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Command: writesrv | Section: 8 | Source: Digital UNIX | File: writesrv.8.gz
writesrv(8) System Manager's Manual writesrv(8)
NAME
writesrv - Lets users send messages to and receive messages from a re-
mote system.
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/writesrv
DESCRIPTION
The writesrv daemon allows users to send messages to users on a remote
system, and to receive responses from users on a remote system with the
write command.
The writesrv command receives incoming requests from a write command
and creates a server process to handle the request. This server
process communicates with the client process (write) and provides what-
ever services are requested.
To perform these services, the writesrv daemon creates a socket on the
port defined in the /etc/services file. All requests for service go as
messages to this socket.
STARTING AND STOPPING writesrv.
You can cause the writesrv daemon to be started during system boot with
/sbin/init.d/write. The writesrv daemon starts automatically if the
WRITESRV variable is defined properly in /etc/re.config. To start
writesrv automatically during system boot, do the following as supe-
ruser.
rcmgr set WRITESRV yes
To prevent writesrv from starting automatically during system boot, do
the following as superuser:
rcmgr set WRITESRV no
By default, writesrv is not set and therefore /usr/sbin/writesrv does
not run.
You can start the writesrv daemon manually as follows:
/sbin/init.d/write start
You can stop writesrv manually as follows:
/sbin/init.d/write stop
NOTES
If the writesrv daemon terminates abnormally (that is, for a system
crash, a power failure, or the kill -9 command), someone must manually
clean out the /usr/spool/writesrv directory to remove any files left
behind.
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: write(1)
Files: services(4) delim off
writesrv(8)