1 .TH PIM 8 "10 December 2008" "@PACKAGE_FULLNAME@ PIM daemon" "Version @PACKAGE_VERSION@"
3 pimd \- a PIM routing for use with @PACKAGE_FULLNAME@.
35 is a protocol-independent multicast component that works with the
39 Options available for the
43 \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-daemon\fR
44 Runs in daemon mode, forking and exiting from tty.
46 \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-config-file \fR\fIconfig-file\fR
47 Specifies the config file to use for startup. If not specified this
48 option will default to \fB\fI@CFG_SYSCONF@/pimd.conf\fR.
50 \fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-group \fR\fIgroup\fR
51 Specify the group to run as. Default is \fI@enable_group@\fR.
53 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
56 \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-pid_file \fR\fIpid-file\fR
57 When pimd starts its process identifier is written to
58 \fB\fIpid-file\fR. The init system uses the recorded PID to stop or
59 restart pimd. The default is \fB\fI@CFG_STATE@/pimd.pid\fR.
61 \fB\-z\fR, \fB\-\-socket \fR\fIpath\fR
62 Specify the socket path for contacting the zebra daemon.
63 The default is \fB\fI@CFG_STATE@/zserv.api\fR. The value of this option
64 must be the same as the one given when starting zebra. Refer to the \fBzebra
65 (8)\fR man page for more information.
67 \fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-vty_port \fR\fIport-number\fR
68 Specify the port that the pimd VTY will listen on. This defaults to
69 2611, as specified in \fB\fI/etc/services\fR.
71 \fB\-A\fR, \fB\-\-vty_addr \fR\fIvty-address\fR
72 Specify the address that the pimd VTY will listen on. Default is all
75 \fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-user \fR\fIuser\fR
76 Specify the user to run as. Default is \fI@enable_user@\fR.
78 \fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-module \fR\fImodule:options\fR
79 Load a module at startup. May be specified more than once.
80 There are currently no such modules for
81 \fBpimd\fR in the base package.
83 \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
84 Print the version and exit.
86 \fB\-Z\fR, \fB\-\-debug_zclient\fR
87 Enable logging information for zclient debugging.
91 The default location of the
95 .BI @CFG_SYSCONF@/pimd.conf
96 The default location of the
100 .BI @CFG_STATE@/pimd.pid
101 The default location of the
105 .BI @CFG_STATE@/zserv.api
106 The default location of the
113 process is config'd to output logs to a file, then you will find this
114 file in the directory where you started \fBpimd\fR.
116 This man page is intended to be a quick reference for command line
119 The pimd process may log to standard output, to a VTY, to a log
120 file, or through syslog to the system logs.
125 \fBpimd\fR is in early development at the moment and is not ready for
129 eats bugs for breakfast. If you have food for the maintainers try
130 .BI https://github.com/udhos/qpimd
133 .BI https://github.com/udhos/qpimd
134 for an accurate list of authors.