ninfod(8) — Linux manual page

NINFOD(8)                        iputils                       NINFOD(8)

NAME         top

       ninfod - Respond to IPv6 Node Information Queries

SYNOPSIS         top

       ninfod [-dhv] [-p pidfile] [-u user] [-v]

DESCRIPTION         top

       Responds to IPv6 Node Information Queries (RFC4620) from clients.
       Queries can be sent by various implementations of ping command.

OPTIONS         top

       -d
           Debug mode. Do not go background.

       -h
           Show help.

       -v
           Verbose mode.

       -u user
           Run as another user.  user can either be username or user ID.

       -p pidfile
           File for process-id storage.  user is required to be able to
           create the file.

       -V
           Print version and exit.

SEE ALSO         top

       ping(8).

AUTHOR         top

       ninfod was written by USAGI/WIDE Project.

COPYING         top

           Copyright (C) 2012 YOSHIFUJI Hideaki.
           Copyright (C) 2002 USAGI/WIDE Project.
           All rights reserved.

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iputils 20210722                                               NINFOD(8)

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