Merge branch 'master' of git://tinc-vpn.org/tinc into 1.1

[meshlink] / doc / tincd.8.in

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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.Dd 2002-03-25
+.Dd 2011-01-02

 .Dt TINCD 8
 .\" Manual page created by:
 .\" Ivo Timmermans
 .Dt TINCD 8
 .\" Manual page created by:
 .\" Ivo Timmermans


@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ Increase debug level or set it to
 .It Fl n, -net Ns = Ns Ar NETNAME
 Connect to net
 .Ar NETNAME .
 .It Fl n, -net Ns = Ns Ar NETNAME
 Connect to net
 .Ar NETNAME .

+This will let tinc read all configuration files from
+.Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ Ar NETNAME .
+Specifying
+.Li .
+for
+.Ar NETNAME
+is the same as not specifying any
+.Ar NETNAME .

 .It Fl L, -mlock
 Lock tinc into main memory.
 This will prevent sensitive data like shared private keys to be written to the system swap files/partitions.
 .It Fl L, -mlock
 Lock tinc into main memory.
 This will prevent sensitive data like shared private keys to be written to the system swap files/partitions.


@@ -72,11 +80,11 @@ is omitted, the default is
 .It Fl -bypass-security
 Disables encryption and authentication of the meta protocol.
 Only useful for debugging.
 .It Fl -bypass-security
 Disables encryption and authentication of the meta protocol.
 Only useful for debugging.

-.It Fl -chroot
+.It Fl R, -chroot

 With this option tinc chroots into the directory where network
 config is located (@sysconfdir@/tinc/NETNAME if -n option is used,
 or to the directory specified with -c option) after initialization.
 With this option tinc chroots into the directory where network
 config is located (@sysconfdir@/tinc/NETNAME if -n option is used,
 or to the directory specified with -c option) after initialization.

-.It Fl -user Ns = Ns Ar USER
+.It Fl U, -user Ns = Ns Ar USER

 setuid to the specified
 .Ar USER
 after initialization.
 setuid to the specified
 .Ar USER
 after initialization.


@@ -93,6 +101,19 @@ Connections to hosts whose host config file are removed are closed.
 New outgoing connections specified in
 .Pa tinc.conf
 will be made.
 New outgoing connections specified in
 .Pa tinc.conf
 will be made.

+If the
+.Fl -logfile
+option is used, this will also close and reopen the log file,
+useful when log rotation is used.
+.It INT
+Temporarily increases debug level to 5.
+Send this signal again to revert to the original level.
+.It USR1
+Dumps the connection list to syslog.
+.It USR2
+Dumps virtual network device statistics, all known nodes, edges and subnets to syslog.
+.It WINCH
+Purges all information remembered about unreachable nodes.

 .El
 .Sh DEBUG LEVELS
 The tinc daemon can send a lot of messages to the syslog.
 .El
 .Sh DEBUG LEVELS
 The tinc daemon can send a lot of messages to the syslog.