tnos
Name tnos
-- Tampa Network Operating System Synopsistnos [options...] DESCRIPTION This manual page reflect TNOS release 2.03 and greater.
TNOS is an application which makes your
computer a complete TCP/IP-capable machine, complete with support
for Amateur Packet radio, via the AX25 Link Level Protocol.
TNOS supports both MS-DOS (or Windows, Win-95, OS-2),
and Unix. The MS-DOS version is limited to the DOS 640K conventional
memory boundaries, which limits the number of servers and features that
can be compiled into the executable.
TNOS really shines, though, on a Unix platform,
like Linux! ALL of TNOS's features can be compiled
in, and the TNOS box can act as a completely
separate virtual machine from the normal Linux environment, allowing
for a secure Amateur firewall.
Most TCP/IP servers are contained within TNOS,
including FTP, telnet, HTTP, NNTP, and many more. There are also
some special servers that are particular to Amateur Radio, including
the Ham version of IRC, the Conference Bridge.
Also contained in TNOS is a full-featured Packet
Bulletin Board System (PBBS), fully compatible
with non-NOS PBBSs. It supports compressed and non-compressed PBBS
forwarding, file upload and download, and lots more. In addition,
the PBBS can be accessed via the Internet (assuming your station has
Internet connectivity), from anyone's WWW Browser!
HISTORY - FROM THE AUTHOR There was no original intention to start a "TNOS"
project. I stumbled onto GRINOS and found it to be FUN and
CHALLENGING. This caused me to look around and I found JNOS, which
was more complete and stable. After initial testing, I ws ready to
replace the AA4RE BBS that I was running at our club station. I
asked the operator of the BBS that was feeding me traffic to hold
off for a few days while I made the change.
All went well, everything was in place, users were happy. So I
told the BBS SYSOP to start feeding me traffic. BOOM! CRASH! POW!
POP! There were 30 second (and greater) delays changing into
certain message areas that held more than 500 messages. Messages
selected for forwarding never left the system, since the other
BBS was timing out waiting for my system to FIND what I wanted to send.
And trying to remotely SYSOP left me frustrated, since very few commands
could be executed without going into remote sysop mode, and back
again.
And so the sleepless nights started! I became labeled by those helping
with the project as the "programmer that never sleeps"! Mad dashes
through the code were made to make temporary adjustments to bring the
performance up to an acceptable level.
After getting several in the Tampa area to serve as beta-testers (in
addition to the original club BBS), I then set out to clean up the
rubble and make sense of it.
Then (while on a roll) I decided to enhance many of the existing
features, including the Conference Bridge. Additional servers were
added. A few GUI "frills" were added. A few adjustments were made to
make it work better with ROSE, since that is what our local network
uses.
Thus begat TNOS! Several were critical that I did not let the world get
their hands on it earlier, but since this was never MEANT to be anything
other than a personal project, I did not see that I had the time to put
into supporting a project in turmoil. I waited until it was stable
(relatively) and not undergoing daily changes. I'm sorry if that didn't
please everyone, but (to paraphrase the song), "It's my code and I'll
release when I want to".
COPYRIGHT INFO TNOS is based on the previous works of KA9Q, WG7J, and many others. Any
copyrights or other restriction by these authors are still in effect. In
addition, all TNOS additions, extensions, and re-works are copyright
1992-96 by Brian A. Lantz and are made availble under the same
conditions.
As of release 3.00, TNOS is released under the GNU General
Public License (GPL). Since KA9Q NOS was re-released under the
GPL, the current and future versions of TNOS will also be GPL'ed.
TNOS is provided AS-IS, with absolutely no promises, warranties, or
illusions of grandeur. Let the non-buyer beware!
OPTIONS- -?
Displays the version information on this
TNOS executable.
- -A devices
Defines the maximum number of SLIP/AX25-capable
serial devices allowed. This number must be the same
or smaller than the number of physical ASY serial
ports defined. If this setting is higher than the
number of serial devices (set with the '-P' option),
then both are set to this value. The default number
of devices is 5.
- -B processes
Defines the maximum number of BBS processes allowed.
The default number of processes is 40.
- -D definition
Defines a new environment variable for use within
TNOS. The
definition
may be in one of two formats,
label=value, or
label. If the latter form is used,
the value of label will be set
to the name of the label. This command is only
available to executables that have had the
SCRIPTING flag defined in their
compile.
- -E
Instructs TNOS to import all
environment variables from the OS.
This command is only available to executables that have
had the SCRIPTING flag defined
in their compile.
- -P serialdevices
Defines the maximum number of ASY serial devices
allowed. If the setting for the '-A' option is
greater, than both are set to that value. The
default number of devices is 5.
This command is available on release 2.21 and greater.
