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134 .IX Title "GVPE 8"
135 .TH GVPE 8 "2008-09-01" "2.2" "GNU Virtual Private Ethernet"
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139 .nh
140 .SH "NAME"
141 \&\f(CW\*(C`gvpe\*(C'\fR \- \s-1GNU\s0 Virtual Private Ethernet Daemon
142 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
143 .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
144 \&\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]
145 [\fB\-\-kill\fR[\fB=\fR\fI\s-1SIGNAL\s0\fR]] [\fB\-\-mlock\fR] [\fB\-\-help\fR] [\fB\-\-version\fR]
146 \&\fI\s-1NODENAME\s0\fR [\fIoption...\fR]
147 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
148 .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
149 See the \fIgvpe\fR\|(5) man page for an introduction to the gvpe suite.
150 .PP
151 This is the manual page for gvpe, the virtual private ethernet daemon.
152 When started, \f(CW\*(C`gvpe\*(C'\fR will read it's configuration file to determine the
153 network topology, and other configuration information, assuming the role
154 of node \fI\s-1NODENAME\s0\fR
155 .PP
156 It will then create/connect to the tun/tap device and set up a socket for
157 incoming connections. Then a \f(CW\*(C`if\-up\*(C'\fR script will be executed to further
158 configure the virtual network device. If that succeeds, it will detach
159 from the controlling terminal and continue in the background, accepting
160 and setting up connections to other gvpe daemons that are part of the
161 same virtual private ethernet.
162 .PP
163 The optional arguments after the node name have to be of the form:
164 .PP
165 .Vb 1
166 \& [I<nodename>.]var=value
167 .Ve
168 .PP
169 If the argument has a prefix of \f(CW\*(C`nodename.\*(C'\fR
170 (i.e. \f(CW\*(C`laptop.enable\-dns=yes\*(C'\fR) then it will be parsed after all the
171 config directives for that node, if not, it is parsed before the first
172 node directive in the config file, and can be used to set global options
173 or default variables.
174 .PP
175 For example, to start \f(CW\*(C`gvpe\*(C'\fR in the foreground, with log-level \f(CW\*(C`info\*(C'\fR on
176 the node \f(CW\*(C`laptop\*(C'\fR, with \s-1TCP\s0 enabled and HTTP-Proxy host and Port set, use
177 this:
178 .PP
179 .Vb 3
180 \& gvpe \-D \-l info laptop \e
181 \& http\-proxy\-host=10.0.0.18 http\-proxy\-port=3128 \e
182 \& laptop.enable\-tcp=yes
183 .Ve
184 .SH "OPTIONS"
185 .IX Header "OPTIONS"
186 .IP "\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-config=\fR\fI\s-1DIR\s0\fR" 4
187 .IX Item "-c, --config=DIR"
188 Read configuration options from \fI\s-1DIR\s0\fR
189 .IP "\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-l=\fR\fI\s-1LEVEL\s0\fR" 4
190 .IX Item "-d, --l=LEVEL"
191 Set logging level to \fI\s-1LEVEL\s0\fR (one of: noise, trace, debug, info, notice,
192 warn, error, critical).
193 .IP "\fB\-\-help\fR" 4
194 .IX Item "--help"
195 Display short list of options.
196 .IP "\fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-no\-detach\fR" 4
197 .IX Item "-D, --no-detach"
198 Don't fork and detach but stay in foreground and log messages to stderr in
199 addition to syslog.
200 .IP "\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-mlock\fR" 4
201 .IX Item "-L, --mlock"
202 Lock \f(CW\*(C`gvpe\*(C'\fR into main memory. This will prevent sensitive data like
203 shared private keys to be written to the system swap files/partitions.
204 .IP "\fB\-\-version\fR" 4
205 .IX Item "--version"
206 Output version information and exit.
207 .SH "SIGNALS"
208 .IX Header "SIGNALS"
209 .IP "\s-1HUP\s0" 4
210 .IX Item "HUP"
211 Closes/resets all connections, resets the retry time and will start connecting
212 again (it will \s-1NOT\s0 re-read the config file). This is useful e.g. in a
213 \&\f(CW\*(C`/etc/ppp/if\-up\*(C'\fR script.
