Usage

Trafstatd is normally invoked by the internet server (see inetd(8)) for requests to connect to the selected port (for example, 150) as indicated by the /etc/services file (see services(5)). If you run trafstatd manually, it display error message. Run trafstatd with -V option for display version number.

Installation

After compilation and installation BPFT programs do following steps:

1. Add line to /etc/services for use some (not used by other application) tcp port for incoming connections to trafstatd, for example:
   trafstat 150/tcp # network traffic statistic
2. Add line to /etc/inetd.conf for invoke trafstatd from inetd for incoming connections to trafstat tcp port, for example:
   trafstat stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/sbin/trafstatd trafstatd
3. Force inetd to re-read config file:
   killall -HUP inetd

   (or kill -1 with the PID number of the inetd)

Retrieve current traffic statistic.

Run the trafstat program (see trafstat(1)) for connect to trafstat port or run the “telnet host port” (see telnet(1)) and put the string of command line parameters to remote trafstat.