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writesrv(8)
NAME
  writesrv - Lets users send messages to and receive messages from a remote
  system

SYNOPSIS
  /usr/sbin/writesrv

DESCRIPTION
  The writesrv daemon allows users to send messages to users on a remote
  system, and to receive responses from users on a remote system by using the
  write command.

  The writesrv command receives incoming requests from a write command and
  creates a server process to handle the request. This server process
  communicates with the client process (write) and provides whatever services
  are requested.

  To perform these services, the writesrv daemon creates a socket on the port
  defined in the /etc/services file.  All requests for service go as messages
  to this socket.

  The writesrv daemon is started automatically by the /sbin/init.d/write
  program during system boot if the WRITESRV environment variable is defined
  properly in the /etc/rc.config file. To start writesrv automatically during
  system boot, edit the /etc/rc.config file as superuser to include the
  following entry:

       rcmgr set WRITESRV   yes

  To prevent writesrv from starting automatically during system boot, edit
  the file to include the following entry:

       rcmgr set WRITESRV   no

  By default, the WRITESRV environment variable is not set in the
  /etc/rc.config file and therefore the writesrv daemon does not start
  automatically when the system is booted.

  You can start the writesrv daemon manually with the following command:

	/sbin/init.d/write   start

  You can stop the writesrv daemon manually with the following command:

       /sbin/init.d/write   stop

NOTES
  If the writesrv daemon terminates abnormally (that is, because of a system
  crash, a power failure, or the kill -9 command), someone must manually
  clean out the /usr/spool/writesrv directory to remove any files left
  behind.

SEE ALSO
  Commands: write(1)

  Files: services(4)

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