2.15.1 Starting comsatd

Comsatd uses following option groups: See mailbox, See daemon, See logging.

-c file

--config file

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