---
name: "dbiproxy"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libdbi-perl"
version: "1.02-1"
release: "Debian 2.1 (Slink)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dbiproxy"
---

# dbiproxy(1)

A proxy server for the DBD::Proxy driver

## NAME

dbiproxy - A proxy server for the DBD::Proxy driver

## SYNOPSIS

```
    dbiproxy <options> --port <port>
```

## DESCRIPTION

This tool is just a front end for the DBI::ProxyServer package. All it does is picking options from the command line and calling *DBI::ProxyServer::main()*. See the *DBI::ProxyServer(3)* manpage for details.

Available options include:\

- `--configfile filename`

  The DBI::ProxyServer can use a configuration file for authorizing clients. The file is almost identical to that of RPC::pServer, with the exception of some additional attributes. See the section on *CONFIGURATION FILE* in the *DBI::ProxyServer(3)* manpage.

  If you don't use a config file, then access control is completely disabled. Only use this for debugging purposes or something similar!\

- `--debug`

  Turns on debugging mode. Debugging messages will usually be logged to syslog with facility *daemon* unless you use the options `--facility` or `--stderr`, see below.\

- `--facility`

  Sets the syslog facility, by default *daemon*.\

- `--help`

  Tells the proxy server to print a help message and exit immediately.\

- `--ip ip-number`

  Tells the DBI::ProxyServer, on which ip number he should bind. The default is, to bind to `INADDR_ANY` or any ip number of the local host. You might use this option, for example, on a firewall with two network interfaces. If your LAN has non public IP numbers and you bind the proxy server to the inner network interface, then you will easily disable the access from the outer network or the Internet.\

- `--port port`

  This option tells the DBI::ProxyServer, on which port number he should bind. Unlike other applications, DBI::ProxyServer has no builtin default, so using this option is required.\

- `--pidfile filename`

  Tells the daemon, where to store its PID file. The default is */tmp/dbiproxy.pid*. The PID file looks like this:

  ```
      567
      IP number 127.0.0.1, port 3334
      dbiproxy -ip 127.0.0.1 -p 3334
  ```

  The first line is the process number. The second line are IP number and port number, so that they can be used by local clients and the third line is the command line. These can be used in administrative scripts, for example to first kill the DBI::ProxyServer and then restart it with the same options you do a

  ```
      kill `head -1 /tmp/dbiproxy.pid`
      `tail -1 /tmp/dbiproxy.pid`
  ```

- `--stderr`

  Forces printing of messages to stderr. The default is using the syslog.\

- `--version`

  Forces the DBI::ProxyServer to print its version number and copyright message and exit immediately.

## AUTHOR

```
    Copyright (c) 1997    Jochen Wiedmann
                          Am Eisteich 9
                          72555 Metzingen
                          Germany
```

```
                          Email: joe@ispsoft.de
                          Phone: +49 7123 14881
```

The DBI::ProxyServer module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. In particular permission is granted to Tim Bunce for distributing this as a part of the DBI.

## SEE ALSO

the *DBI::ProxyServer(3)* manpage, the *DBD::Proxy(3)* manpage, the *DBI(3)* manpage