NAME

sprayd − spray server

SYNOPSIS

/usr/etc/rpc.sprayd [-l log_file] [-e|-n]

DESCRIPTION

sprayd is an RPC server that records the packets sent by spray from another system (see spray(1M)).

inetd invokes sprayd through /etc/inetd.conf (see inetd(1M)).

Options

sprayd recognizes the following options and command-line arguments:

-l log_file Log any errors to the named log file, log_file. Errors are not logged if the -l option is not specified. 

Information logged to the file includes date and time of the error, host name, process id and name of the function generating the error, and the error message.  Note that different services can share a single log file since enough information is included to uniquely identify each error. 

-e Exit after serving each RPC request.  Using the -e option, the inetd security file /usr/adm/inetd.sec can control access to RPC services. 

-n Exit only if

• portmap dies (see portmap(1M)),

• Another rpc.sprayd registers with portmap, or

• rpc.sprayd becomes unregistered with portmap.

The -n option is more efficient because a new process is not launched for each RPC request.  -n is the default. 

AUTHOR

sprayd was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. 

SEE ALSO

inetd(1M), spray(1M), portmap(1M), inetd.conf(4), inetd.sec(4), services(4). 

INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT

8-bit data, 16-bit data, messages. 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  HP-UX Release 9.0: August 1992