These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax. A summary of options is included below.
-n Do not use broadcast packets. A tad less insecure. This means that ethernet packets will have the
mac-address of the client as the packet destination, instead of using the ethernet broadcast
address.
-o Use the older MD5 based authentication. This is less secure, and also requires your userfile to
have the passwords in plaintext format. If you are running the server with this parameter, you
cannot add users using the -a option.
-a Add a new user. The user should be an existing user in your system. This can be done without
restarting your mactelnetd server as it re-reads the user file for each authentication attempt.
You will be prompted for the username and password, or you can use one of the following options to
specify them on the command line:
-uusername
You can specify the new username to add on the command line using this option. If this is
not used, you will be prompted for the username.
-ppassword
You can specify the new password for the new user to add on the command line using this
option. If this is not used, you will be prompted for the password.
-dusername
Delete the specified user.
-l List the available users in the /usr/local/etc/mactelnetd.users file.
-h Show summary of options.
-v Show version of program.