HP-UX 11i Version 2 Release Notes (October 2003)

Internet and Networking
Router Discovery Protocol Daemon (rdpd) (Obsolete)
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Obsolescence
Not applicable.
Router Discovery Protocol Daemon (rdpd) (Obsolete)
The router discover protocol daemon, rdpd, implements the host portion of the router
discovery protocol.
Summary of Change
The rdpd daemon is transitioning from an obsolescent state to obsolete. Any references
to rdpd have been removed, and rdpd will no longer start at bootup.
The functionality of rdpd has been subsumed in gated. See the routerdiscovery
statements described in gated (4).
Components for rdpd are delivered into /usr/old/sbin, /usr/old/sbin/init.d, and
/usr/old/sbin/rc*.d.
Impact
Instead of relying on rdpd, you will instead have to use gated, which is more flexible.
Compatibility
You should not use rdpd if you have enabled routerdiscovery client when running
gated.
Performance
There are no performance impacts.
Documentation
The manpage for rdpd, rdpd (1M), has been modified to show that the daemon is
obsolete.
Obsolescence
The rdpd daemon is obsolete. It is longer be supported, but will still be delivered in
/usr/old. It will be removed in a future release.