---
name: "spuser"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "spread"
version: "3.17.4-2+b1"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/spuser"
---

# spuser(1)

Spread Group Communication Client

## NAME

spuser - Spread Group Communication Client

## SYNOPSIS

**spuser \[-u** *connection\_name***\] \[-s** *spread\_address***\] \[-n** *username***\] \[-p** *password***\] \[-r\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**spuser** is a Spread client program that can send and receive messages and  join and leave groups. By default it trys to connect to a Spread daemon running on port 4803 of the local machine.

## OPTIONS

- \-u connection\_name

  The name this connection to the daemon will use to uniquely identify itself.

- \-s spread address

  The port number, or port number and host to which the spuser  program should connect in order to reach a Spread daemon.

- \-n username

  The user name that one would like to authenticate with if password based authentication is enabled.

- \-p password

  The password to be used for authentication.

- \-r

  Use a random connection name.

## BUGS

Some limitations on message size and number of groups are hardcoded into spuser.

## AUTHOR

Yair Amir \<yairamir@cnds.jhu.edu\>

Jonathan Stanton \<jonathan@cnds.jhu.edu\>

Spuser is Copyright 1998-2001 Spread Concepts, LLC.

## SEE ALSO

[**libsp**(3)](/libsp/3.md) [**spread**(1)](/spread/1.md)