---
name: "startsrv"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "remote-tty"
version: "4.0-13.1+b1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/startsrv"
---

# startsrv(8)

invoke ttysrv for a particular host.

## NAME

startsrv - invoke ttysrv for a particular host.

## SYNOPSIS

**startsrv** host

## DESCRIPTION

**startsrv** fires up **ttysrv** for a given host. It will kill any already running instance for that host, then read **/etc/remote-tty/opt/\<host\>.srv** for any options to pass to ttysrv (defaulting to those that set 9600,8n1), **/etc/remote-tty/prot/\<host\>.sock** for the permissions the socket should be set to (default 660), **/etc/remote-tty/owner/\<host\>.sock** for the owner of the socket (default rttymgr:dialout) and **/etc/remote-tty/prot/\<host\>.log** for the permissions of the logfile (default 640).

The device node used is **/etc/remote-tty/dev/\<host\>**. This will normally be a symlink to the correct file in **/dev**.

**ttysrv** is configured to log to **/var/log/remote-tty/\<host\>/\<host\>**, with a pidfile at **/var/run/remote-tty/pid/\<host\>** and the socket at **/var/run/remote-tty/sock/\<host\>**.

## SEE ALSO

[**remote-tty**(1)](/remote-tty/1.md), [**ttysrv**(8)](/ttysrv/8.md).

## AUTHOR

rtty was written by Paul Vixie \<vixie@isc.org\>. This manual page was written by Jonathan McDowell \<noodles@earth.li\> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).