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ncpd

Section: System Administration (8)
Updated: 2002/03/16
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NAME

ncpd - Daemon which handles the serial link to a Psion  

SYNOPSIS

ncpd [-V] [-h] [-v logclass] [-d] [-e] [-p [host:]port] [-s device] [-b baudrate] [long-options]

 

DESCRIPTION

ncpd is the daemon which handles the serial link to your Psion. It listens at port 7501 for local connections and provides basic PLP/NCP services for plpnfsd and plpftp. It autoconnects to the psion, even after unplugging/switching off therefore it can run always in background (if you have a spare serial-device)

 

OPTIONS

-V, --version
Display the version and exit
-h, --help
Display a short help text and exit.
-e, --autoexit
Exit automatically, if the device is disconnected. Furthermore, use the current tty as I/O device. This option is intended for starting ncpd on demand using mgetty's auto-detect function. (A patch for mgetty is needed for that).
-v, --verbose=logclass
Increase the logging level of the program. the possible values for logclass are:
nl
Set NCP debug level to LOG
nd
Set NCP debug level to DEBUG
ll
Set Link debug level to LOG
ld
Set Link debug level to DEBUG
pl
Set Packet debug level to LOG
pd
Set Packet debug level to DEBUG
ph
Set Packet debug level to HANDSHAKE
m
Set overall debug level to verbose
all
Turn on all the above logging on.
-d, --dontfork
Do not background the daemon.
-p, --port=[host:]port
Specify the port to listen on - by default the value for the host is 127.0.0.1 and the value for the port is looked up in /etc/services using the key psion/tcp. If it is not found there, a builtin value of 7501 is used.
-s, --serial=device
Specify the serial device to use to connect to the Psion - this defaults to /dev/ttyS0
-b, --baudrate=baudrate
Specify the baud rate to use for the serial connection. If the word auto is specified, ncpd cycles through baudrates of 115200, 57600, 38400, 19200 and 9600 baud. Default setting is auto.

 

SEE ALSO

ncpd(8), plpnfsd(8), plpprintd(8), plpftp(1) and sisinstall(1)

 

AUTHOR

Fritz Elfert Heavily based on p3nfsd by Rudolf Koenig (rfkoenig@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de) and plp_1_7 by Philip Proudman (phil@proudman51.freeserve.co.uk) Patches from Matt Gumbley (matt@gumbley.demon.co.uk) Man page by John Lines (john+plpman@paladin.demon.co.uk)


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

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