PHONED(8)

👑 PHONED — the DECnet phone server daemon, bestie edition 💖

okay so like. phoned(8) is a System Manager's Manual page, which means it's the grown-up section, but that does NOT mean we can't make it cute. this is the daemon that makes the phone command actually work. no phoned, no phone calls. it's giving "backbone of the whole vibe". ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

phoned — the DECnet phone server daemon 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

phoned [options]

Options:

[-dvVh] [-u user]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

phoned is a daemon that serves phone clients. it has to be running for any users to use the phone command. literally the whole point. no cap. 💀

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -u — specifies the username that phoned runs as. by default this is "nobody". but bestie listen: if that user does not exist, then phoned will run as root, which could be a security hole. 😭

⚠️ NOTE that phoned must be started as root to allow it to bind to the phone DECnet object. this is non-negotiable, iykyk.

• -d — don't fork and run in the background. use this for debugging. 🐛
• -v — verbose. the more of these there are, the more verbose phoned will be. do NOT use more than one for normal operation because it will seriously impair performance. like, one is cute, two is a problem. 🙈
• -h, -? — displays help for using the command. we love a helpful icon. 🌈
• -V — show the version of phoned. slay. ⭐

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• phone(1)

that's the whole page, babe 🌸 this little manual came from the DECnet utilities, dated March 26 1999 — vintage but still iconic, honestly. mwah. 💜