1 <refentry id="ninfod"> 2 3 <refmeta> 4 <refentrytitle>ninfod</refentrytitle> 5 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> 6 <refmiscinfo>iputils-&snapshot;</refmiscinfo> 7 </refmeta> 8 9 <refnamediv> 10 <refname>ninfod</refname> 11 <refpurpose>Respond to IPv6 Node Information Queries</refpurpose> 12 </refnamediv> 13 14 <refsynopsisdiv> 15 <cmdsynopsis> 16 <command>ninfod</command> 17 <arg choice="opt"><option>-dhv</option></arg> 18 <arg choice="opt">-p <replaceable/pidfile/</arg> 19 <arg choice="opt">-u <replaceable/user/</arg> 20 </cmdsynopsis> 21 </refsynopsisdiv> 22 23 <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title> 24 <para> 25 Responds to <ulink url="http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4620.txt">IPv6 Node Information Queries (RFC4620)</ulink> from clients. 26 Queries can be sent by various implementations of <command/ping6/ command. 27 </para> 28 </refsect1> 29 30 <refsect1><title>OPTIONS</title> 31 32 <variablelist> 33 34 <varlistentry> 35 <term><option/-a/</term> 36 <listitem><para> 37 Debug mode. Do not go background. 38 </para></listitem> 39 </varlistentry> 40 41 <varlistentry> 42 <term><option/-h/</term> 43 <listitem><para> 44 Show help. 45 </para></listitem> 46 </varlistentry> 47 48 <varlistentry> 49 <term><option/-v/</term> 50 <listitem><para> 51 Verbose mode. 52 </para></listitem> 53 </varlistentry> 54 55 <varlistentry> 56 <term><option>-u <replaceable/user/</option></term> 57 <listitem><para> 58 Run as another user. 59 <replaceable/user/ can either be username or user ID. 60 </para></listitem> 61 </varlistentry> 62 63 <varlistentry> 64 <term><option>-p <replaceable/pidfile/</option></term> 65 <listitem><para> 66 File for process-id storage. 67 <replaceable/user/ is required to be able to create the file. 68 </para></listitem> 69 </varlistentry> 70 </variablelist> 71 </refsect1> 72 73 <refsect1><title>SEE ALSO</title> 74 <para> 75 <link linkend="ping"> 76 <citerefentry><refentrytitle/ping/<manvolnum/8/</citerefentry></link>. 77 </para> 78 </refsect1> 79 80 <refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title> 81 <para> 82 <command/ninfod/ was written by USAGI/WIDE Project. 83 </para> 84 </refsect1> 85 86 <refsect1><title>COPYING</title> 87 <para> 88 <literallayout> 89 Copyright (C) 2012 YOSHIFUJI Hideaki. 90 Copyright (C) 2002 USAGI/WIDE Project. 91 All rights reserved. 92 93 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 94 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 95 are met: 96 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 97 notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 98 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 99 notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 100 documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 101 3. Neither the name of the project nor the names of its contributors 102 may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 103 without specific prior written permission. 104 105 THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE PROJECT AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 106 ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 107 IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 108 ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE PROJECT OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 109 FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 110 DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 111 OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 112 HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 113 LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 114 OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 115 SUCH DAMAGE. 116 </literallayout> 117 </para> 118 </refsect1> 119 120 </refentry> 121
