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ripngd(1M) ripngd(1M)
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 rout-
ing 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 mes-
sages 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 mov-
ing trace files.
SIGUSR1 cannot be used if ripngd does not enable tracing in the configuration file.
AUTHOR
ripngd was developed by Future Software Ltd.
SEE ALSO
netstat(1), ifconfig(1M), ram_monitor(1M), ramd(1M), rdc(1M), fork(2), ramd.conf(4).
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