start - interface to catd
start [ start | stop | restart | reconfig | boot ]
start is an interface program used to communicate with catd.
- start
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Start catd. catd will not be started if it is already running.
- stop
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Stop catd and any programs started by it, including any running Agents.
- restart
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Stop and restart catd.
- config
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Tell catd to re-read configuration data. Catd will tell all Agents started by catd to do the same.
- boot
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This option is supported only on UNIX systems, and should be used only
during system startup. This will ignore any PID file left after an improper
shutdown of catd. It will also instruct catd to exit if no programs or Agents are configured.
On Windows NT, the start, stop, or restart options will cause
catd to lose all information about ports redirected to any Agents currently
running. It will be necessary to restart any services protected by Agents
before those services can accept new connections.
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