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-.Dd 2002-03-25
+.Dd 2013-01-14
 .Dt TINCD 8
 .\" Manual page created by:
 .\" Ivo Timmermans
@@ -8,14 +8,18 @@
 .Nd tinc VPN daemon
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
-.Op Fl cdDKnL
+.Op Fl cdDKnsoLRU
 .Op Fl -config Ns = Ns Ar DIR
 .Op Fl -no-detach
 .Op Fl -debug Ns Op = Ns Ar LEVEL
 .Op Fl -net Ns = Ns Ar NETNAME
+.Op Fl -option Ns = Ns Ar [HOST.]KEY=VALUE
 .Op Fl -mlock
 .Op Fl -logfile Ns Op = 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
@@ -51,25 +55,65 @@ Increase debug level or set it to
 .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 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 -controlsocket Ns = Ns Ar FILENAME
-Open control socket at
-.Ar FILENAME .
+.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
 is omitted, the default is
-.Pa @localstatedir@/run/tinc. Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa .control.
+.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
@@ -95,15 +139,10 @@ Connections to hosts whose host config file are removed are closed.
 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.
@@ -150,9 +189,9 @@ If you find any bugs, report them to tinc@tinc-vpn.org.
 .Sh TODO
 A lot, especially security auditing.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr tincctl 8 ,
+.Xr tinc 8 ,
 .Xr tinc.conf 5 ,
-.Pa http://www.tinc-vpn.org/ ,
+.Pa https://www.tinc-vpn.org/ ,
 .Pa http://www.cabal.org/ .
 .Pp
 The full documentation for tinc is maintained as a Texinfo manual.