1NINFOD(8)                           iputils                          NINFOD(8)
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NAME

6       ninfod - Respond to IPv6 Node Information Queries
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SYNOPSIS

9       ninfod [-dhv] [-p pidfile] [-u user]
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DESCRIPTION

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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OPTIONS

17       -a
18           Debug mode. Do not go background.
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20       -h
21           Show help.
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23       -v
24           Verbose mode.
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26       -u user
27           Run as another user.  user can either be username or user ID.
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30           File for process-id storage.  user is required to be able to create
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SEE ALSO

34       ping(8).
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AUTHOR

37       ninfod was written by USAGI/WIDE Project.
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COPYING

40           Copyright (C) 2012 YOSHIFUJI Hideaki.
41           Copyright (C) 2002 USAGI/WIDE Project.
42           All rights reserved.
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44           Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
45           modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
46           are met:
47           1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
48              notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
49           2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
50              notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
51              documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
52           3. Neither the name of the project nor the names of its contributors
53              may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
54              without specific prior written permission.
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56           THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE PROJECT AND CONTRIBUTORS “AS IS” AND
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71iputils s20180629                                                    NINFOD(8)