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SERVERS                             Aegis                              SERVERS



NAME
     servers

DESCRIPTION
     A server is a process that provides local and/or network access to some
     resource, such as the use of a hardware device like a printer.  A server
     runs within a process, which may have the normal windows and pads open
     into it or be running invisibly in the background.  Servers that are run
     in visible processes (those with windows) have the same identity (SID) as
     the user who invoked them and they are terminated when that user logs
     out.  The same is true for background processes started with the DM
     command cpo (create_process_only) entered from the keyboard.

     Some servers -- such as netman, which allows a disked node to be a
     network partner to a diskless node -- need to run regardless of whether
     or not any one is logged in.  To provide this capability, the DM command
     cps (create_process_server) invokes servers that have the standard server
     identity 'user.server.none'.  Processes started with cps run in the
     background and remain active across log outs.  Servers that need to be
     available all the time should be started by a cps command in the node
     startup file, although you may use this command from the keyboard, if
     necessary.


SEE ALSO
     diskless
     for information about the diskless node server

     spm
     for information about the server process manager (spm)

     edns
     for information about editing the naming server helper (ns_helper)

     prsvr
     for information about the print server

     mbx
     for information about the mailbox server and user interprocess
     communication (ipc)

     netmain_srvr
     for details about gathering network error statistics

     cpo and cps
     for information about those server process creation commands