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SENDFILED

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NAME

sendfiled - Simple Asynchronous File Transfer server

SYNOPSIS

sendfiled[-d][-f][-q][-Q][-c configfile]

DESCRIPTION

sendfiledis a server process (daemon) for the Simple Asynchrnous File Transfer(SAFT) protocol. The server is normally called by inetd (8) and receivesfiles or messages sent by SAFT-clients to the. Files are stored in the recipient's spool and messages are written to the recipient's terminals.

If the -d option is specified, debugging information iswritten to /var/log/sendfiled.dbg.

If the -f option is specified, sendfiledprints the free disk space on /var/spool/sendfile and terminates.

If the -q option is specified, sendfiledprocesses once the outgoing spool and terminates.

If the -Qoption is specified, sendfiledstarts an outgoing spool daemon, which runs in an endless loop in thebackground.

On startupsendfiledreads its configuration file /etc/sendfile.cf, but you canspecify with-c configfilean alternate configuration file.

sendfiledis also an O-SAFT server, which means authenticated clients can fetchfiles. See fetchfile (4) for details.

sfdconfis the sendfiledconfiguration helper program. It has its own usage help, just typesfdconf -h

FILES

/etc/sendfile.deny: Users which are not allowed to receive files or messages.
/etc/sendfile.allow: Users which are ONLY allowed to receive files or messages. If this filehas at least one entry, then /etc/sendfile.deny will be ignored.
/usr/local/etc/sendfile.aliases: Alias names for local users. Format is:
alias realname
/var/spool/sendfile/LOG/in: Log file for incoming files.
/var/spool/sendfile/LOG/out: Log file for outgoing files.
/etc/sendfile.cf: The system configuration file. See sfdconf -i configfor a complete description and default values.

AUTHOR

Ulli Horlacher - framstagAATTrus.uni-stuttgart.de

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