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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)