ser(8)                        Sip Express Router                        ser(8)



NAME
       ser - very fast and configurable sip proxy

SYNOPSIS
       ser [ -hcrRvdDEVT ] [ -f config-file ] [ -l address ] [ -n processes-no
       ] [ -N tcp processes-no ] [ -b max_rcv_buf_size ] [ -m  shared_mem_size
       ]  [  -w  working-dir  ]  [  -t chroot-dir ] [ -u uid ] [ -g gid ] [ -P
       pid-file ] [ -i fifo-path ] [ -x socket-path ]


DESCRIPTION
       ser or Sip Express Router is a very fast and configurable SIP proxy.


OPTIONS
       -h          Displays a short usage description, including all available
                   options.

       -c          Checks  the config file and displays the aliases and listen
                   interface list.

       -r          Uses dns to check if it is necessary to add  a  "received="
                   field to a via.

       -R          Same as -r but uses reverse dns.

       -v          Turns on via host checking when forwarding replies.

       -d          Turns on debugging, multiple -d increase the debug level.

       -D          Runs  ser  in  the  foreground (it doesn't fork into daemon
                   mode).

       -E          Sends all the log messages to stderr.

       -T          Disables TCP support.

       -V          Displays the version number.

       -f config-file
                   Reads  the  configuration  from      config-file   (default
                   /etc/ser/ser.cfg ).

       -l address  Listens  on  the  specified  address/interface. Multiple -l
                   mean listening on multiple addresses. The address format is
                   [proto:]address[:port], where proto = udp|tcp and address =
                   host|ip_address|interface_name. Example: -l  localhost,  -l
                   udp:127.0.0.1:5080, -l eth0:5062.  The default behaviour is
                   to listen on all the ipv4 interfaces.

       -n processes-no
                   Specifies the  number  of  children  processes  forked  per
                   interface (default 8).

       -N tcp processes-no
                   Specifies the number of children processes forked to handle
                   tcp incoming connections (by default is equal to -n ).

       -b max_rcv_buf_size
                   Maximum receive buffer size which will not be  exceeded  by
                   the auto-probing procedure even if the OS allows.

       -m shared_mem_size
                   Size  of  the  shared  memory  which  will be allocated (in
                   Megabytes).

       -w working-dir
                   Specifies the working directory.  In  the  very  improbable
                   event  that ser will crash, the core file will be generated
                   here.

       -t chroot-dir
                   Forces ser to chroot after reading the config file.

       -u uid      Changes the user id under which ser runs.

       -g gid      Changes the group id under which ser runs.

       -P pid-file Creates a file containing the pid of the main ser  process.

       -i fifo-path
                   Creates a fifo, usefull for monitoring ser status.

       -x socket-path
                   Creates  a unix socket, usefull for monitoring ser status (
                   same as -i fifo-path but using instead unix sockets).



FILES
       /usr/sbin/ser
       /etc/ser/ser.cfg
       /usr/lib/ser/modules/*

AUTHORS
       see /usr/share/doc/ser/AUTHORS


SEE ALSO
       ser.cfg(5)

       Full documentation on ser, including configuration guidelines, FAQs and
       licensing conditions, is available at http://www.iptel.org/ser/.

       For reporting  bugs see http://www.iptel.org/ser/bugs/.

       Mailing lists:
       serusers@iptel.org - ser user community
       serdev@iptel.org - ser development, new features and unstable version



ser                               15.07.2002                            ser(8)