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12 .Op Fl -bypass-security
13 .Op Fl -config Ns = Ns Ar DIR
14 .Op Fl -debug Ns = Ns Ar LEVEL
15 .Op Fl -generate-keys Ns Op = Ns Ar BITS
17 .Op Fl -kill Ns = Ns Ar SIGNAL
18 .Op Fl -net Ns = Ns Ar NETNAME
22 This is the daemon of tinc, a secure virtual private network (VPN) project.
25 will read it's configuration file to determine what virtual subnets it has to serve
26 and to what other tinc daemons it should connect.
27 It will connect to the ethertap or tun/tap device
28 and set up a socket for incoming connections.
29 Optionally a script will be executed to further configure the virtual device.
31 it will detach from the controlling terminal and continue in the background,
32 accepting and setting up connections to other tinc daemons
33 that are part of the virtual private network.
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36 .It Fl -bypass-security
37 Disables encryption and authentication.
38 Only useful for debugging.
39 .It Fl c, -config Ns = Ns Ar DIR
40 Read configuration options from
42 .It Fl d, -debug Ns Op = Ns Ar LEVEL
43 Increase debug level or set it to
46 .It Fl K, -generate-keys Ns Op = Ns Ar BITS
47 Generate public/private RSA keypair and exit.
50 is omitted, the default length will be 1024 bits.
52 Display short list of options.
53 .It Fl k, -kill Ns Op = Ns Ar SIGNAL
54 Attempt to kill a running
56 (optionally with the specified
58 instead of SIGTERM) and exit.
59 .It Fl n, -net Ns = Ns Ar NETNAME
63 Don't fork and detach.
64 This will also disable the automatic restart mechanism for fatal errors.
66 Output version information and exit.
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73 to try to connect to all uplinks immediately.
76 attempts to do this itself,
77 but increases the time it waits between the attempts each time it failed,
80 didn't succeed to connect to an uplink the first time after it started,
81 it defaults to the maximum time of 15 minutes.
83 Closes all connections, rereads the configuration file and restarts the daemon.
85 Temporarily increases debug level to 5.
86 Send this signal again to revert to the original level.
88 Dumps the connection list to syslog.
90 Dumps virtual network device statistics, all known nodes, edges and subnets to syslog.
92 Purges all information remembered about unreachable nodes.
95 The tinc daemon can send a lot of messages to the syslog.
96 The higher the debug level,
97 the more messages it will log.
98 Each level inherits all messages of the previous level:
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101 This will log a message indicating
103 has started along with a version number.
104 It will also any serious error.
106 This will log all connections that are made with other tinc daemons.
108 This will log status and error messages from other tinc daemons.
110 This will log all requests that are exchanged with other tinc daemons. These include
111 authentication, key exchange and connection list updates.
113 This will log a copy of everything received on the meta socket.
115 This will log all network traffic over the virtual private network.
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119 .It Pa /etc/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /tinc.conf
120 The configuration file for
122 .It Pa /etc/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /tinc-up
123 Script which is executed as soon as the virtual network device has been allocated.
124 Purpose is to further configure that device.
125 .It Pa /etc/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /tinc-down
126 Script which is executed when
129 Purpose is to cleanly shut down the virtual network device before it will be deallocated.
130 .It Pa /etc/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /hosts/*
131 The directory containing the host configuration files
132 used to authenticate other tinc daemons.
133 .It Pa /etc/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /hosts/ Ns Ar NAME Ns Pa -up
134 Script which is executed as soon as host
137 .It Pa /etc/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /hosts/ Ns Ar NAME Ns Pa -down
138 Script which is executed as soon as host
141 .It Pa /var/run/tinc. Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa .pid
142 The PID of the currently running
144 is stored in this file.
149 option may not work correctly.
151 .Sy The cryptography in tinc is not well tested yet. Use it at your own risk!
153 If you find any bugs, report them to tinc@nl.linux.org.
155 A lot, especially security auditing.
158 .Pa http://tinc.nl.linux.org/ ,
159 .Pa http://www.cabal.org/ .
161 The full documentation for tinc is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
162 If the info and tinc programs are properly installed at your site,
165 should give you access to the complete manual.
167 tinc comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
168 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions;
169 see the file COPYING for details.
171 .An "Ivo Timmermans" Aq ivo@o2w.nl
172 .An "Guus Sliepen" Aq guus@sliepen.eu.org
174 And thanks to many others for their contributions to tinc!