NINFOD(8)

NAME
ninfod - Respond to IPv6 Node Information Queries

SYNOPSIS

ninfod [-dhv] [-p pidfile] [-u user]

DESCRIPTION

Responds to IPv6 Node Information Queries (RFC4620) from clients. Queries can be sent by various implementations of ping6 command.

OPTIONS

-a
    Debug mode. Do not go background.

-h
    Show help.

-v
    Verbose mode.

-u user
    Run as another user. user can either be username or user ID.

-p pidfile
    File for process-id storage. user is required to be able to create the file.

SEE ALSO

ping(8).

AUTHOR

ninfod was written by USAGI/WIDE Project.

COPYING

    Copyright (C) 2012 YOSHIFUJI Hideaki.
    Copyright (C) 2002 USAGI/WIDE Project.
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