---
name: "thpot"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "tinyhoneypot"
version: "0.4.6-10"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/thpot"
---

# thpot(8)

Tiny honeypot to setup simple (and fake) services

## NAME

thpot - Tiny honeypot to setup simple (and fake) services

## SYNOPSIS

**thpot \[service name\]**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **thpot** command. This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has documentation in the GNU Info format; see below.

**thpot** is a program that enables you to fake services by configuring it to be executed through either **xinetd** or **inetd**. All the connection attempts and sessions to simulated services are logged under **/var/log/thpot**.

## OPTIONS

This program takes as argument the name of the service which is being simulated, it can be anyone of  shell, ftp, http, mssql, smtp, pop3 or ssh. If the service name is  none of these a null response is returned (but the session is logged)

## FILES

- **/var/log/thpot**

  Location of the connections attempts and sessions to the honeypot services.

- **/etc/thpot/thp.conf**

  Configuration for the honeypot

- **/usr/share/thpot/**

  Miscellaneous files and functions used by **thpot**

## SEE ALSO

[**inetd.conf**(5)](/inetd.conf/5.md), [**inetd**(8)](/inetd/8.md)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a \<jfs@computer.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).