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- Updates
- Drop mention of old logfile
- Tone down SIGUSR2, prefer SIGHUP to reload .conf file
- Add separate SIGNALS section

Signed-off-by: Joachim Nilsson <troglobit@gmail.com>
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Expand Up @@ -80,14 +80,14 @@ configuration commands may be placed in
.Pa /etc/pim6sd.conf
.Po
or an alternative file, specified by the
.Sq Fl c
.Sq Fl f Ar FILE
option
.Pc .
.Pp
If the multicast group address is within SSM-range (ff20::/12 and ff30::/12),
.Nm
will behaves as an SSM routing daemon; speaking MLDv2 toward hosts and
uses only Shortest Path Tree for these multicast addresses.
Note that
will behave as an SSM routing daemon; speaking MLDv2 toward hosts and
uses only Shortest Path Tree for these multicast addresses. Note that
.Nm
ignores interfaces that do not have an IPv6 address.
Such interfaces should not appear in the configuration file.
Expand All @@ -101,36 +101,37 @@ signal.
The information includes a list of PIM neighbors,
.Nm
internal multicast routing table, and
BSR and RP related information. Also, the program dumps its internal
BSR and RP related information. Also, the program dumps its internal
statistics to a file when it receives a SIGINFO signal.
.Pp
When
.Nm
receives a SIGUSR2 signal, it rereads the configuration file and
reset its debug level.
receives a SIGHUP signal it restarts and rereads its configuration file.
The SIGUSR2 signal can also be used, but that also reset the debug level.
.Pp
The
.Nm
program puts its logs to a separate file
.Pa Pq /var/log/pim6sd.log .
The log level can be configured by the
.Fl d
command line option or the configuration file.
.\"
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/pim6sd.conf -compact
.Bl -tag -width /var/run/pim6sd.stat -compact
.It Pa /etc/pim6sd.conf
The default configuration file.
The default configuration file
.It Pa /var/run/pim6sd.dump
The file to which
.Nm
dumps its internal status.
dumps its internal status
.It Pa /var/run/pim6sd.stat
The file to which
.Nm
dumps its internal statistics.
.It Pa /var/log/pim6sd.log
The pim6sd specific log file.
dumps its internal statistics
.El
.Sh SIGNALS
.Bl -tag -width SIGUSR1 -compact
.It SIGHUP
Reload the configuration file and restart
.It SIGUSR1
Dump internal status to the dump file
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr daemon 3 ,
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