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authorPeter Palfrader <peter@palfrader.org>2003-06-06 09:40:07 +0000
committerPeter Palfrader <peter@palfrader.org>2003-06-06 09:40:07 +0000
commit639e79a7e71fa1fffb520d356490661b6c2c63de (patch)
treecfd75afa2fc218a58b35e80080d7f0482aa06b1d /README
parent8ca57feefe30b143fc7c1d6c61f1fec586d2a7db (diff)
--verbose is more or less obsolete; there is no file called "output" anymore.
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diff --git a/README b/README
index af28777..e6bd9a6 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Id: README,v 1.40 2003/02/22 21:01:30 weasel Exp $
+$Id: README,v 1.41 2003/06/06 09:39:42 weasel Exp $
#####################################################################
## R E A D M E F O R E C H O L O T ###########################
#####################################################################
@@ -192,7 +192,11 @@ o Change into the directory where echolot is kept.
$ cd echolot
o In the first terminal window, type:
- $ ./pingd --verbose start
+ [ you may want to set the log level to 'debug' in pingd.conf
+ to get an idea what exactly Echolot is doing ]
+
+ $ ./pingd --detach start
+ $ tail -f pingd.log
o In the second terminal window, type:
$ ./pingd add <address1> <address2> <address3> ...
@@ -200,7 +204,7 @@ o In the second terminal window, type:
You can also use the following shell magic to add all addresses from
an existing rlist.txt or mlist.txt:
$ grep \$remailer rlist.txt | cut -f 2 -d \< | cut -f 1 -d \> |
- xargs ./pingd add
+ xargs ./pingd add
Monitor the first terminal in which you started pingd. You should see
mention of email addresses being added.
@@ -212,10 +216,8 @@ o In the second terminal window, execute
remailers that you added in the previous step.
o pingd can be stopped with the command
-
- $ ./pingd stop
- or by issuing a Ctrl+C in the terminal in which pingd is running.
+ $ ./pingd stop
@@ -242,10 +244,12 @@ DAY-TO-DAY OPERATION
--------------------
o To run Echolot in the background, run
- $ ./pingd --detach --verbose start
+ $ ./pingd --detach start
-o You can monitor the output file to obtain debugging output:
- $ tail -f output
+o You can monitor the log file to obtain debugging output:
+ $ tail -f pingd.conf
+
+ Do not forget to set the appropriate log level in pingd.conf.
o The tools directory contains the »pingctl« wrapper for Echolot.
The wrapper takes care of checking ulimits, userid, and cd'ing to the
@@ -304,7 +308,7 @@ Please report bugs and feature requests at
The Echolot homepage can be found at
http://www.palfrader.org/echolot/
-
+
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS