RFS: procserv
Dear mentors,
I am looking for a sponsor for my package "procserv".
* Package name : procserv
Version : 2.5.0-3
Upstream Author : Ralph Lange <Ralph.Lange@bessy.de>
* URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/procserv/
* License : GPLv3
Section : utils
It builds these binary packages:
procserv - A process server with telnet console and log access
The package appears to be lintian clean.
My motivation for maintaining this package...
procServ origins as a tool for the open source accelerator and physics
control system software EPICS (http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics). In that
context it is mainly used to run "soft" I/O controller processes in the
background, while giving access to the console (stdin/stdout) of the
process through a local telnet port.
A ssh/screen combination was initially used to achieve this, but using
the rich feature set of screen turned out to be sometimes crashing the
child process. Also screen sends VT100 escape sequences, which clog up
log files pretty much when used under a generic console access package.
So procServ was created as a small, simple, stable, generic system-level
tool to just run a command line process in the background and connect
its stdin/stdout to a telnet port. Plus restarting the child (manually
or automatically), PID file handling, blocking potentially dangerous
input characters, etc. It does not implement multi-user modes,
authorization, authentication etc - all this is left to the next layer
console server, e.g. the conserver package.
For security reasons, procServ restricts r/w connections to localhost.
It optionally provides r/o access from outside (for central logging
services).
I think this tool is mature, simple, and useful enough to be in the
distribution. I am willing to maintain it and keep it there.
The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/procserv
- Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
main contrib non-free
- dget
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/procserv/procserv_2.5.0-3.dsc
I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.
Kind regards
Ralph Lange
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