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OSPFD(8) Version 0.97.3 OSPFD(8)

NAME

ospfd - an OSPFv2 routing engine for use with Quagga routing software.

SYNOPSIS

ospfd [ -dhlv ] [ -f config-file ] [ -i pid-file ] [ -P port-number ] [ -A vty-address ] [ -u user ] [ -g group ]

DESCRIPTION

ospfd is a routing component that works with the Quagga routing engine.

OPTIONS

Options available for the ospfd command:

Runs in daemon mode, forking and exiting from tty.
Specifies the config file to use for startup. If not specified this option will likely default to /usr/local/etc/ospfd.conf.
Specify the group to run as. Default is quagga.
A brief message.
When ospfd starts its process identifier is written to pid-file. The init system uses the recorded PID to stop or restart ospfd. The likely default is /var/run/ospfd.pid.
Specify the port that the ospfd VTY will listen on. This defaults to 2604, as specified in /etc/services.
Specify the address that the ospfd VTY will listen on. Default is all interfaces.
Specify the user to run as. Default is quagga.
Enable OSPF apiserver. Default is disabled.
Print the version and exit.

FILES

/usr/local/sbin/ospfd
The default location of the ospfd binary.
/usr/local/etc/ospfd.conf
The default location of the ospfd config file.
$(PWD)/ospfd.log
If the ospfd process is config'd to output logs to a file, then you will find this file in the directory where you started ospfd.

WARNING

This man page is intended to be a quick reference for command line options. The definitive document is the Info file Quagga.

DIAGNOSTICS

The ospfd process may log to standard output, to a VTY, to a log file, or through syslog to the system logs. ospfd supports many debugging options, see the Info file, or the source for details.

SEE ALSO

bgpd(8), ripd(8), ripngd(8), ospf6d(8), isisd(8), zebra(8), vtysh(1)

BUGS

ospfd eats bugs for breakfast. If you have food for the maintainers try http://bugzilla.quagga.net

AUTHORS

See http://www.zebra.org and http://www.quagga.net or the Info file for an accurate list of authors.

25 November 2004 Quagga OSPFv2 daemon