-.Dd 2009-05-18
+.Dd 2011-06-25
.Dt TINCD 8
.\" Manual page created by:
.\" Ivo Timmermans
.Nd tinc VPN daemon
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
-.Op Fl cdDkKnLRU
+.Op Fl cdDKnLRU
.Op Fl -config Ns = Ns Ar DIR
.Op Fl -no-detach
.Op Fl -debug Ns Op = Ns Ar LEVEL
-.Op Fl -kill Ns Op = Ns Ar SIGNAL
.Op Fl -net Ns = Ns Ar NETNAME
-.Op Fl -generate-keys Ns Op = Ns Ar BITS
.Op Fl -mlock
.Op Fl -logfile Ns Op = Ns Ar FILE
-.Op Fl -pidfile Ns = Ns Ar FILE
.Op Fl -bypass-security
.Op Fl -chroot
.Op Fl -user Ns = Ns Ar USER
Increase debug level or set it to
.Ar LEVEL
(see below).
-.It Fl k, -kill Ns Op = Ns Ar SIGNAL
-Attempt to kill a running
-.Nm
-(optionally with the specified
-.Ar SIGNAL
-instead of SIGTERM) and exit.
-Under Windows (not Cygwin) the optional argument is ignored,
-the service will always be stopped and removed.
.It Fl n, -net Ns = Ns Ar NETNAME
Connect to net
.Ar NETNAME .
-.It Fl K, -generate-keys Ns Op = Ns Ar BITS
-Generate public/private RSA keypair and exit.
-If
-.Ar BITS
-is omitted, the default length will be 2048 bits.
-When saving keys to existing files, tinc will not delete the old keys,
-you have to remove them manually.
+This will let tinc read all configuration files from
+.Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ Ar NETNAME .
+Specifying
+.Li .
+for
+.Ar NETNAME
+is the same as not specifying any
+.Ar NETNAME .
.It Fl L, -mlock
Lock tinc into main memory.
This will prevent sensitive data like shared private keys to be written to the system swap files/partitions.
.Ar FILE
is omitted, the default is
.Pa @localstatedir@/log/tinc. Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa .log.
-.It Fl -pidfile Ns = Ns Ar FILE
-Write PID to
+.It Fl -pidfile Ns = Ns Ar FILENAME
+Store a cookie in
+.Ar FILENAME
+which allows
+.Xr tincctl 8
+to authenticate.
+If
.Ar FILE
-instead of
+is omitted, the default is
.Pa @localstatedir@/run/tinc. Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa .pid.
-Under Windows this option will be ignored.
.It Fl -bypass-security
Disables encryption and authentication of the meta protocol.
Only useful for debugging.
New outgoing connections specified in
.Pa tinc.conf
will be made.
-.It INT
-Temporarily increases debug level to 5.
-Send this signal again to revert to the original level.
-.It USR1
-Dumps the connection list to syslog.
-.It USR2
-Dumps virtual network device statistics, all known nodes, edges and subnets to syslog.
-.It WINCH
-Purges all information remembered about unreachable nodes.
+If the
+.Fl -logfile
+option is used, this will also close and reopen the log file,
+useful when log rotation is used.
.El
.Sh DEBUG LEVELS
The tinc daemon can send a lot of messages to the syslog.
.Sh TODO
A lot, especially security auditing.
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr tincctl 8 ,
.Xr tinc.conf 5 ,
.Pa http://www.tinc-vpn.org/ ,
.Pa http://www.cabal.org/ .