3.14.1 Starting comsatd

Comsatd uses following option groups: See section 3.1.2 Mailbox, See section 3.1.5 Daemon, See section 3.1.8 Logging.

`-c file'

`--config file'

Read configuration from given file. For more information about comsatd configuration files, see 3.14.2 Configuring comsatd.

`-d'

`--daemon'

Run as a standalone daemon.

`-i'

`--inetd'

The server is started from `/etc/inetd.conf' file:

comsat dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/comsatd \ comsatd -c /etc/comsat.conf

This is the default operation mode.

`-m path'

`--mail-spool=path'

Set path to the mailspool directory

`-p number'

`--port number'

Specify the port number to listen on. Default is 512.

`-v'

`--version'

Output version and exit successfully.

`-h'

`--help'

Display short help message and exit.