SERVEEZ(1)

NAME
Serveez - A server framework.

SYNOPSIS
serveez [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION
Serveez is a server framework. It provides routines and help for implementing IP based servers (currently TCP, UDP and ICMP). It is also possible to use named pipes for all connection oriented protocols. We think it is worth the effort because many people need server functionality within their applications. However, many people experience problems with select()- or poll()-loops, and with non-blocking operations. This application demonstrates various aspects of advanced network programming in a portable manner. It is known to compile and run on GNU/Linux systems, as well as on other 32-bit and 64-bit flavours of Unix and on Microsoft Windows (9x/ME/NT/2000/XP). You can use it for implementing your own servers or for understanding how certain network services and operations work. The package includes a number of servers that work already: an HTTP server, an IRC server, a Gnutella spider and some others. One of the highlights is that you can run all protocols on the same port. The application itself is single threaded but it uses helper processes for concurrent name resolution and ident lookups.

OPTIONS

-h, --help
    display this help and exit

-V, --version
    display version information and exit

-i, --iflist
    list local network interfaces and exit

-f, --cfg-file=FILENAME
    file to use as configuration file (serveez.cfg)

-v, --verbose=LEVEL
    set level of verbosity

-l, --log-file=FILENAME
    use FILENAME for logging (default is stderr)

-P, --password=STRING
    set the password for control connections

-m, --max-sockets=COUNT
    set the max. number of socket descriptors

-d, --daemon
    start as daemon in background

AVAILABILITY
The latest version of Serveez can always be obtained from www.sourceforge.net, www.freshmeat.net or ftp.gnu.org

BUGS

Known bugs are documented within the BUGS file. Please send Serveez bug reports to <bug-serveez@gnu.org>.

SEE ALSO
The full documentation for Serveez is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and serveez programs are properly installed at your site, the command

    info serveez

should give you access to the complete manual.

AUTHORS
Written by Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>, Raimund Jacob <raimi@lkcc.org> and Stefan Jahn <stefan@lkcc.org>.