1.\" $OpenBSD: ripd.8,v 1.14 2023/03/02 17:09:54 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: March 2 2023 $ 19.Dt RIPD 8 20.Os 21.Sh NAME 22.Nm ripd 23.Nd Routing Information Protocol (RIP) 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.Op Fl s Ar socket 30.Sh DESCRIPTION 31.Nm 32is the Routing Information Protocol 33.Pq RIP 34daemon which manages routers' routing tables. 35.Pp 36A running 37.Nm 38can be controlled with the 39.Xr ripctl 8 40utility. 41.Pp 42The options are as follows: 43.Bl -tag -width Ds 44.It Fl D Ar macro Ns = Ns Ar value 45Define 46.Ar macro 47to be set to 48.Ar value 49on the command line. 50Overrides the definition of 51.Ar macro 52in the configuration file. 53.It Fl d 54Do not daemonize. 55If this option is specified, 56.Nm 57will run in the foreground and log to 58.Em stderr . 59.It Fl f Ar file 60Specify an alternative configuration file. 61.It Fl n 62Configtest mode. 63Only check the configuration file for validity. 64.It Fl s Ar socket 65Use an alternate location for the default control socket. 66.It Fl v 67Produce more verbose output. 68.El 69.Sh FILES 70.Bl -tag -width "/var/run/ripd.sockXX" -compact 71.It Pa /etc/ripd.conf 72Default 73.Nm 74configuration file. 75.It Pa /var/run/ripd.sock 76.Ux Ns -domain 77socket used for communication with 78.Xr ripctl 8 . 79.El 80.Sh SEE ALSO 81.Xr ripd.conf 5 , 82.Xr rc.conf 8 , 83.Xr ripctl 8 84.Sh STANDARDS 85.Rs 86.%A F. Baker 87.%A R. Atkinson 88.%D January 1997 89.%R RFC 2082 90.%T RIP-2 MD5 Authentication 91.Re 92.Pp 93.Rs 94.%A G. Malkin 95.%D November 1998 96.%R RFC 2453 97.%T RIP Version 2 98.Re 99.Sh HISTORY 100The 101.Nm 102program first appeared in 103.Ox 4.1 . 104