
sms.tables.{module}.sql files.

Table 'inbox' is for received SMSes. SMSD periodically checks a given phone memory to move messages to
this table. Only received SMSes and status reports are deleted from the phone, other kinds of messages
are not removed.

Table 'inbox' has the following fields:

number phone number from which is sms received

smsdate
date set by SMS center

insertdate
date SMS was inserted into table

text SMS text

phone number of phone to use. If you use smsd without -t option you can ignore this column. See
-t option below.

processed
smsd sets this always to FALSE. You can use it for another program which will parse SMSes.

Table 'outbox' is for outgoing SMSes. SMSD periodically looks into this table and searches for lines with
attribute 'processed' set to FALSE. If it finds such SMS, it will send SMS to 'number'.

Table 'outbox' has the following fields:

number recipient's phone number

processed_date
date of processing SMS.

insertdate
date of inserting SMS in table

text SMS text

phone number of phone to use. If you use smsd without -t option you must not fill this column.
See -t option below.

processed
new SMS must have this attribute set to FALSE. SMSD will send this SMS and will update
'processed' to TRUE.

error This attribute contains return value of gn_sms_send() function. For explanation of numeric
values see <gnokii/error.h> in gnokii source.

dreport
request for delivery report per message. Possible values are 0 for no delivery report, 1
for delivery report.

not_before
sms will not be sent before this time (default 00:00:00).

not_after
sms will not be sent after this time (default 23:59:59).

SMSD is multi threaded program. If you list processes you will see more than one instance of smsd.

THE FILE MODULE
This module doesn't need an SQL server to work. For incoming messages it works in a way that it calls a
program giving phone number, date as parameter and the message text on stdin. In the smsd directory there
is an example file action. It shows sms data to stdout. If you want something useful you must write your
own action. For outgoing messages you can set spool directory where smsd looks regularly.

Incoming sms are passed in format
action number date < sms

Outgoing sms must be in format:
number
text

The name of file is unimportant but smsd ignores all files with prefix "ERR.". If smsd succesfully sends
sms, it removes file from spool directory. If smsd cannot send sms prepends file with "ERR." prefix and
ignores it. If you use -m file, -u (--user) and -c (--host) will have other meaning. -u is for action
(action must be executable) -c is for spool directory where smsd looks for smses. Smsd must have read and
write permissions to this directory.

-p, -d parameters have no meaning when -m file is used.

If you don't specify -u, default action is to print sms to stdout. If you don't specify -c, sms sending
will be disabled.

OPTIONS
Available options:

-u, --user db_username
Specify user name.

-p, --password db_password
Specify user password.

-d, --db db_name
Specify database name for 'pq' and 'mysql' modules or full path to database file for 'sqlite'
module (defaults to 'sms').

-c, --host db_hostname
Specify database server host name.

-s, --schema db_hostname
Specify database schema used by the PostgreSQL module (defaults to 'public').

-e, --encoding client_encoding
Specify client encoding for database connection.

-m, --module db_module
Specify which module to use for connection to DB server. Currently supported values are 'pq' for
PostgreSQL, 'mysql' for MySQL, 'sqlite' for SQLite3 and 'file'. File module is not supported in
Windows.

-l, --libdir path_to_db_module
Specify path to DB modules. If you specify pq module, smsd searches in libdir for file
libsmsd_pq.so (for mysql - libsmsd_mysql.so). Do not interchange these plugins with default SQL
libraries from database distribution!

-f, --logfile file
If used, smsd will monitor sms traffic to file "file". File is reopened and closed for every
message so you can simply rename or delete it if you want to rotate logs. If you use '-' as
filename smsd will use standard output.

-t, --phone phone_number
You can run more instances of smsd. One instance per phone. In this setup you must configure phone
section in the config file. For example:

[global]
port = /dev/ttyS0
model = 6110
initlength = default
connection = serial
bindir = /usr/local/sbin/
use_locking = no
serial_baudrate = 38400
smsc_timeout = 10
[phone_1]
port = /dev/ttyS0
model = 6110
initlength = default
connection = serial
bindir = /usr/local/sbin/
use_locking = no
serial_baudrate = 38400
[phone_2]
port = /dev/ttyS1
model = AT
initlength = default
connection = serial
bindir = /usr/local/sbin/
use_locking = no
serial_baudrate = 38400
smsc_timeout = 10

In this setup if you run smsd without -t option it will use config from global section. If you run
smsd with -t 1 it will use config from phone_1 and likewise with -t 2 uses phone_2. In case of use
-t option smsd fills phone number for incoming sms's and in outbox it looks only for sms's with
the specified phone number in column 'phone'. This behaviour gives you possibility to run one
instance of smsd for every phone you have at the same time.

-i, --interval interval
Polling interval for incoming sms's in seconds. Default is 1 second.

-S, --maxsms number
When phone driver doesn't support sms status it is possible to specify number of sms's supported
by phone. Default is 10. If driver support sms status this option is ignored.

-b, --inbox memory_type
Where to look for new messages (defaults to IN for most Nokia phones and to SM for all other
phones). For debugging or for unusual setups you can use another memory type supported by your
phone (eg. IN for the Inbox, OU for the Outbox, AR for the Archive, TE for the Templates and
F1,...,F20 for your own folders). Use gnokii --showsmsfolderstatus for a list of such memory
types.

-0, --firstpos0
SMSD starts messages reading from position 1. If your phone stores sms's from postion 0, use this
option.

-v, --version
Shows smsd version.

-h, --help
Shows short help.

DIAGNOSTICS

       Various error messages are printed to STDERR.

       Debug  output can be enabled setting xdebug=on (for messages specific to SMSD) and debug=on (for messages
       specific to libgnokii) in the configuration file.

BUGS

       None reported.

AUTHOR

       SMSD was written by Jan Derfinak and contributed by other people.  See also Docs/CREDITS from the  Gnokii
       sources.

COPYING

       This program is distributed under the GNU Public License.