1 .TH SMSD 8 "30 Nov 1988" "Project Athena"
4 smsd, startsms \- SMS query daemon
11 must be running on the machine hosting the SMS database for any of the
12 SMS clients to function. Rather than invoke
14 directly, it is started by
16 which starts the daemon running in the proper working directory and
17 captures logging messages.
19 Logging is done to standard output.
20 How much gets logged by
22 is controlled by the variable
24 which is compiled into the file
26 If critical errors are detected, they are logged to
27 .B /u1/sms/critical.log
28 and in a zephyrgram to class
32 in addition to standard output.
33 Also, a journal file is kept in
35 logging every successful change of the database in a format that can
38 For the server to be able to function properly, if must be run as root
39 and root must have access to the tables through RTI Ingres.
42 sets its working directory to the root, disconnects from the terminal
43 and puts itself in the background. It then starts
45 and will capture lines the server writes to standard output and log them
48 along with a timestamp.
50 will also log the exit status of the
60 /etc/srvtab \- The dcm must be able to get Kerberos tickets for "sms.sms".
62 The Project Athena Technical Plan section on SMS.