90 lines
2.4 KiB
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90 lines
2.4 KiB
Groff
.TH IPXD 8 "IPX Utilities" "Volker Lendecke"
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.SH NAME
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ipxd \- IPX RIP/SAP daemon program
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B ipxd
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[
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.B -d
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] [
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.B -p
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] [
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.B -l
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.I log_file
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] [
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.B -t
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.I ticks_file
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]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The IPX RIP/SAP daemon
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.B ipxd
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is invoked at boot time to manage the kernel IPX routing tables.
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When ipxd is started, it scans the file /proc/net/ipx_interfaces to
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find the ipx networks the computer is directly connected to. It sends
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the RIP and SAP response and request packets required by the IPX
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router specification v1.20 to the interfaces it found, so that an
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initial RIP and SAP table can be built.
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During normal operation, ipxd listens on the RIP and SAP ports of each
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directly connected interface for broadcasts that other routers on the
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network send out, as well as requests issued by workstations. This way
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the full router functionality required by the IPX router specification
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v1.20 is hopefully implemented.
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Every 30 seconds, as well as on request by a HUP signal, the file
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/proc/net/ipx_interfaces is re-scanned. Changes in the network
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topology are detected this way and broadcasted appropriately. This
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could eventually make Linux a quite flexible IPX router.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.B -d
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.RS 3
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With option
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.B -d,
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ipxd does not daemonize itself and logs the IPX traffic it receives
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and sends out to the log file.
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.RE
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.B -p
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.RS 3
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With option
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.B -p,
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ipxd works in passive mode. This means it does not output any response
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on the net. It does not broadcast its internal tables, and does not
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answer requests. This makes it suitable for use in a normal IPX
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workstation, which should not act as a router. By starting ipxd in
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passive mode, the kernel routing tables are kept up to date. This
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means that utilities like slist or nprint do not have to run suid
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root, to be able to add IPX routing table entries.
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It is not possible to use ipxd in passive mode when you have an
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internal net, because other IPX nodes must know how to reach the
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internal net. They can only know it if ipxd tells them where the
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internal net is.
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.RE
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.B -l
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.I logfile
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.RS 3
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With this option you can tell ipxd where to put its log output. The
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default is /dev/null.
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.RE
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.B -t
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.I ticks_file
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.RS 3
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With this option you can override the default file name for the ticks
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file. The default is /etc/ipx_ticks. See ipx_ticks(5) for more
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information.
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.SH FILES
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/etc/ipx_ticks
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.SH SEE ALSO
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ipx_ticks(5), ipx_interface(8)
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.SH AUTHOR
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Volker Lendecke <lendecke@namu01.gwdg.de>
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