---
name: "unixserver"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ucspi-unix"
version: "1.0-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/unixserver"
---

# unixserver(1)

UNIX domain socket server

## NAME

unixserver - UNIX domain socket server

## SYNOPSIS

unixserver \[options\] socket program

## DESCRIPTION

Unixserver is  UNIX domain socket server that conform to UCSPI,  the UNIX Client-Server Program Interface.

## OPTIONS

- **-q**

  Quiet. Do not print any messages.

- **-Q**

  (default) Print error messages.

- **-v**

  Verbose.  Print error and status messages.

- **-d**

  Do not delete the socket file on exit.

- **-D**

  (default) Delete the socket file on exit.

- **-u UID**

  Change user id to UID after creating socket.

- **-g GID**

  Change group id to GID after creating socket.

- **-U**

  Same as '-u $UID -g $GID'.

- **-o UID**

  Make the socket owned by UID.

- **-r GID**

  Make the socket group owned by GID.

- **-O**

  Same as '-o $SOCKET\_UID -r $SOCKET\_GID'.

- **-p PERM**

  Set the permissions on the created socket (in octal). Note: this option, if set, overrides the mask below. (defaults to 0666 minus umask)

- **-m MASK**

  Set umask to MASK (in octal) before creating socket. (defaults to 0, previous value is restored afterwards)

- **-c N**

  Do not handle more than N simultaneous connections. (default 10)

- **-b N**

  Allow a backlog of N connections.

- **-B BANNER**

  Write BANNER to the client immediately after connecting.

## SEE ALSO

[unixclient(1)](/unixclient/1.md), [unixcat(1)](/unixcat/1.md) http://cr.yp.to/proto/ucspi.txt

## AUTHOR

ucspi-unix package was written by Bruce Guenter \<bruceg@em.ca\>

This manual page was originally written by Tomas Kuliavas  \<tokul@bigfoot.com\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system,  but may be used elsewhere under the GPL.