1.\" $OpenBSD: ripctl.8,v 1.5 2008/12/06 21:18:16 sobrado Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Michele Marchetto <mydecay@openbeer.it> 4.\" Copyright (c) 2004, 2005 Esben Norby <norby@openbsd.org> 5.\" 6.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any 7.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above 8.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. 9.\" 10.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES 11.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 12.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR 13.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES 14.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN 15.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF 16.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. 17.\" 18.Dd $Mdocdate: December 6 2008 $ 19.Dt RIPCTL 8 20.Os 21.Sh NAME 22.Nm ripctl 23.Nd control the Routing Information Protocol daemon 24.Sh SYNOPSIS 25.Nm 26.Ar command 27.Op Ar argument ... 28.Sh DESCRIPTION 29The 30.Nm 31program controls the 32.Xr ripd 8 33daemon. 34.Pp 35The following commands are available: 36.Bl -tag -width Ds 37.It Cm fib couple 38Insert the learned routes into the Forward Information Base a.k.a. the kernel 39routing table. 40.It Cm fib decouple 41Remove the learned routes from the Forward Information Base a.k.a. the kernel 42routing table. 43Decoupling the FIB from an RIP router may create routing loops and could cause 44major routing issues. 45.It Cm show fib Op Ar destination | filter 46Show the Forwarding Information Base. 47.Ar destination 48can be specified to show the route matching a destination IP address. 49.Ar filter 50can be any of the following: 51.Pp 52.Bl -tag -width "interfaceXXinterfaceXX" -compact 53.It Cm connected 54Show only connected routes. 55.It Cm interface 56Show only interfaces. 57.It Cm rip 58Show only RIP routes. 59.It Cm static 60Show only static routes. 61.El 62.Pp 63.Cm connected , 64.Cm rip , 65and 66.Cm static 67may be specified together. 68.It Cm show interfaces 69Show details for all interfaces. 70.It Cm show neighbor 71Show neighbors. 72.It Cm show rib 73Show the Routing Information Base. 74.El 75.Sh FILES 76.Bl -tag -width "/var/run/ripd.sockXX" -compact 77.It /var/run/ripd.sock 78Unix-domain socket used for communication with 79.Xr ripd 8 . 80.El 81.Sh SEE ALSO 82.Xr ripd.conf 5 , 83.Xr ripd 8 84.Sh HISTORY 85The 86.Nm 87program first appeared in 88.Ox 4.1 . 89