aprsc(8)aprsc(8)NAMEaprsc - An APRS-IS network server
SYNOPSISaprsc [-t chrootdir] [-u setuid_username] [-c config_file_name] [-f]
[-n logname] [-r log_dir] [-e loglevel_token] [-o logdestination_token]
[-h]
DESCRIPTION
The aprsc (pronounced a-purrs-c) is a plain APRS-IS server intended to
be used on the core and Tier2 APRS-IS servers. It is written in the C
language, and it runs on Linux and Unix servers.
If you need igate or other radio-interfacing features, the aprsc is not
for you.
OPTIONS
The aprsc has following runtime options:
-t chrootdir
Run the aprsc in a chroot(2) subdirectory. Use also the -u
option below.
-u setuid_username
When running the aprsc in chroot(2) subdirectory, it should be
running there with a non-privileged user account. This option
defines that account, which must be found at the system account
database.
-c config_file_name
Define explicit configuration file name. Default is
"aprsc.conf" in current directory.
-f
fork(2) the program ro tun in the background.
-n logname
Define a name by which this instance of the aprsc is known in
the log. Useful when you have multiple instances running.
-r log_dir
For file based logging, do it all in given directory. There is
no default log directory.
-e loglevel_token
The supported tokens are following with their corresponding pri‐
ority values EMERG(0), ALERT(1), CRIT(2), ERROR(3), WARNING(4),
NOTICE(5), INFO(6), DEBUG(7). This option defines a logging
cutoff where events with higher numeric value than the given
cutoff are dropped internally. The default cutoff is INFO.
-o logdestination_token
The supported tokens are following: none, stderr, syslog, and
file.
LOGGING
The logging has multiple options:
none
Disable logging completely
stderr
Log to stderr of the running users console session Do not use
this when runtime option -f is being used.
syslog
Use syslog(3) mechanism to send logging events to system sys‐
logd(8), When running under chroot(2) this may require that the
syslogd is configured to have log event receiving named socket
within that chroot area.
file
The logging goes to configured directory using file names:
aprsc.log, and aprsc.access.log. which autorotate with up to N
older versions, each with M megabytes of size when the rotation
happens. Configuration of N and M is done with aprsc.conf(7).
SEE ALSO
To be written..
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/aprsc
AUTHORS
Matti Aarnio OH2MQK (man page), Heikki Hannikainen OH7LZB (main soft‐
ware), Javier Henderson K4JH (lots of feedback).
2.0.14-g28c5a6a - 2015 October 07 aprsc(8)
