NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       writesrv  -  Lets  users send messages to and receive messages
 from a remote system

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       /usr/sbin/writesrv

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The writesrv daemon allows users to send messages to users
       on a remote system, and to receive responses from users on
       a remote system by using the write command.

       The writesrv command receives  incoming  requests  from  a
       write  command  and creates a server process to handle the
       request. This server process communicates with the  client
       process   (write)   and  provides  whatever  services  are
       requested.

       To perform these services, the writesrv daemon  creates  a
       socket on the port defined in the /etc/services file.  All
       requests for service go as messages to this socket.

       The  writesrv  daemon  is  started  automatically  by  the
       /sbin/init.d/write  program  during  system  boot  if  the
       WRITESRV environment variable is defined properly  in  the
       /etc/rc.config  file. To start writesrv automatically during
 system boot, edit the /etc/rc.config file as superuser
       to include the following entry:

       rcmgr set WRITESRV   yes

       To  prevent  writesrv  from  starting automatically during
       system boot, edit the file to include the following entry:

       rcmgr set WRITESRV   no

       By  default,  the WRITESRV environment variable is not set
       in the /etc/rc.config file and therefore the writesrv daemon
  does  not  start  automatically  when  the  system is
       booted.

       You can start the writesrv daemon manually with  the  following
 command:

        /sbin/init.d/write   start

       You can stop the writesrv daemon manually with the following
 command:

       /sbin/init.d/write   stop

NOTES    [Toc]    [Back]

       If the writesrv daemon  terminates  abnormally  (that  is,
       because of a system crash, a power failure, or the kill -9
       command),   someone   must   manually   clean   out    the
       /usr/spool/writesrv  directory  to  remove  any files left
       behind.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       Commands: write(1)

       Files: services(4)



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