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> 25Responds to <ulink url="http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4620.txt">IPv6 Node Information Queries (RFC4620)</ulink> from clients. 26Queries 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> 37Debug mode. Do not go background. 38 </para></listitem> 39 </varlistentry> 40 41 <varlistentry> 42 <term><option/-h/</term> 43 <listitem><para> 44Show help. 45 </para></listitem> 46 </varlistentry> 47 48 <varlistentry> 49 <term><option/-v/</term> 50 <listitem><para> 51Verbose mode. 52 </para></listitem> 53 </varlistentry> 54 55 <varlistentry> 56 <term><option>-u <replaceable/user/</option></term> 57 <listitem><para> 58Run 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> 66File 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> 89Copyright (C) 2012 YOSHIFUJI Hideaki. 90Copyright (C) 2002 USAGI/WIDE Project. 91All rights reserved. 92 93Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 94modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 95are met: 961. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 97 notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 982. 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. 1013. 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 105THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE PROJECT AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 106ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 107IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 108ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE PROJECT OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 109FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 110DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 111OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 112HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 113LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 114OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 115SUCH DAMAGE. 116</literallayout> 117</para> 118</refsect1> 119 120</refentry> 121