1.\" $OpenBSD: ripd.8,v 1.9 2010/05/24 19:44:23 jmc Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Michele Marchetto <mydecay@openbeer.it> 4.\" Copyright (c) 2004, 2005, 2006 Esben Norby <norby@openbsd.org> 5.\" 6.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any 7.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above 8.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. 9.\" 10.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES 11.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 12.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR 13.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES 14.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN 15.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF 16.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. 17.\" 18.Dd $Mdocdate: May 24 2010 $ 19.Dt RIPD 8 20.Os 21.Sh NAME 22.Nm ripd 23.Nd "Routing Information Protocol daemon" 24.Sh SYNOPSIS 25.Nm 26.Op Fl dnv 27.Op Fl D Ar macro Ns = Ns Ar value 28.Op Fl f Ar file 29.Sh DESCRIPTION 30.Nm 31is the Routing Information Protocol 32.Pq RIP 33daemon which manages routers' routing tables. 34.Pp 35A running 36.Nm 37can be controlled with the 38.Xr ripctl 8 39utility. 40.Pp 41The options are as follows: 42.Bl -tag -width Ds 43.It Fl D Ar macro Ns = Ns Ar value 44Define 45.Ar macro 46to be set to 47.Ar value 48on the command line. 49Overrides the definition of 50.Ar macro 51in the configuration file. 52.It Fl d 53Do not daemonize. 54If this option is specified, 55.Nm 56will run in the foreground and log to 57.Em stderr . 58.It Fl f Ar file 59Specify an alternative configuration file. 60.It Fl n 61Configtest mode. 62Only check the configuration file for validity. 63.It Fl v 64Produce more verbose output. 65.El 66.Sh FILES 67.Bl -tag -width "/var/run/ripd.sockXX" -compact 68.It /etc/ripd.conf 69Default 70.Nm 71configuration file. 72.It /var/run/ripd.sock 73.Ux Ns -domain 74socket used for communication with 75.Xr ripctl 8 . 76.El 77.Sh SEE ALSO 78.Xr ripd.conf 5 , 79.Xr rc.conf 8 , 80.Xr ripctl 8 81.Rs 82.%R RFC 2453 83.%T RIP Version 2 84.%D November 1998 85.Re 86.Rs 87.%R RFC 2082 88.%T "RIP-2 MD5 Authentication" 89.%D January 1997 90.Re 91.Sh HISTORY 92The 93.Nm 94program first appeared in 95.Ox 4.1 . 96