LATD(8)

📦 version 1.35, in ubuntu jammy

👑 LATD — the LAT daemon, but make it make sense

okay bestie, you found LATD(8) in the System Manager's Manual section and you're like "what is this diva doing on my system" — let me explain, because honestly she's iconic and she runs the whole LAT situation. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

latd — the LAT daemon. that's it, that's her whole job description. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

latd [options]
Options:
[-dvVht] [-i interface] [-g greeting] [-s service] [-c circuit-timer]
[-r rating]

look at her, all bundled up in brackets like a little gift. 🎁

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so latd is a daemon that serves incoming and outgoing LAT (Local Area Transport) requests. she's literally the main character of your local area transport situation, no cap. 🌈

the parameters for LATD are just defaults — every single one of them can be changed using latcp(8). she's flexible like that, she contains multitudes. ✨

bestie, do NOT start latd directly. she's not that kind of girl. she should be invoked using the command latcp -s. 🫶

any arguments for latd can be added to the latcp -s command line, and many can be set in /etc/latd.conf(5). so you got options, you got a config file, you got everything. 💖

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -i — sets the interface to be used for LAT communication. if you don't specify this, then all ethernet interfaces will be used. you can specify this option multiple times to enable several interfaces, like so:
-i eth0 -i eth2
heads up: only Linux can use more than one ethernet interface at a time. *BSD versions will use the first available ethernet adaptor unless it is overridden by -i. that's just how it is, bestie, i don't make the rules. 😭
  • -g — sets the greeting for this node. your node's lil intro line. hi bestie energy. 🎀
  • -s — set the default service name for this node. the default is the node name. 💜
  • -c — sets the circuit timer. the default is 80 (ms); ⏱️
  • -r — sets the rating for the default service. if the -t switch is not present, this rating will be the maximum rating for the service. the load average of the machine will be used to recalculate the rating each time the servuce is announced. this allows terminal servers to do load balancing. slay, distributed systems. 🔥
  • -t — makes the rating static. it will not change as the system load changes. she's locked in. periodt. 🔒
  • -d — don't fork and run the background. use this for debugging. she's coming out front and center. 👀
  • -v — verbose. the more of these there are the more verbose latd will be. don't use more than one for normal operation because it will seriously impair performance. like, one is a vibe, three is a crime. 💀
  • -h, -? — displays help for using the command. 🫶
  • -V — show the version of latd. ✨

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

go read those too, iykyk. 📚

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was LAT Server, dated MARCH 17 2003 — yeah she's vintage, she's a classic, she aged like fine wine 🍓🧚 and honestly? still serving. mwah. 💋👑

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