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nsca(8) System Manager's Manual nsca(8)

NAME

nsca - Nagios Service Check Acceptor

SYNOPSIS

nsca -c <config_file> [-f] [--inetd|--daemon|--single]

DESCRIPTION

nsca This program is designed to accept passive check results from remote hosts that use the send_nsca(1) utility. It can run as a service under inetd or xinetd (read the docs for info on this), or as a standalone daemon.

OPTIONS

Name of config file to use
run in the foreground (do not fork)
Run as a service under inetd or xinetd
Run as a standalone multi-process daemon
Run as a standalone single-process daemon

SEE ALSO

FILES

/etc/nsca.cfg
nsca server configuration
/etc/send_nsca.cfg
send_nsca configuration

AUTHOR

NSCA was written by Ethan Galstad <nagios@nagios.org>. This manpage was written by sean finney <seanius@debian.org> for Debian (but it may be freely used by others).

December 2005 nsca