NETCLIPD 8 September 1st, 2001 netclip Networked User's Manual netclipd the netclip server netclipd netclip is a client/server application to copy/paste text over your local network. netclipd, part of netclip, is the server managing the remove clipboard. Per default, the server listens on port 6671 (this can be changed in config.h). Generally, netclipd should be started a boot time. To achieve this, the script is placed into /usr/rc.d/init.d/. To activate this script at startup you must first get to know your runlevel (at /etc/inittab) and then make a link like this (where $RUNLEVEL is the runlevel. ln -s /etc/rc.d/rc$RUNLEVEL.d/S99netclipd /etc/rc.d/init.d/netclipd Please note that when installing the default way, netclipd will be started as root which could be a security issue. If security is important and the computer is also connected with another network (like for example the internet), you can firewall port 6671 (man ipchains, but make sure that you don't block the local network, since the other hosts on this network are going to connect to this port). You can also make a user (netclipd) and start the server as this user. Note that the file /var/netclip/current must be writable for this user! To block the port: ipchains -A input -p tcp -d externalip/externalmask 6671 -j REJECT Test netclipd by telnetting to it: telnet localhost 6671 There, use r to read the current netclipboard and w to write a new one. This also illustrates the security of the server. If you don't block the port then everybody on the internet can read and set your netclipboard. Some cracking people can also root your box using programming mistakes made in netclipd. To avoid this, run netclipd as user and block the port if the computer where you are running netclipd on is also connected to a non-privat network Password protection and ssh encryption are plans for future releases. /usr/rc.d/init.d/netclipd The netclipd startup script. /var/netclip/current contains the contents of the cliboard Please report bugs to the Author. gtknetclip(1) netclip Homepage Philip Van Hoof freax@pandora.be This man-page was written by Jan Schaumann jschauma@netmeister.org as part of "The Missing Man Pages Project".