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dgate(1c)

dgated(8)

NAME

dgated − Provide daemon login service via Decnet

SYNTAX

/etc/dgated host

DESCRIPTION

The /etc/dgated daemon is spawned by dgate(1c) on the gateway system (the intermediate ULTRIX DECnet host). 

The program maintains the ownership of the master end of a pseudo terminal, operating as an intermediary between the DECnet login process and the client instantiation of the dgate process. 

The dgated daemon also writes a utmp entry to record activity. 

DIAGNOSTICS

All diagnostic messages are written through syslog(3). 

All network ports in use.
A free pseudo terminal could not be found.

Cannot fork
A fork(2) call failed.

Cannot exec /usr/bin/dlogin
The dlogin(1C) routine could not be found. 

FILES

/etc/utmp
/usr/adm/wtmp

SEE ALSO

dgate(1c)
ULTRIX DECnet Documentation

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