214 .IP "\s-1TERM\s0" 4
215 .IX Item "TERM"
216 Closes/resets all connections and exits.
217 .IP "\s-1USR1\s0" 4
218 .IX Item "USR1"
219 Dump current network status into the syslog (at loglevel \f(CW\*(C`notice\*(C'\fR, so make
220 sure your loglevel allows this).
221 .SH "FILES"
222 .IX Header "FILES"
223 .ie n .IP "\*(C`/etc/gvpe/gvpe.conf\*(C'" 4
224 .el .IP "\f(CW\*(C`/etc/gvpe/gvpe.conf\*(C'\fR" 4
225 .IX Item "/etc/gvpe/gvpe.conf"
226 The configuration file for \f(CW\*(C`gvpe\*(C'\fR.
227 .ie n .IP "\*(C`/etc/gvpe/if\-up\*(C'" 4
228 .el .IP "\f(CW\*(C`/etc/gvpe/if\-up\*(C'\fR" 4
229 .IX Item "/etc/gvpe/if-up"
230 Script which is executed as soon as the virtual network device has been
231 allocated. Purpose is to further configure that device.
232 .ie n .IP "\*(C`/etc/gvpe/node\-up\*(C'" 4
233 .el .IP "\f(CW\*(C`/etc/gvpe/node\-up\*(C'\fR" 4
234 .IX Item "/etc/gvpe/node-up"
235 Script which is executed whenever a node connects to this node. This can
236 be used for example to run nsupdate.
237 .ie n .IP "\*(C`/etc/gvpe/node\-down\*(C'" 4
238 .el .IP "\f(CW\*(C`/etc/gvpe/node\-down\*(C'\fR" 4
239 .IX Item "/etc/gvpe/node-down"
240 Script which is executed whenever a connection to another node is lost.
241 for example to run nsupdate.
242 .ie n .IP "\*(C`/etc/gvpe/pubkey/*\*(C'" 4
243 .el .IP "\f(CW\*(C`/etc/gvpe/pubkey/*\*(C'\fR" 4
244 .IX Item "/etc/gvpe/pubkey/*"
245 The directory containing the public keys for every node, usually
246 autogenerated by executing \f(CW\*(C`gvpectrl \-\-generate\-keys\*(C'\fR.
247 .ie n .IP "\*(C`/var/run/gvpe.pid\*(C'" 4
248 .el .IP "\f(CW\*(C`/var/run/gvpe.pid\*(C'\fR" 4
249 .IX Item "/var/run/gvpe.pid"
250 The \s-1PID\s0 of the currently running \f(CW\*(C`gvpe\*(C'\fR is stored in this file.
251 .SH "BUGS"
252 .IX Header "BUGS"
253 The cryptography in gvpe has not been thoroughly checked by many people
254 yet. Use it at your own risk!
255 .PP
256 If you find any bugs, report them to \f(CW\*(C`gvpe@schmorp.de\*(C'\fR.
257 .SH "SEE ALSO"
258 .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
259 \&\fIgvpe\fR\|(5) for an introduction, \fIgvpe.conf\fR\|(5), \fIgvpectrl\fR\|(8).
260 .PP
261 The \s-1GVPE\s0 mailing list, at <http://lists.schmorp.de/> or
262 \&\f(CW\*(C`gvpe@lists.schmorp.de\*(C'\fR.
263 .PP
264 \&\s-1GVPE\s0 comes with \s-1ABSOLUTELY\s0 \s-1NO\s0 \s-1WARRANTY\s0. This is free software, and you are
265 welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; see the file \s-1COPYING\s0
266 for details.
267 .SH "AUTHOR"
268 .IX Header "AUTHOR"
269 Marc Lehmann \f(CW\*(C`<gvpe@schmorp.de>\*(C'\fR.
270 .PP
271 And thanks to many others for their contributions to gvpe, especially the
272 tincd authors, who inspired me to write this program (after scavenging
273 their source code ;).