-.Dd 2009-05-18
+.Dd 2011-06-25
.Dt TINCD 8
.\" Manual page created by:
.\" Ivo Timmermans
.It Fl n, -net Ns = Ns Ar NETNAME
Connect to net
.Ar NETNAME .
+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 -controlsocket Ns = Ns Ar FILENAME
-Open control socket at
-.Ar FILENAME .
+.It Fl -controlcookie Ns = Ns Ar FILENAME
+Store a cookie in
+.Ar FILENAME
+which allows
+.Xr tincctl 8
+to authenticate.
If
.Ar FILE
is omitted, the default is
-.Pa @localstatedir@/run/tinc. Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa .control.
+.Pa @localstatedir@/run/tinc. Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa .cookie.
.It Fl -bypass-security
Disables encryption and authentication of the meta protocol.
Only useful for debugging.
.El
.Sh SIGNALS
.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It ALRM
+Forces
+.Nm
+to try to connect to all uplinks immediately.
+Usually
+.Nm
+attempts to do this itself,
+but increases the time it waits between the attempts each time it failed,
+and if
+.Nm
+didn't succeed to connect to an uplink the first time after it started,
+it defaults to the maximum time of 15 minutes.
.It HUP
Partially rereads configuration files.
Connections to hosts whose host config file are removed are closed.
New outgoing connections specified in
.Pa tinc.conf
will be made.
+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.
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