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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