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131 .IX Title "GVPE 8"
132 .TH GVPE 8 "2005-06-21" "1.9" "GNU Virtual Private Ethernet"
133 .SH "NAME"
134 \&\f(CW\*(C`gvpe\*(C'\fR \- GNU Virtual Private Ethernet Daemon
135 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
136 .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
137 \&\f(CW\*(C`gvpe\*(C'\fR [\fB\-cDlL\fR] [\fB\-\-config=\fR\fI\s-1DIR\s0\fR] [\fB\-\-no\-detach\fR] [\fB\-l=\fR\fI\s-1LEVEL\s0]\fR]
138 [\fB\-\-kill\fR[\fB=\fR\fI\s-1SIGNAL\s0\fR]] [\fB\-\-mlock\fR] [\fB\-\-help\fR] [\fB\-\-version\fR]
139 \&\fI\s-1NODENAME\s0\fR [\fIoption...\fR]
140 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
141 .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
142 See the \fIgvpe\fR\|(5) manpage for an introduction to the gvpe suite.
143 .PP
144 This is the manual page for gvpe, the virtual private ethernet daemon.
145 When started, \f(CW\*(C`gvpe\*(C'\fR will read it's configuration file to determine the
146 network topology, and other configuration information, assuming the role
147 of node \fI\s-1NODENAME\s0\fR. It will then connect to the tun/tap device and set
148 up a socket for incoming connections. Then a script will be executed to
149 further configure the virtual device. If that succeeds, it will detach
150 from the controlling terminal and continue in the background, accepting
151 and setting up connections to other gvpe daemons that are part of the
152 virtual private ethernet.
153 .PP
154 The optional arguments after the node name have to be of the form:
155 .PP
156 .Vb 1
157 \& [I<nodename>.]var=value
158 .Ve
159 .PP
160 If the argument has a prefix of \f(CW\*(C`nodename.\*(C'\fR
161 (i.e. \f(CW\*(C`laptop.enable\-dns=yes\*(C'\fR) then it will be parsed after all the
162 config directives for that node, if not, it is parsed befroe the first
163 node directive in the config file, and can be used to set global options
164 or default variables.
165 .PP
166 For example, to start \f(CW\*(C`gvpe\*(C'\fR in the foreground, with log-level \f(CW\*(C`info\*(C'\fR on
167 the node \f(CW\*(C`laptop\*(C'\fR, with \s-1TCP\s0 enabled and HTTP-Proxy host and Port set, use
168 this:
169 .PP
170 .Vb 3
171 \& gvpe -D -l info laptop \e
172 \& http-proxy-host=10.0.0.18 http-proxy-port=3128 \e
173 \& laptop.enable-tcp=yes
174 .Ve
175 .SH "OPTIONS"
176 .IX Header "OPTIONS"
177 .IP "\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-config=\fR\fI\s-1DIR\s0\fR" 4
178 .IX Item "-c, --config=DIR"
179 Read configuration options from \fI\s-1DIR\s0\fR
180 .IP "\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-l=\fR\fI\s-1LEVEL\s0\fR" 4
181 .IX Item "-d, --l=LEVEL"
182 Set logging level to \fI\s-1LEVEL\s0\fR (one of: noise, trace, debug, info, notice,
183 warn, error, critical).
184 .IP "\fB\-\-help\fR" 4
185 .IX Item "--help"
186 Display short list of options.
187 .IP "\fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-no\-detach\fR" 4
188 .IX Item "-D, --no-detach"
189 Don't fork and detach but stay in foreground and log messages to stderr in
190 addition to syslog.
191 .IP "\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-mlock\fR" 4
192 .IX Item "-L, --mlock"
193 Lock \f(CW\*(C`gvpe\*(C'\fR into main memory. This will prevent sensitive data like
194 shared private keys to be written to the system swap files/partitions.
195 .IP "\fB\-\-version\fR" 4
196 .IX Item "--version"
197 Output version information and exit.
198 .SH "SIGNALS"
199 .IX Header "SIGNALS"
200 .IP "\s-1HUP\s0" 4
201 .IX Item "HUP"
202 Closes/resets all connections, resets the retry time and will start connecting
203 again (it will \s-1NOT\s0 re-read the config file). This is useful e.g. in a
204 \&\f(CW\*(C`/etc/ppp/if\-up\*(C'\fR script.
