---
name: "pmsocks"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pcp"
version: "7.2.2-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pmsocks"
---

# pmsocks(1)

shell wrapper for performance monitoring across firewalls

## NAME

**pmsocks** - shell wrapper for performance monitoring across firewalls

## SYNOPSIS

**pmsocks** *path* \[*args* ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

**pmsocks** allows Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) clients running on hosts located on the internal side of a TCP/IP firewall to monitor remote hosts on the other side of the firewall. This assumes the firewall has been configured with a compliant **sockd** daemon and the necessary access controls are satisfied.

**pmsocks** is a thin shell wrapper around the [**tsocks**(8)](/tsocks/8.md) library using the [**tsocks**(1)](/tsocks/1.md) utility, which are not included with PCP. You can obtain **tsocks** from **https://tsocks.sourceforge.net/**.

## FILES

- */etc/tsocks.conf*

  configuration file for the [**tsocks**(8)](/tsocks/8.md) library.

## SEE ALSO

[**pmcd**(1)](/pmcd/1.md), [**pmproxy**(1)](/pmproxy/1.md), [**PMAPI**(3)](/PMAPI/3.md) and [**tsocks**(8)](/tsocks/8.md).