---
name: "vboxd"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "isdnvboxserver"
version: "1:3.25+dfsg1-10"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vboxd"
---

# vboxd(8)

isdn voice box daemon

## NAME

vboxd - isdn voice box daemon

## SYNOPSIS

**vboxd** *\[OPTION\] \[OPTION\] \[...\]*\

## DESCRIPTION

Vboxd is a daemon which is accessed via tcp/ip and can give you the messages recorded with vboxgetty, or change them.

vboxd uses port 20012 (tcp and udp), as described in /etc/services.

## OPTIONS

- **-f, --file FILE**

  Config file to use. Default is the file '/etc/isdn/vboxd.conf'.

- **-t, --timeout SECS**

  Timeout for waiting for commands from the client. If no command is received within this time, the daemon exits. Default value is 600 seconds.

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-v, --version**

  Show version of program.

## NOTE

After the start the timeout is set to 30 seconds. It will change after the first command to the value set with --timeout.

## FILES

- **/etc/isdn/vboxd.conf**

  default config file

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Andreas Jellinghaus \<aj@dungeon.inka.de\>, for Debian GNU/Linux and isdn4linux.