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  1. .TH mcserv 8 "August 2009" "MC Version 4.7.0-pre1" "GNU Midnight Commander"
  2. .SH NAME
  3. mcserv \- Midnight Commander file server.
  4. .SH USAGE
  5. .B mcserv
  6. [\-diqvf] [\-p portnum]
  7. .SH DESCRIPTION
  8. .LP
  9. mcserv is the server program for the Midnight Commander networking
  10. file system. It provides access to the host file system to clients
  11. running the Midnight file system (currently, only the Midnight
  12. Commander file manager).
  13. .PP
  14. If the program is run as root the program will try to get a reserved
  15. port otherwise it will use 9876 as the port.
  16. .PP
  17. If the system has a portmapper running, then the port will be
  18. registered with the portmapper and thus clients will automatically
  19. connect to the right port. If the system does not have a portmapper,
  20. then a port should be manually specified with the -p option (see
  21. below).
  22. .PP
  23. .SH OPTIONS
  24. .TP
  25. .I "-d"
  26. Become a daemon, you should use this flag if you start the program
  27. from one of the system startup files. This flag will make the program
  28. handle any number of incoming requests by forking a new copy of itself
  29. for each client.
  30. .TP
  31. .I "-q"
  32. Quiet mode.
  33. .TP
  34. .I "-p"
  35. To make the server listen on the specified
  36. .B portnum
  37. port.
  38. .TP
  39. .I "-f"
  40. Allow ftp authentication as a fallback if the other methods fail.
  41. This is only useful on systems where the password checking method is not
  42. supported by this version of mcserv. The local ftp server is contacted
  43. with the username and password. The user is authenticated if the ftp
  44. server accepts the credentials. Use this option with care and only
  45. when necessary.
  46. .TP
  47. .I "-v"
  48. Toggle on the verbose mode.
  49. .SH LICENSE
  50. This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
  51. License as published by the Free Software Foundation. See the built-in
  52. help for details on the License and the lack of warranty.
  53. .SH BUGS
  54. This program currently uses port 9876, and not a system secure port.
  55. This is a potential security problem since it could be run by any user
  56. on the system if the system daemon is not running.
  57. .SH SEE ALSO
  58. mc(1), portmap(8)
  59. .PP
  60. .PP
  61. .nf
  62. The Midnight Commander page on the World Wide Web:
  63. http://www.midnight-commander.org/
  64. .fi
  65. .PP
  66. .SH AUTHORS
  67. Miguel de Icaza (miguel@ximian.com).