dnping(1) [debian man page]

DNPING(1)						      General Commands Manual							 DNPING(1)

NAME

       dnping - Loopbacks diagnostic packets through a remote node

SYNOPSIS

       dnping nodename [user pass] count
       or
       dnping nodename [options] nodename
       Options:
       [qsv] [-c number] [-i interval] [-p password] [-s size] [-u username] [-w timeout]

DESCRIPTION

       This  utility  sends  to  remote  DECnet  node  nodename the number of packets specified by count to test the link between the two systems.
       Optionally a username and password may be specified for the connection as well as several other options. NOTE that if  you  dnping  another
       Linux box it must have dnetd running.
       NOTE also that dnping is not really like an IP "ping" in that it needs a registered object at the other end to connect to. So, just because
       you cannot ping a machine does not, necessarily, mean that machine is not available, just that the MIRROR object is not available. There is
       not (to my knowledge) a low-level equivalent in DECnet of the ICMP ping message.

OPTIONS

       -c number
	      Number of packets to send (default 10)

       -d     Debug mode (default off)

       -i interval
	      interval between packets in microseconds (default 0)

       -p password
	      Access control password. If this is "-" then you will be prompted.

       -q     Quiet mode (default off)

       -s size
	      size of frame to send in bytes (40 data + 68 hdr)

       -t     timestamps mode (default off)

       -u username
	      access control username

       -w timeout
	      Specifies  a  timeout  (in seconds). If not response is received after this time then dnping will abort. The default is to wait for-
	      ever.

       -v     verbose mode (default off)

EXAMPLES

       Pings 10 packets through remote node "mv3100"

	   # dnping mv3100 10
       Make it look a bit like IP ping:

	   # dnping  -vti 1000000 marsha

SEE ALSO

       dntype(1), dndir(1), dndel(1), dntask(1), sethost(1), dnetd(8)

DECnet utilities						  January 25 2000							 DNPING(1)

DNETD(8)						      System Manager's Manual							  DNETD(8)

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)

DECnet utilities						  December 5 1999							  DNETD(8)