Thin Client Adminstration; Admind; Command Line Options; Admind.conf - Novell SLRS 8 Admin Manual

15 Advanced Topics

15.7 Thin Client Adminstration

15.7.1 Admind

Admind is a small daemon that allows simple commands to be executed on
POS terminals from a remote location. Used together with adminc, an admin-
istrator can perform tasks like shutdown, configuration reload or application
restart on multiple POS clients from a single location. Admind is typically
started by the inetd super-server, but can be run as a regular service.

15.7.2 Command Line Options

Admind has the following command line options:
admind [-vIP] [configfile]
Option Explanation
-I do not look up identities to authenticate the calling user (unsafe)
-P do not verify the hostname (very unsafe)
-v verbose output to syslog
Table 15.1: Command line options for admind

15.7.3 Admind.conf

Standard Configuration
/etc/opt/SLES/POS/admind.conf. The file format typically looks something
like this:
S=hostname1
S=hostname2
(...)
U=username1
U=username1
(...)
X:0=init 0
X:6=init 6
X:r=/etc/init.d/rc/POSApplication restart
(...)
The commands to be executed are expected to terminate and deliver a return
value. Long-running commands or commands that do not terminate must be
wrappedin a script that executes the command in the background.
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