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diff --git a/upstream/debian-bookworm/man8/in.comsat.8 b/upstream/debian-bookworm/man8/in.comsat.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6baba02e --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/debian-bookworm/man8/in.comsat.8 @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991 The Regents of the University of California. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" from: @(#)comsat.8 6.5 (Berkeley) 3/16/91 +.\" $Id: comsat.8,v 1.12 2000/04/13 01:55:56 dholland Exp $ +.\" +.Dd July 31, 1999" +.Dt COMSAT 8 +.Os "Linux NetKit (0.17-pre-20000412)" +.Sh NAME +.Nm comsat +.Nd biff server +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm comsat +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm Comsat +is the server process which receives reports of incoming mail +and notifies users if they have requested this service. +.Nm Comsat +receives messages on a datagram port associated with the +.Dq biff +service +specification (see +.Xr services 5 +and +.Xr inetd 8 ) . +The one line messages are of the form: +.Pp +.Dl user@mailbox-offset:/path/to/mailbox +.Pp +If the +.Em user +specified is logged in to the system and the associated terminal has +the owner execute bit turned on (by a +.Dq Li biff y ) , +the +.Em offset +is used as a seek offset into the appropriate mailbox file and +the first 7 lines or 560 characters of the message are printed +on the user's terminal. Lines which appear to be part of +the message header other than the +.Dq From +or +.Dq Subject +lines are not included in the output. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /var/run/utmp -compact +.It Pa /var/run/utmp +to find out who's logged on and on what terminals +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr biff 1 , +.Xr inetd 8 +.Sh BUGS +The message header filtering is prone to error. +The density of the information presented is near the theoretical minimum. +.Pp +Users should be notified of mail which arrives on other +machines than the one to which they are currently logged in. +.Pp +The notification should appear in a separate window so it +does not mess up the screen. +.Pp +Please report bugs to netbug@ftp.uk.linux.org and include diffs/patches, +compiler error logs or as complete a bug report as you are able. +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +daemon appeared in +.Bx 4.2 . |