1vboxbeep(1) Linux System Administration vboxbeep(1)
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6 vboxbeep - isdn voice box (beeper)
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9 vboxbeep [OPTION] [OPTION] [...]
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12 vboxbeep is a daemon, that watches several message directories. If new
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16 Vboxbeep is also used to stop this annoying beep.
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19 Without any options, vboxbeep will signal an already running vboxbeep
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22 -s, --sound HOURS
23 Hours to play beep signal. Use 24 hour format, like 0-23. Multi‐
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27 -m, --messagebox DIR
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31 -p, --pause SECS
32 Time to wait between every check. Default is 5 seconds.
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35 Kill a running vboxbeep. This option can only be used by root.
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38 Show summary of options.
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41 Show version of program.
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44 vboxbeep will only work if it is installed suid root. This may be a
45 security hole, so many distributions do not install it suid root, and
46 thus it's useless. If you want to enable vboxbeep, please read the dis‐
47 tribution-specific documentation how to do that (e.g. with debian
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51 This manual page was written by Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@dun‐
52 geon.inka.de>, for Debian GNU/Linux and isdn4linux.
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56ISDN 4 Linux 3.27 2000/09/15 vboxbeep(1)