xtnetserv - remote server process

# NAME

xtnetserv - remote server process

# SYNOPSIS

xtnetserv

# DESCRIPTION

xtnetserv is the remote server process for the GNUspool spooler and document management system. It serves 3 purposes; firstly it accepts jobs from other hosts submitted by rspr(1), secondly it accepts jobs and administration requests from DOS and Windows machines, and finally it supports API operations.

It is normally invoked by spstart(1).

Information, in respect of other machines to connect to is read from the file /etc/gnuspool.hosts.

# FILES

/etc/gnuspool.hosts host/client names and descriptions

/etc/gnuspool.conf master configuration file

int-config message file

/var/spool/gnuspool spool directory

spshed_reps error log file

spufile0 user data

# ENVIRONMENT

SPOOLDIR

  alternative location for spool directory

SPHELPDIR

  help files directory

# INTERNET PORTS

xtnetserv uses 2 ports:

            gsnetsrv

(N.B. no second ``e'') to accept incoming jobs on TCP from rspr(1), and on UDP from the DOS/Windows interface, and 2 further ports

            gspoolapi

to communicate with the API library.

The port numbers are set up in the /etc/services file when GNUspool is first installed.

# SEE ALSO

rspr(1), spstart(1), sstop(1), gnuspool.conf(5), gnuspool.hosts(5), spshed(8).

# DIAGNOSTICS

xtnetserv runs as a ``daemon process'' and diagnostics, apart from those detected when it is first started, are not usually written to any terminal but to the file spshed_reps in the spool directory.

In the event of any problems this file should be examined.

# AUTHOR

John M Collins, Xi Software Ltd.