NAME
ripngd — RIPng routing daemon for IPv6
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/ripngd
[-C]
[-c]
[-f
config_file]
[-N]
[-n]
[-q]
[-t
trace_options]
[trace_file]
DESCRIPTION
ripngd
is a routing daemon that works with Route Administration Manager (RAMD)
for IPv6.
This routing daemon is an implementation of Routing Information
Protocol for IPv6 defined in RFC 2080.
ripngd
is invoked automatically if it is enabled in the
/etc/ramd.conf
configuration file.
Options
ripngd
supports the following command-line options:
- -C
Parses the configuration file for syntax errors
and terminates
ripngd.
ripngd
exits with status 0 if the configuration file
contains no error.
In case of any error,
ripngd
exits with a non-zero value.
ripngd
prints the configuration file errors, if any, to
the standard output.
- -c
Parses the configuration file for syntax errors and terminates
ripngd.
- -f config_file
Specifies an alternate configuration file to be used by
ripngd.
By default,
ripngd
uses the
/etc/ramd.conf
configuration file.
- -N
Specifies that
ripngd
runs as a normal process and not as a
daemon process.
- -n
Specifies that
ripngd
does not modify the kernel forwarding table.
That is,
ripngd
will not send route updates to
ramd(1M).
- -q
Suppresses stderr messages of
ripngd.
This option suppresses informational messages
which are normally printed to the standard output, and
log error messages through
syslogd(1M).
By default,
syslog
errors are logged in
/var/adm/syslog/syslog.log.
- -t trace_options
Specifies a comma-separated list of trace options that
must be enabled when starting
ripngd.
No space is allowed between this option and its arguments.
See
ramd.conf(4)
for information on valid trace options and tracing.
- trace_file
Name of the file used by
ripngd
to log tracing information.
If trace options are specified without specifying a trace file,
ripngd
uses the default trace file
/var/tmp/ripngd/ripngd.log.
Signal Processing
The following HP-UX signals can be used to control
ripngd:
- SIGHUP
Specifies
ripngd
to reread the configuration file.
ripngd
reads the configuration file and reconfigures its policies.
- SIGINT
Specifies that the current state of
ripngd
be written to dump file
/var/tmp/ripngd/ripngd.dump.
- SIGTERM
Graceful shutdown.
On receipt of
SIGTERM,
ripngd
attempts a graceful shutdown.
ripngd
removes all protocol route from the kernel
routing table upon receiving
SIGTERM.
- SIGUSR1
Toggle tracing.
If tracing is enabled, this signal suspends
tracing and closes the trace file.
If tracing is disabled,
ripngd
opens the trace file and initiates tracing.
This is useful for moving trace files.
SIGUSR1
cannot be used if
ripngd
does not enable tracing in the configuration file.
AUTHOR
ripngd
was developed by Future Software Ltd.
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