---
name: "danted"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "dante-server"
version: "1.4.2+dfsg-7+b8"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/danted"
---

# danted(8)

network proxyserver

## NAME

danted - network proxyserver

## SYNOPSIS

**danted** \[**-DLVdhnv**\] \[**-N** *number*\] \[**-f** *file*\] \[**-p** *file*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**Dante** implements the socks standard and can function as a firewall between networks.

**Dante** relays TCP and UDP both from outside the network and in, and from inside and out.

The options are as follows:

- **-D**

  **Dante** will detach from the controlling terminal and run in the background as a system daemon.

- **-L**

  Displays the license **Dante** comes under.

- **-N***number*

  **Dante** will fork of *number* "main servers" when starting.  This can be used for servers that are extremely busy, or to provide a (very) poor mans redundancy setup, as Dante will try to make these "main servers" as independent of each others as possible.  It is unlikely that setting this number to anything higher than the number of CPUs will improve performance.

- **-V**

  Verifies config file and exits.

- **-d***number*

  Sets the level of debugging, zero to disable.

- **-f***file*

  **Dante** will read its configuration from *file*.

- **-h**

  Shows the currently valid options.

- **-n**

  Disables TCP keep-alive messages.  Normally **Dante** enables TCP keep-alive messages so that connections from machines that have crashed or for other reasons no longer can be reached time out. Note that this can take several hours.  See also the "timeout" option in [danted.conf(5)](/danted.conf/5.md).

- **-p***file*

  **Dante** will write the pid of the main process to this file. *file*.

- **-v**

  Displays **Dante** version.

## SIGNALS

- **SIGHUP**

  Reload the configuration file.  Will also reopen logfiles.

- **SIGINFO/SIGUSR1**

  Print some information about the servers current state and clients.

## ENVIRONMENT

- **TMPDIR**

  Use **TMPDIR** for temporary files. **Dante** will use this directory for lockfiles and memory-mapped files. It is recommended that **TMPDIR** be set to a (local) filesystem with low latency.  The directory should have read/write/execute permission by both the privileged and unprivileged userid (as specified in /etc/danted.conf), but no other non-privileged users.

## FILES

- /etc/danted.conf

  **Dante** server configuration file.

## AUTHORS

For inferno Nettverk A/S:\
    Michael Shuldman\
    Karl-Andre' Skevik

## SEE ALSO

[dante.conf(5)](/dante.conf/5.md), [danted.conf(5)](/danted.conf/5.md)

Information about new releases and other related issues can be found on the **Dante** WWW home page: http://www.inet.no/dante/

Information about commercial support can be found on the **Dante** WWW support page: http://www.inet.no/dante/support.html

## BUGS

See the accompanying BUGS file.  New ones should be reported to dante-bugs@inet.no.