| <refentry id="ninfod"> |
| |
| <refmeta> |
| <refentrytitle>ninfod</refentrytitle> |
| <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> |
| <refmiscinfo>iputils-&snapshot;</refmiscinfo> |
| </refmeta> |
| |
| <refnamediv> |
| <refname>ninfod</refname> |
| <refpurpose>Respond to IPv6 Node Information Queries</refpurpose> |
| </refnamediv> |
| |
| <refsynopsisdiv> |
| <cmdsynopsis> |
| <command>ninfod</command> |
| <arg choice="opt"><option>-dhv</option></arg> |
| <arg choice="opt">-p <replaceable/pidfile/</arg> |
| <arg choice="opt">-u <replaceable/user/</arg> |
| </cmdsynopsis> |
| </refsynopsisdiv> |
| |
| <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title> |
| <para> |
| Responds to <ulink url="http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4620.txt">IPv6 Node Information Queries (RFC4620)</ulink> from clients. |
| Queries can be sent by various implementations of <command/ping6/ command. |
| </para> |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| <refsect1><title>OPTIONS</title> |
| |
| <variablelist> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option/-a/</term> |
| <listitem><para> |
| Debug mode. Do not go background. |
| </para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option/-h/</term> |
| <listitem><para> |
| Show help. |
| </para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option/-v/</term> |
| <listitem><para> |
| Verbose mode. |
| </para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-u <replaceable/user/</option></term> |
| <listitem><para> |
| Run as another user. |
| <replaceable/user/ can either be username or user ID. |
| </para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-p <replaceable/pidfile/</option></term> |
| <listitem><para> |
| File for process-id storage. |
| <replaceable/user/ is required to be able to create the file. |
| </para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| </variablelist> |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| <refsect1><title>SEE ALSO</title> |
| <para> |
| <link linkend="ping"> |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle/ping/<manvolnum/8/</citerefentry></link>. |
| </para> |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| <refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title> |
| <para> |
| <command/ninfod/ was written by USAGI/WIDE Project. |
| </para> |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| <refsect1><title>COPYING</title> |
| <para> |
| <literallayout> |
| Copyright (C) 2012 YOSHIFUJI Hideaki. |
| Copyright (C) 2002 USAGI/WIDE Project. |
| All rights reserved. |
| |
| Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without |
| modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions |
| are met: |
| 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright |
| notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. |
| 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright |
| notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the |
| documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. |
| 3. Neither the name of the project nor the names of its contributors |
| may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software |
| without specific prior written permission. |
| |
| THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE PROJECT AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND |
| ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE |
| IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE |
| ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE PROJECT OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE |
| FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL |
| DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS |
| OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) |
| HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT |
| LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY |
| OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF |
| SUCH DAMAGE. |
| </literallayout> |
| </para> |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| </refentry> |