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11 .Op Fl -config Ns = Ns Ar DIR
12 .Op Fl -net Ns = Ns Ar NETNAME
13 .Op Fl -pidfile Ns = Ns Ar FILENAME
18 This is the control program of tinc, a secure virtual private network (VPN)
23 to alter and inspect the running VPN's state.
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26 .It Fl n, -net Ns = Ns Ar NETNAME
27 Communicate with tincd(8) connected with
29 .It Fl -pidfile Ns = Ns Ar FILENAME
32 to authenticate with a running tinc daemon.
33 If unspecified, the default is
34 .Pa @localstatedir@/run/tinc. Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa .pid.
36 Display short list of options.
38 Output version information and exit.
40 .Sh ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
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43 If no netname is specified on the command line with the
45 option, the value of this environment variable is used.
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60 Partially rereads configuration files. Connections to hosts whose host
61 config files are removed are closed. New outgoing connections specified
66 Shows the PID of the currently running
68 .It generate-keys Op bits
69 Generate both RSA and ECDSA keypairs (see below) and exit.
70 .It generate-ecdsa-keys
71 Generate public/private ECDSA keypair and exit.
72 .It generate-rsa-keys Op bits
73 Generate public/private RSA keypair and exit.
76 is omitted, the default length will be 2048 bits.
77 When saving keys to existing files, tinc will not delete the old keys;
78 you have to remove them manually.
80 Dump a list of all known nodes in the VPN.
82 Dump a list of all known connections in the VPN.
84 Dump a list of all known subnets in the VPN.
86 Dump a list of all meta connections with ourself.
88 Dump a graph of the VPN in
92 Purges all information remembered about unreachable nodes.
97 Capture log messages from a running tinc daemon.
98 An optional debug level can be given that will be applied only for log messages sent to
103 to try to connect to all uplinks immediately.
106 attempts to do this itself,
107 but increases the time it waits between the attempts each time it failed,
110 didn't succeed to connect to an uplink the first time after it started,
111 it defaults to the maximum time of 15 minutes.
112 .It disconnect Ar NODE
113 Closes the meta connection with the given
118 is compiled with libcurses support, this will display live traffic statistics
119 for all the known nodes, similar to the UNIX
122 See below for more information.
124 Dump VPN traffic going through the local tinc node in
126 format to standard output,
127 from where it can be redirected to a file or piped through a program that can parse it directly,
132 Examples of some commands:
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134 tincctl -n vpn dump graph | circo -Txlib
135 tincctl -n vpn pcap | tcpdump -r -
139 The top command connects to a running tinc daemon and repeatedly queries its per-node traffic counters.
140 It displays a list of all the known nodes in the left-most column,
141 and the amount of bytes and packets read from and sent to each node in the other columns.
142 By default, the information is updated every second.
143 The behaviour of the top command can be changed using the following keys:
146 Change the interval between updates.
149 key, enter the desired interval in seconds, followed by enter.
150 Fractional seconds are honored.
151 Intervals lower than 0.1 seconds are not allowed.
153 Toggle between displaying current traffic rates (in packets and bytes per second)
154 and cummulative traffic (total packets and bytes since the tinc daemon started).
156 Sort the list of nodes by name.
158 Sort the list of nodes by incoming amount of bytes.
160 Sort the list of nodes by incoming amount of packets.
162 Sort the list of nodes by outgoing amount of bytes.
164 Sort the list of nodes by outgoing amount of packets.
166 Sort the list of nodes by sum of incoming and outgoing amount of bytes.
168 Sort the list of nodes by sum of incoming and outgoing amount of packets.
170 Show amount of traffic in bytes.
172 Show amount of traffic in kilobytes.
174 Show amount of traffic in megabytes.
176 Show amount of traffic in gigabytes.
181 If you find any bugs, report them to tinc@tinc-vpn.org.
186 .Xr pcap-savefile 7 ,
189 .Pa http://www.tinc-vpn.org/ ,
190 .Pa http://www.cabal.org/ .
192 The full documentation for tinc is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
193 If the info and tinc programs are properly installed at your site,
196 should give you access to the complete manual.
198 tinc comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
199 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions;
200 see the file COPYING for details.
203 .An "Guus Sliepen" Aq guus@tinc-vpn.org
205 And thanks to many others for their contributions to tinc!