Anetd Invocation

Anetd is started on a network node as a user application. Anetd does not need any special privileges and can be started as described below. By default, Anetd puts itself in the background and redirects its standard output (stdout) and standard error (stderr) to files (as noted in the descriptions of the '-o' and '-e' options). Certain command-line options override corresponding configuration settings, as noted.

ad [-c conf_file] [-p port] [-u start_port] [[-i IP_address] ...]
[-d anetd_dir] [-l log_file] [-o output_file] [-e error_file]
[-v] [-f flag] [-q] [-g] [-a abone_role] [-m abocc_user]
[-k] [-s] [-n] [-w seconds] [-h]

• -c specify the location of the master configuration file (overrides anetd_conf)
• -p specify the listening port (overrides port, default 3322)
• -u specify the listening port for the first child (overrides child_port, default 8000)
• -i specify an IP address to bind to (overrides ip_addr, default INADDR_ANY). This option may be used multiple times to specify a list of addresses to bind. Each Anetd process in a given ABone configuration (e.g., set of processes under different accounts) should specify exactly the same address list in exactly the same order.
• -d specify the root of the Anetd directory tree (overrides anetd_dir, default ~/anetd). Use of this option may be helpful when running multiple Anetd configurations on the same host.
• -l specify the location of the command log (overrides log_file, default
  ~/anetd/var/anetd.log.<port>).
• -o redirect Anetd's stdout to the specified file. By default, Anetd directs its stdout to ~/anetd.<pid>.out when running as a daemon, and to the controlling terminal otherwise. Typically, Anetd writes very little to stdout.
• -e redirect Anetd's stderr to the specified file. By default, Anetd directs its stderr to ~/anetd.<pid>.err when running as a daemon, and to the controlling terminal otherwise. Anetd writes most of its messages to stderr.
• -v be verbose
• -f set verbosity flag (time, pid, progname, funcname, level)
• -q be quiet
• -g allow remote debugging of EEs (overrides debug_java and debug_native)
• -a act in the specified ABone role. This option should be used only by experts who require nonstandard ABone node configurations.
• -m specify the OS account name of the Anetd process acting in the abocc role. This option should be used only by experts who require nonstandard ABone node configurations.
• -k keep running also if ACL file download failed (default)
• -s run in standalone mode
• -n do not run as a daemon; run in the foreground (used mainly for Anetd debugging)
• -w when starting a child process, hold for the specified number of seconds after fork(). This option is intended for use only by Anetd developers when debugging Anetd.
• -h print this help

The verbosity flags allow to customize the beginning of each line of output of Anetd:

• time: print the time
• pid: print the PID
• progname: print the program name
• funcname: print the function name
• level: print the diagnostic level

Eg:

ad.bsd44                  
This is anetd, release RELEASE_1_6_6

ad.bsd44 -f pid                  
[16370] This is anetd, release RELEASE_1_6_6

ad.bsd44 -f pid -f time          
2000-05-15 16:28:30 GMT-07 [16372] main: This is anetd, release RELEASE_1_6_6