xtnetserv - remote server process
xtnetserv
xtnetserv is the remote server process for the GNUspool spooler and document management system. It serves 3 purposes; firstly it accepts jobs from other hosts submitted by rspr(1), secondly it accepts jobs and administration requests from DOS and Windows machines, and finally it supports API operations.
It is normally invoked by spstart(1).
Information, in respect of other machines to connect to is read from the file /etc/gnuspool.hosts.
/etc/gnuspool.hosts host/client names and descriptions
/etc/gnuspool.conf master configuration file
int-config message file
/var/spool/gnuspool spool directory
spshed_reps error log file
spufile0 user data
alternative location for spool directory
help files directory
xtnetserv uses 2 ports:
gsnetsrv
(N.B. no second ``e'') to accept incoming jobs on TCP from rspr(1), and on UDP from the DOS/Windows interface, and 2 further ports
gspoolapi
to communicate with the API library.
The port numbers are set up in the /etc/services file when GNUspool is first installed.
rspr(1), spstart(1), sstop(1), gnuspool.conf(5), gnuspool.hosts(5), spshed(8).
xtnetserv runs as a ``daemon process'' and diagnostics, apart from those detected when it is first started, are not usually written to any terminal but to the file spshed_reps in the spool directory.
In the event of any problems this file should be examined.
John M Collins, Xi Software Ltd.