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6 ninfod - Respond to IPv6 Node Information Queries
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9 ninfod [-dhv] [-p pidfile] [-u user]
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13 Responds to IPv6 Node Information Queries (RFC4620) from clients.
14 Queries can be sent by various implementations of ping6 command.
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17 -a Debug mode. Do not go background.
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19 -h Show help.
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21 -v Verbose mode.
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23 -u user
24 Run as another user. user can either be username or user ID.
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27 File for process-id storage. user is required to be able to
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31 ping(8).
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34 ninfod was written by USAGI/WIDE Project.
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37 Copyright (C) 2012 YOSHIFUJI Hideaki.
38 Copyright (C) 2002 USAGI/WIDE Project.
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