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NAME

6       nighthttpd - a http server for nightviewd and telescoped
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SYNOPSIS

9        nighthttpd [options]
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DESCRIPTION

12       The  nighthttpd  is  a  http  server  to  provide  internet  access for
13       nighthttpd and telescoped daemons  of  Nightview.  It  is  designed  as
14       1.0/http server with a few extensions to 1.1 (it is without keep-alieve
15       support). This daemon is prepared for use in nightview including  of  a
16       specific CGI support. It is not intended as a general http daemon.
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18       The options are as follows:
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20       -c     A    location    of   a   configuration   file.   For   example:
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23       -u     User name to run under.
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25       -chroot
26              Run in chroot environment.
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28       -h     Host address.
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30       -p     Listen port.
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SECURITY

33       AuthKey in configuration file is used to control of access to the  dae‐
34       mon.  If the option is not present (eg. commented out), all clients are
35       accepted. It the value is non-null, the  clients  are  autenticated  by
36       Basic  authentication  scheme  as is used by Internet's browsers. It is
37       highly reccomended to use any type of tunneling, when your are  conect‐
38       ing via an unsecured network.
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FILES

41       /usr/local/etc/nightview.conf
42              The configuration file.
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SEE ALSO

45       nightview(1).   See   the  /usr/share/doc/nightview-doc  directory  for
46       description.    Homepage:     http://www.physics.muni.cz/mb/nightview/,
47       http://www.sbig.com
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AUTHOR

50       This  manual  page was written by F. Hroch <hroch@physics.muni.cz>, for
51       the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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