- -S manager
Sets default session manager. (Unix versions only)
- -T manager
Sets session manager to be used for the trace
session. (Unix versions only)
- -U timeout
Sets the timeout value for the auto-update feature,
available to those with the TNOS Browser feature
compiled in. The timeout waited to make the
connection and check for updates defaults to 30
seconds. Give a new value here for
'timeout'
to change this. Those sites NOT connected to the
Internet may want to use a '-U 0'
here, to disable the 30 second check on booting.
This command is available on release 2.21 and greater.
- -V
Give the same output as with the
-v options, but also prompts you
at each command, as to whether you wish to execute
it or not. Also good for diagnosing a troubled
autoexec.nos file.
- -a interfaces
Defines the maximum number of AXIP interfaces
allowed. The default number of AXIP interfaces is 16.
This command is only available to executables that have
had the AXIP flag defined in
their compile.
- -c
Sets a TNOS 68000 system to use Curses for it's
screen display management. There
are no systems of this type
available outside of the author's bench.
This command is only available to executables that have
had the TNOS_68K flag defined in
their compile.
- -d rootdir
Sets the TNOS root directory to
rootdir.
By default, the
rootdir
is '.' for Unix and '/' for MS-DOS.
- -e
Use EGA mode for the screen output, giving either
a 43 or a 50 line display (depending on the display
adapter). (MS-DOS version only)
- -f configfile
Instructs TNOS to use the file
configfile
as a file to define alternate definitions for the
internal TNOS filename strings.
- -g colorname
Sets the foreground color for TNOS.
- -h heapsize
Sets the initial heapsize to a value other than the
default of 100K. This value is the size in bytes,
which defaults to 102400. (MS-DOS version only)
- -k colorname
Sets the background color for TNOS.
- -l lockdirpath
Sets the directory used for the LOCKDIR path.
(Unix version only) This command is available on
release 2.22 and greater.
- -m
Displays the TNOS features MAP
information on this TNOS
executable. This command is available on
release 2.20 and greater.
- -n
Disables tracing to a separate session. This will
make all trace output go to the
TNOS console, instead of to the
session accessible via the
F9 function key.
This command is only available to executables that have
had the TRACE
flag defined in their compile.
- -o sessions
Sets the maximum number of interactive console
sessions. This cannot be set to less than 5, The
default for this is set in the mkconfig.tcl
development program, and is usually set to 20.
- -r circuits
Defines the maximum number of Netrom open circuits
allowed. The default number of circuits is 20.
This command is only available to executables that have
had the NETROM
flag defined in their compile.
- -s sockets
Sets the maximum number of sockets available within
TNOS. The default number
of sockets is set up in the mkconfig.tcl development
program, and is usually set to 40.
- -t
Disables internal timers - for debugging purposes
only. (Unix versions only)
- -u interfaces
Defines the maximum number of AXUDP interfaces
allowed. The default number of AXUDP interfaces is 5.
This command is only available to executables that have
had the AXUDP flag defined in
their compile.
- -v
Startup in verbose mode. This causes all commands
in the autoexec.nos file to be displayed before
they are executed, to help determine where you
might be having errors in processing that file.
- -w colorname
Sets the background color for the status lines within
TNOS.
This command is only available to executables that have
had the PATCURSES flag defined in
their compile.
- -x colorname
Sets the foreground color for the status lines within
TNOS.
This command is only available to executables that have
had the PATCURSES flag defined in
their compile.
- -y colorname
Sets the background color for the chat lines within
TNOS.
This command is only available to executables that have
had the PATCURSES flag defined in
their compile.
- -z colorname
Sets the foreground color for the chat lines within
TNOS.
This command is only available to executables that have
had the PATCURSES flag defined in
their compile.
AUTHOR The author, mastermind, tempermental ruler, and primary
fan of TNOS is Brian A. Lantz <brian@lantz.com>.
PLEASE DO NOT send TNOS
support email to that address. TNOS support is
handled ONLY on the TNOS-TOPICS and TNOS-SUPPORT mailing lists.
COPYRIGHT Tampa Network Operating System (TNOS) is
Copyright 1992-1996 by Brian A. Lantz. TNOS
is available at no cost to the Amateur Radio
community and for educational purposes.
TNOS DOCUMENTATION PROJECT This MAN page is part of the TNOS
Documentation Project and is maintained by
the author of TNOS, Brian A. Lantz/KO4KS,
and is Copyright 1996 by Brian A. Lantz on
behalf of the TNOS Documentation Project.
For further information on the TNOS Documentation
Project, see the
TDP Web Pages.
Any questions or bug reports regarding TNOS should go
to tnos-topics@lists.sourceforge.net.
Last updated: Sunday, 25-Jan-2004 15:10:36 UTC
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