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diff --git a/net-mgmt/openlldp/files/lldpd.8 b/net-mgmt/openlldp/files/lldpd.8 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..db12445127ee --- /dev/null +++ b/net-mgmt/openlldp/files/lldpd.8 @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +.Dd May 27, 2007 +.Dt lldpd 8 +.Sh NAME +.Nm lldpd +.Nd Send Link Layer Discovery Protocol packets over ethernet. +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm lldpd +.Op Fl c +.Op Fl i Ar interface +.Op Fl d +.Op Fl f +.Op Fl s +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utiliy used to generate Link Layer Discovery Protocol packets and +send them over ethernet. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl c +Use the config file <path> instead of the default. +.It Fl i Ar interface +set interface, over that packets will be sent +.It Fl d +Set debug verbosity + +<debug_level> can be any of : + A : Enable ALL debug flags. + c : Enable CONFIG debug flag. + s : Enable STATE debug flag. + t : Enable TLV debug flag. + i : Enable INT debug flag. + n : Enable SNMP debug flag. + x : Enable EXCESSIVE debug flag. +.It Fl f +Run in forground mode +.It Fl s +Remove the existing control socket if found (Should only be used in system init scripts!) +.El +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +When everything is ok, +and +.Nm +program is started with (default) daemon mode, it justs +daemonises with return code 0. +In case of errors they are printed to stderr and program exists +with non-zero status. Most errors caused by the fact that +the +.Nm +needs access to /dev/bpf*, so it must be started by root, and +Berkeley Packet Filter must be enabled in kernel (by adding +.Sy pseudo-device bpf +into kernel configuration). +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Sy http://www.lldp.org/ +for information about Link Layer Discovery Protocol. +.Sy http://www.tcpdump.org/ +- tcpdump home page. +.Sh AUTHOR +OpenLLDP +http://openlldp.sourceforge.net/ |