-.Dd 2002-03-25
+.Dd 2013-01-14
.Dt TINCD 8
.\" Manual page created by:
-.\" Ivo Timmermans <ivo@o2w.nl>
-.\" Guus Sliepen <guus@sliepen.eu.org>
+.\" Ivo Timmermans
+.\" Guus Sliepen <guus@tinc-vpn.org>
.Sh NAME
.Nm tincd
.Nd tinc VPN daemon
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
-.Op Fl cdDkKnL
+.Op Fl cdDKnsoLRU
.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 -option Ns = Ns Ar [HOST.]KEY=VALUE
.Op Fl -mlock
.Op Fl -logfile Ns Op = Ns Ar FILE
-.Op Fl -pidfile Ns = Ns Ar FILE
+.Op Fl -syslog
.Op Fl -bypass-security
+.Op Fl -chroot
+.Op Fl -user Ns = Ns Ar USER
.Op Fl -help
.Op Fl -version
.Sh DESCRIPTION
it will detach from the controlling terminal and continue in the background,
accepting and setting up connections to other tinc daemons
that are part of the virtual private network.
-Under Windows (native) tinc will install itself as a service,
+Under Windows (not Cygwin) tinc will install itself as a service,
which will be restarted automatically after reboots.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl c, -config Ns = Ns Ar DIR
-Read configuration options from
-.Ar DIR .
+Read configuration files from
+.Ar DIR
+instead of
+.Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ .
.It Fl D, -no-detach
Don't fork and detach.
This will also disable the automatic restart mechanism for fatal errors.
+If not mentioned otherwise, this will show log messages on the standard error output.
.It Fl d, -debug Ns Op = Ns Ar LEVEL
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 native Windows 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 1024 bits.
+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 o, -option Ns = Ns Ar [HOST.]KEY=VALUE
+Without specifying a
+.Ar HOST ,
+this will set server configuration variable
+.Ar KEY
+to
+.Ar VALUE .
+If specified as
+.Ar HOST.KEY=VALUE ,
+this will set the host configuration variable
+.Ar KEY
+of the host named
+.Ar HOST
+to
+.Ar VALUE .
+This option can be used more than once to specify multiple configuration variables.
.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.
+This option is not supported on all platforms.
.It Fl -logfile Ns Op = Ns Ar FILE
Write log entries to a file instead of to the system logging facility.
If
.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 s, -syslog
+When this option is is set, tinc uses syslog instead of stderr in --no-detach mode.
+.It Fl -pidfile Ns = Ns Ar FILENAME
+Store a cookie in
+.Ar FILENAME
+which allows
+.Xr tinc 8
+to authenticate.
+If
.Ar FILE
-instead of
+is omitted, the default is
.Pa @localstatedir@/run/tinc. Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa .pid.
.It Fl -bypass-security
Disables encryption and authentication of the meta protocol.
Only useful for debugging.
+.It Fl R, -chroot
+With this option tinc chroots into the directory where network
+config is located (@sysconfdir@/tinc/NETNAME if -n option is used,
+or to the directory specified with -c option) after initialization.
+This option is not supported on all platforms.
+.It Fl U, -user Ns = Ns Ar USER
+setuid to the specified
+.Ar USER
+after initialization.
+This option is not supported on all platforms.
.It Fl -help
Display short list of options.
.It Fl -version
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.
This will log a message indicating
.Nm
has started along with a version number.
-It will also any serious error.
+It will also log any serious error.
.It 1
This will log all connections that are made with other tinc daemons.
.It 2
-This will log status and error messages from other tinc daemons.
+This will log status and error messages from scripts and other tinc daemons.
.It 3
This will log all requests that are exchanged with other tinc daemons. These include
authentication, key exchange and connection list updates.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width indent
-.It Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /tinc.conf
-The configuration file for
-.Nm .
-.It Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /tinc-up
-Script which is executed as soon as the virtual network device has been allocated.
-Purpose is to further configure that device.
-.It Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /tinc-down
-Script which is executed when
-.Nm
-exits.
-Purpose is to cleanly shut down the virtual network device before it will be deallocated.
-.It Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /hosts/*
-The directory containing the host configuration files
-used to authenticate other tinc daemons.
-.It Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /hosts/ Ns Ar NAME Ns Pa -up
-Script which is executed as soon as host
-.Ar NAME
-becomes reachable.
-.It Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /hosts/ Ns Ar NAME Ns Pa -down
-Script which is executed as soon as host
-.Ar NAME
-becomes unreachable.
+.It Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/
+Directory containing the configuration files tinc uses.
+For more information, see
+.Xr tinc.conf 5 .
.It Pa @localstatedir@/run/tinc. Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa .pid
The PID of the currently running
.Nm
.Pp
.Sy The cryptography in tinc is not well tested yet. Use it at your own risk!
.Pp
-If you find any bugs, report them to tinc@nl.linux.org.
+If you find any bugs, report them to tinc@tinc-vpn.org.
.Sh TODO
A lot, especially security auditing.
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr tinc 8 ,
.Xr tinc.conf 5 ,
-.Pa http://tinc.nl.linux.org/ ,
+.Pa https://www.tinc-vpn.org/ ,
.Pa http://www.cabal.org/ .
.Pp
The full documentation for tinc is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions;
see the file COPYING for details.
.Sh AUTHORS
-.An "Ivo Timmermans" Aq ivo@o2w.nl
-.An "Guus Sliepen" Aq guus@sliepen.eu.org
+.An "Ivo Timmermans"
+.An "Guus Sliepen" Aq guus@tinc-vpn.org
.Pp
And thanks to many others for their contributions to tinc!
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