Mon

• 1.0.0 Location
• 2.0.0 Usage
• 3.0.0 Description
• 4.0.0 Example
• 5.0.0 Note

Location

	/usr/web/bin/$objtype/mon

Usage

	mon [-d] [-u user] [-p passwdfile] cmdpath argument ...

Description

• mon is a program that is designed to be used with Pegasus httpd to protect against malicious cgi programs that attempt to kill httpd.
  
• mon invokes httpd to run as user and monitors the httpd to invoke subsequent httpd if it is killed by someone.
  
• mon should be executed by host owner.
  
• cmdpath is the path of Pegasus httpd, and arguments are of httpd.
  

-d: run as a daemon

-u user: run as user user. usually web

-p passwdfile: password required to become user is placed in this file

Example

bind -a /usr/web/bin/386 /bin
mon -du web -p /usr/web/lib/passwd /usr/local/bin/$cputype/httpd -suM

Note