205 .IP "\s-1TERM\s0" 4
206 .IX Item "TERM"
207 Closes/resets all connections and exits.
208 .IP "\s-1USR1\s0" 4
209 .IX Item "USR1"
210 Dump current network status into the syslog (at loglevel \f(CW\*(C`notice\*(C'\fR, so make
211 sure your loglevel allows this).
212 .SH "FILES"
213 .IX Header "FILES"
214 .ie n .IP "\*(C`/etc/gvpe/gvpe.conf\*(C'" 4
215 .el .IP "\f(CW\*(C`/etc/gvpe/gvpe.conf\*(C'\fR" 4
216 .IX Item "/etc/gvpe/gvpe.conf"
217 The configuration file for \f(CW\*(C`gvpe\*(C'\fR.
218 .ie n .IP "\*(C`/etc/gvpe/if\-up\*(C'" 4
219 .el .IP "\f(CW\*(C`/etc/gvpe/if\-up\*(C'\fR" 4
220 .IX Item "/etc/gvpe/if-up"
221 Script which is executed as soon as the virtual network device has been
222 allocated. Purpose is to further configure that device.
223 .ie n .IP "\*(C`/etc/gvpe/node\-up\*(C'" 4
224 .el .IP "\f(CW\*(C`/etc/gvpe/node\-up\*(C'\fR" 4
225 .IX Item "/etc/gvpe/node-up"
226 Script which is executed whenever a node connects to this node. This can
227 be used for example to run nsupdate.
228 .ie n .IP "\*(C`/etc/gvpe/node\-down\*(C'" 4
229 .el .IP "\f(CW\*(C`/etc/gvpe/node\-down\*(C'\fR" 4
230 .IX Item "/etc/gvpe/node-down"
231 Script which is executed whenever a connection to another node is lost.
232 for example to run nsupdate.
233 .ie n .IP "\*(C`/etc/gvpe/pubkey/*\*(C'" 4
234 .el .IP "\f(CW\*(C`/etc/gvpe/pubkey/*\*(C'\fR" 4
235 .IX Item "/etc/gvpe/pubkey/*"
236 The directory containing the public keys for every node, usually
237 autogenerated by executing \f(CW\*(C`gvpectrl \-\-generate\-keys\*(C'\fR.
238 .ie n .IP "\*(C`/var/run/gvpe.pid\*(C'" 4
239 .el .IP "\f(CW\*(C`/var/run/gvpe.pid\*(C'\fR" 4
240 .IX Item "/var/run/gvpe.pid"
241 The \s-1PID\s0 of the currently running \f(CW\*(C`gvpe\*(C'\fR is stored in this file.
242 .SH "BUGS"
243 .IX Header "BUGS"
244 The cryptography in gvpe has not been thoroughly checked by many people
245 yet. Use it at your own risk!
246 .PP
247 If you find any bugs, report them to \f(CW\*(C`gvpe@schmorp.de\*(C'\fR.
248 .SH "SEE ALSO"
249 .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
250 \&\fIgvpe\fR\|(5) for an introduction, \fIgvpe.conf\fR\|(5), \fIgvpectrl\fR\|(8).
251 .PP
252 The \s-1GVPE\s0 mailing list, at <http://lists.schmorp.de/> or
253 \&\f(CW\*(C`gvpe@lists.schmorp.de\*(C'\fR.
254 .PP
255 gvpe comes with \s-1ABSOLUTELY\s0 \s-1NO\s0 \s-1WARRANTY\s0. This is free software, and you are
256 welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; see the file \s-1COPYING\s0
257 for details.
258 .SH "AUTHOR"
259 .IX Header "AUTHOR"
260 Marc Lehmann \f(CW\*(C`<gvpe@schmorp.de>\*(C'\fR.
261 .PP
262 And thanks to many others for their contributions to gvpe, especially the
263 tincd authors, who inspired me to write this program (after scavenging
264 their sourcecode ;).