---
name: "phoned"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "dnet-progs"
version: "2.65+b1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/phoned"
---

# phoned(8)

DECnet phone server daemon

## NAME

phoned - DECnet phone server daemon

## SYNOPSIS

**phoned** \[options\]\
 Options:\
 \[-dvVh\] \[-u user\]

## DESCRIPTION

**phoned** is a daemon that serves phone clients. It must be running for any users to the phone command.

## OPTIONS

- *-u*

  Specifies the username that **phoned** runs as. By default this is "nobody". If this user does not exist then phoned will run as root which could be a security hole.\
   NOTE that phoned must be started as root to allow it to bind to the phone DECnet object. *-d* Don't fork and run the background. Use this for debugging.

- *-v*

  Verbose. The more of these there are the more verbose phoned will be. Don't  use more than one for normal operation because it will seriously impair performance.

- *-h -?*

  Displays help for using the command.

- *-V*

  Show the version of phoned.

## SEE ALSO

[**phone**(1)](/phone/1.md)