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1  .\" Copyright (c) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  .\" Copyright (c) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2  .\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution  .\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution
3  .TH gnatsd 8 "November 2001" "GNATS @VERSION@" "GNATS Admininstration Utilities"  .TH gnatsd 8 "November 2002" "GNATS @VERSION@" "GNATS Admininstration Utilities"
4  .de BP  .de BP
5  .sp  .sp
6  .ti -.2i  .ti -.2i
# Line 26  gnatsd \- GNATS network server Line 26  gnatsd \- GNATS network server
26  database queries.  It uses a simple ASCII-based command protocol  database queries.  It uses a simple ASCII-based command protocol
27  (similar to SMTP or POP3) for communicating with remote clients.  (similar to SMTP or POP3) for communicating with remote clients.
28  .P  .P
29  It also provides an almost completely useless security model based  It also provides a security model based either on IP-based
30  either on IP-based authentication (generally a \fBterrible\fR idea) or  authentication (generally a \fBterrible\fR idea) or
31  cleartext username/passwords (mmmm, network snooping).  \fBIt is  username/passwords.  Passwords may be encrypted using UNIX crypt() or
32  strongly recommended that some other scheme (such as \fIssh\fR(8)\fB  MD5 (for operating systems that support it).  Plaintext passwords are
33  tunneling) be used if security is even remotely an issue\fR.  (The  also supported but strongly discouraged.
 next release of GNATS will provide a more useful builtin security  
 protocol, probably based on \fIssh\fR.)  
 .P  
 In the meantime, it is possible to restrict network access to a  
 particular access level by using the \fB\-\-max-access-level\fR  
 argument.  
34  .P  .P
35  All of the GNATS clients are capable of communicating via the GNATS  All of the GNATS clients are capable of communicating via the GNATS
36  remote protocol to perform their functions.  remote protocol to perform their functions.
37  .P  .P
38  \fBgnatsd\fR should be run as the user \fB@GNATS_USER@\fR.  It is usually  \fBgnatsd\fR should be run by the GNATS user (by default \fBgnats\fR),
39  started from \fIinetd\fR(8).  and it is usually started from \fIinetd\fR(8).
40  .SH OPTIONS  .SH OPTIONS
41  .TP 0.5i  .TP 0.5i
42  .B \-V\fR,\fB \-\-version  .B \-V\fR,\fB \-\-version
# Line 835  it is assumed that the database is local Line 829  it is assumed that the database is local
829  .I Keeping Track: Managing Messages With GNATS  .I Keeping Track: Managing Messages With GNATS
830  (also installed as the GNU Info file  (also installed as the GNU Info file
831  .BR gnats.info )  .BR gnats.info )
 and  
 .I Reporting Problems Using send-pr  
 (also installed as the GNU Info file  
 .BR send-pr.info ).  
832  .LP  .LP
833    .BR databases (5),
834    .BR dbconfig (5),
835    .BR delete-pr (8),
836    .BR edit-pr (1)
837    .BR file-pr (8),
838    .BR gen-index (8),
839  .BR gnats (7),  .BR gnats (7),
840  .BR send-pr (1),  .BR gnatsd (8),
841  .BR edit-pr (1),  .BR mkcat (8),
842    .BR mkdb (8),
843    .BR pr-edit (8),
844  .BR query-pr (1),  .BR query-pr (1),
 .BR file-pr (8),  
845  .BR queue-pr (8),  .BR queue-pr (8),
846  .BR rmcat (8),  .BR send-pr (1).
 .BR gen-index (8),  
 .BR mkcat (8).  
847  .SH COPYING  .SH COPYING
848  Copyright (c) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  Copyright (c) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
849  .PP  .PP

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