NAME

       proofserv - PROOF (The Parallel ROOT Facility)

DESCRIPTION

       Using PROOF (The Parallel ROOT Facility) one can analyze trees in parallel on a cluster of
       computers. The PROOF system consists of the proofd(1) from-end program  which  is  started
       via inetd(8).

       proofd takes care of user authentication and overlays itself then with the desired version
       of the proofserv(1) executable.

       The proofserv(1) is a basically the same as the ROOT interactive  module  root(1),  except
       that it reads its commands from a socket instead of from the terminal.

       Since  it  is a remote server it will not do graphics and therefore is not linked with any
       graphics libraries (Motif, X11, etc.).

       proofserv is started by the daemon proofd(1) on request by the user.  It is not a  command
       to be executed by the user directly.

       Note,  that  if  proofserv  is  passed any arguments, it will use the libProofx interface,
       rather than the standard libProof interface.

SEE ALSO

       proofd(1) , root(1) , rootd(1)

       More   information   can   be   found   at   the   ROOT    website:    http://root.cern.ch
       ⟨http://root.cern.ch⟩

ORIGINAL AUTHORS

       The ROOT team (see web page above):
              Rene Brun and Fons Rademakers

COPYRIGHT

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
       the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
       version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This  library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
       without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR  PURPOSE.
       See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

       You  should  have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this
       library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
       Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA

AUTHOR

       This  manual page was written by Christian Holm Christensen <cholm@nbi.dk>, for the Debian
       GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).