Running the Men&Mice components (Central, Controllers)
Linux
After installation, all Men&Mice components are configured as system processes available through systemctl. Only use systemctl to stop, (re)start, and query the status of the components, i.e.:
systemctl status|start|stop|restart mmcentral
systemctl status|start|stop|restart mmremote
You can set several options when starting Men&Mice Central (by default /usr/sbin/mmcentral):
-ll <level> |
Men&Mice Central sends event messages to the system log. You can change the log level for Men&Mice Central by using the –ll command-line option when starting the daemon. Possible levels are 0 - 5 (the default value is 3) |
-p <port> |
Set port number to listen to (default 1231) |
-u <user> |
Specifies the user name or user id that the program should run as |
-g <group> |
Specifies the group name or group id that the program should run as |
-d <path> |
Sets the path where the data files should be located (the default path is /var/mmsuite/mmcentral) |
-v |
Displays version information |
–h |
Displays available command line options for Men&Mice Central |
For example:
mmcentrald -p 9876 -ll 5 -d /temp/data
Windows
Men&Mice Central
Men&Mice Central runs as a service and you can start and stop Men&Mice Central using the Services application. You can also control Men&Mice Central using these command line options:
mmcentral –i |
Installs Men&Mice Central as a service |
mmcentral –u |
Uninstalls Men&Mice Central |
mmcentral –start |
Starts the Men&Mice Central service |
mmcentral –stop |
Stops the Men&Mice Central service |
mmcentral –v |
Displays version information |
mmcentral –h |
Displays available command line options for Men&Mice Central |
Men&Mice Controllers
The Men&Mice DNS Server Controller runs as a service and you can start and stop the Server Controller using the Services application. You can also control the Men&Mice DNS Server Controller using these command line options:
mmremote –i |
Installs the Men&Mice DNS Server Controller as a service |
mmremote –u |
Uninstalls the Men&Mice DNS Server Controller |
mmremote –start |
Starts the Men&Mice DNS Server Controller service |
mmremote –stop |
Stops the Men&Mice DNS Server Controller service |
mmremote –v |
Displays version information |
mmremote –h |
Displays available command line options for the Men&Mice DNS Server Controller |