RWHOISD(8)

NAME
rwhoisd - Server for the RWhois Protocol

SYNOPSIS
rwhoisd [-c ConfFile] [-rsdiVvq]

DESCRIPTION
RWhoisd serves data using the RWhois protocol. The rwhoisd server will serve formatted records based on a query, send referral and see-also information, and change the server environment based on directives. The server is typically run as a standalone server, although it can be run from inetd(1).

OPTIONS
Options given on the command line override equivalent options given in the rwhoisd configuration files.

-c  The full path of the main rwhoisd configuration file. Default is "rwhoisd.conf" in the current working directory.

-r  Become a root rwhois server. No referrals to a higher level of the tree are given if the server cannot find an answer to the query.

-s  Attempt a chroot(2) upon startup.

-d  Start up in "daemon mode".

-i  Start up in "inetd mode".

-v  Verbose. Logging will occur at the "info" level. See syslog.conf(4) for descriptions of the logging levels

-V  Very Verbose. Logging will occur at the "debug" level.

-q  Quiet Mode. Disable most logging. Logging will occur at the "alert" level.

CONFIGURATION FILES

SEE ALSO
rwhois_indexer(8)

BUGS
Please send any bugs to rwhois-bugs@rwhois.net.