vtdaemon(1M)vtdaemon(1M)NAMEvtdaemon - respond to vt requests
SYNOPSIS
lan_device lan_device ...
DESCRIPTION
responds to requests from other systems (via local area network) made
by (see vt(1)). spawns a server to respond to each request that it
receives.
Options
recognizes the following command-line options and arguments:
Causes to rebroadcast all requests received on one lan device
to all other lan devices specified on the command
line. The optional parameter ngateway specifies the
maximum number of vtgateway servers that can be in
operation concurrently. If ngateway is not specified,
there is no limit on the number of vtgateway servers
that can be in operation concurrently.
Causes vtdaemon to ignore all requests that have come through
a gateway.
The remaining arguments are the full path names of lan devices that
vtdaemon looks for requests on. If no lan devices are specified, the
default lan device is used.
The major number for this device must correspond to a IEEE 802.3 local
area network device.
Another function of is to create portals and service portal requests.
A portal is a callout device that can be used by to communicate to
another machine via local area network (see uucico(1M)). Portals are
created by according to the configuration information found in the file
Each line in has the format:
<calldev>[,<lan device>] <nodename>
For each line, creates a portal named calldev in Whenever this device
is opened, spawns a server that creates a connection to the system
specified by nodename via the lan device specified. If no lan device
is specified, the first one specified on the command line when was
started is used (or the default lan device is used if no lan devices
were specified on the command line).
should be terminated by sending signal to it. When receives this sig‐
nal it removes all of the portals it created in before exiting.
DIAGNOSTICS
Diagnostics messages produced by are written to
WARNINGS
uses the Hewlett-Packard (Link Level Access) direct interface to the HP
network drivers. uses the multicast address It should not be used or
deleted by other applications accessing the network. uses the follow‐
ing IEEE 802.3 sap (service access point) values: and They should not
be used by other applications accessing the network.
Desktop HP-UX
If your system has been installed with the Desktop HP-UX product, then
both and will not be started by default. In order to start these dae‐
mons, change PTYDAEMON_START and VTDAEMON_START from a "0" to a "1" in
the and files, respectively. The system must either be rebooted for
these changes to take effect, or you can manually start both daemons by
typing :
where /dev/lan0 is the character special device file corresponding to
the IEEE802.3 local area network device.
FILES
logfile used by vtdaemon.
default lan device name.
SEE ALSOvt(1), uucico(1M).
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