mcserv
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NAME
mcserv - Midnight Commander file server.
USAGE
mcserv [-diqvf] [-p portnum]
DESCRIPTION
mcserv is the server program for the Midnight Commander
networking file system. It provides access to the host
file system to clients running the Midnight file system
(currently, only the Midnight Commander file manager).
When invoked, the server will try to register itself with
the portmapper, to get a free system reserved port number.
OPTIONS
-d Become a daemon, you should use this flag if you
start the program from one of the system startup
files. This flag will make the program handle any
number of incoming requests by forking a new copy
of itself for each client.
-q Quiet mode.
-p To make the server listen on the specified portnum
port.
-f Force ftp authorization if classic fails. This is
only useful on systems whose password checking
method is not supported by this version of mcserv.
Authorization is then done by trying to connect to
the local ftp server and supplying user name and
password. Ftp server then says whether are you suc-
cessfuly logged in or whether you typed a wrong
password. Use this with care and only when neces-
sary.
-v Toggle on the verbose mode.
LICENSE
This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU
General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation. See the built-in help for details on the
License and the lack of warranty.
BUGS
This program currently uses port 9876, and not a system
secure port. This is a potential security problem since
it could be run by any user on the system if the system
daemon is not running.
SEE ALSO
mc(1), portmap(8)
The Midnight Commander page on the World Wide Web:
http://stekt.oulu.fi/~jtklehto/mc/
AUTHORS
Miguel de Icaza (miguel@roxanne.nuclecu.unam.mx).
Hurricane Electric Internet Services
Copyright (C) 1998
Hurricane Electric.
All Rights Reserved.