SYNOPSIS

       failc  [βˆβˆ’b  backuptext ] [ βˆβˆ’c community ] [ βˆβˆ’s state ] [βˆβˆ’TUV] [βˆβˆ’t time‐
       out] [ βˆβˆ’d facility ] [ βˆβˆ’p port ] servicename [hostname]

DESCRIPTION

       Failc contacts a faild(l) on the system hostname (on the  localhost  if
       the hostname parameter is missing) and sets the various service parame‐
       ters.  In contrast to earlier releases of  failover,  failc  cannot  be
       used to query the faild, failstat should be used for this purpose.

OPTIONS

       βˆβˆ’bbackuptext
              Store backup in the backup field of the state.

       βˆβˆ’ccommunity
              set  the  community string to access this facility to community.
              By default, the string  public  is  used.   Unless  a  community
              defined  in faild is used access or modification or both are not
              allowed.

       βˆβˆ’dfacility
              Increase the debuglevel for facility facility.  See faildebug(l)
              for a list of available facilities.

       βˆβˆ’sstate
              Set  the  service  state  to  state.   State  must be one of UP,
              RECOVER or FAIL.

       βˆβˆ’T     use TCP to contact faild.

       βˆβˆ’U     use UDP to contact faild.

       βˆβˆ’ttimeout
              allow for that many seconds before a call  without  a  reply  is
              considered a failure.

       βˆβˆ’pport connect  to  port port on the remote host. If this is not speci‐
              fied, failc the default port 1918 (or some other port, as  fixed
              during the configuration of the package) is used.

       βˆβˆ’V     display failover version and exit.

VERSION

       This  pages  documents  failc  as  it  appears in version 0.5.16 of the
       failover utilities.

SEE ALSO

       faild(8), faildebug(8), faildump(1), failmon(1), failsh(8), failstat(1)

AUTHOR

       Andreas F. Muller <andreas.mueller@othello.ch>