net_test_com_server - Server which can be used to start the RTPL net performance tests at the current host and report the results to the control script at the caller requested by the rem_net_test_com client
net_test_com_server | [Option [...]] |
The script net_test_com_server can be used to start the net performance tests at the current host and report the results to the control script at the caller host. Socket connections to this script may be created by the accompanying rem_net_test_com(1) script which may be invoked, when configured during the package configuration, by the control script at the caller host. Therefore, they may function as an alternative for remote shell commands and daemons such as ssh(1) and sshd(8) or rsh(1) and rshd(8). This may be useful at hosts where access restrictions disallow the usage of a secure or remote shell. The script net_test_com_server may also be used at Windows hosts, where remote shell commands are not so general available.
To make the usage of this script such system independent as possible, no connection with the system user authorisation API will be made. Access restrictions can be based upon connecting hosts. In fact only access from the host running the control script is required. See also the sample configuration file addressed in the FILES section.
Please note that for security reasons the net_test_com_server script can only be used to start the start_netserver(1) and host_net_test(1) commands, residing in the same directory as the net_test_com_server script.
The related start_net_test_com_server(1) command can be used to check if this server runs and it will start the server when this is not the case. Therefore, it is required that the process ID of this server is written to file. See the -pid_file option. The start_net_test_com_server(1) command is intended for periodic checks if this server is stil running, for instance from a crontab(1) file.
The following options may be specified:
where Name is one of the program options without leading -. The Value fields may be spread across multiple lines. No line escape character is used. Lines with spaces and comment text after and including # are ignored. When - is specified, Standard Input will be used. The following variables are substituted by:
$HOME | The home directory of the user. | |
$PROGRAM | The base program name. |
crontab(1), host_net_test(1), rem_net_test_com(1), rsh(1), rshd(8), ssh(1), sshd(8), start_net_test_com_server(1), start_netserver(1)