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] [-v]
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DESCRIPTION

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

16       -d
17           Debug mode. Do not go background.
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19       -h
20           Show help.
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22       -v
23           Verbose mode.
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25       -u user
26           Run as another user.  user can either be username or user ID.
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29           File for process-id storage.  user is required to be able to create
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SEE ALSO

36       ping(8).
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AUTHOR

39       ninfod was written by USAGI/WIDE Project.
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COPYING

42           Copyright (C) 2012 YOSHIFUJI Hideaki.
43           Copyright (C) 2002 USAGI/WIDE Project.
44           All rights reserved.
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47           modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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49           1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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51           2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
52              notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
53              documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
54           3. Neither the name of the project nor the names of its contributors
55              may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
56              without specific prior written permission.
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73iputils 20211215                                                     NINFOD(8)