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- .TH mcserv 8 "August 2009" "MC Version 4.7.0-pre1" "GNU Midnight Commander"
- .SH NAME
- mcserv \- Midnight Commander file server.
- .SH USAGE
- .B mcserv
- [\-diqvf] [\-p portnum]
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .LP
- 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).
- .PP
- If the program is run as root the program will try to get a reserved
- port otherwise it will use 9876 as the port.
- .PP
- If the system has a portmapper running, then the port will be
- registered with the portmapper and thus clients will automatically
- connect to the right port. If the system does not have a portmapper,
- then a port should be manually specified with the -p option (see
- below).
- .PP
- .SH OPTIONS
- .TP
- .I "-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.
- .TP
- .I "-q"
- Quiet mode.
- .TP
- .I "-p"
- To make the server listen on the specified
- .B portnum
- port.
- .TP
- .I "-f"
- Allow ftp authentication as a fallback if the other methods fail.
- This is only useful on systems where the password checking method is not
- supported by this version of mcserv. The local ftp server is contacted
- with the username and password. The user is authenticated if the ftp
- server accepts the credentials. Use this option with care and only
- when necessary.
- .TP
- .I "-v"
- Toggle on the verbose mode.
- .SH 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.
- .SH 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.
- .SH SEE ALSO
- mc(1), portmap(8)
- .PP
- .PP
- .nf
- The Midnight Commander page on the World Wide Web:
- http://www.midnight-commander.org/
- .fi
- .PP
- .SH AUTHORS
- Miguel de Icaza (miguel@ximian.com).
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