MOSH(1) General Commands Manual MOSH(1)
NAME
mosh-server - server-side helper for mosh
SYNOPSIS
mosh-server new [-s] [-v] [-i IP] [-p port] [-c colors] [-- command...]
DESCRIPTION
mosh-server is a helper program for the mosh(1) remote terminal application.
mosh-server binds to a high UDP port and chooses an encryption key to protect the session. It prints both on standard output, detaches from
the terminal, and waits for the mosh-client to establish a connection. It will exit if no client has contacted it within 60 seconds.
By default, mosh-server binds to a port between 60000 and 61000 and executes the user's login shell.
On platforms with utempter, mosh-server maintains an entry in the utmp(5) file to indicate its process ID, whether the session is con-
nected, and the client's current IP address.
mosh-server exits when the client terminates the connection.
OPTIONS
The argument "new" must be first on the command line to use command-line options.
-s bind to the local interface used for an incoming SSH connection, given in the SSH_CONNECTION environment variable (for multihomed
hosts)
-v Print some debugging information even after detaching.
-i IP IP address of the local interface to bind (for multihomed hosts)
-p PORT
UDP port number to bind
-c COLORS
Number of colors to advertise to applications through TERM (e.g. 8, 256)
-l NAME=VALUE
Locale-related environment variable to try as part of a fallback environment, if the startup environment does not specify a charac-
ter set of UTF-8.
EXAMPLE
$ mosh-server
MOSH CONNECT 60001 UAkFedSsVJs2LfMeKyQB5g
mosh-server (mosh 1.1)
[...] (copyright notice omitted)
[mosh-server detached, pid = 20443]
SEE ALSO
mosh(1), mosh-client(1).
Project home page: http://mosh.mit.edu
AUTHOR
mosh was written by Keith Winstein <mosh-devel@mit.edu>.
BUGS
Please report bugs to mosh-devel@mit.edu. Users may also subscribe to the mosh-users@mit.edu mailing list, at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/mosh-users
February 2012 MOSH(1)
