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11 .Op Fl -config Ns = Ns Ar DIR
12 .Op Fl -net Ns = Ns Ar NETNAME
13 .Op Fl -controlsocket 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 -controlsocket Ns = Ns Ar FILENAME
30 Open control socket at
32 If unspecified, the default is
33 .Pa @localstatedir@/run/tinc. Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa .control.
35 Display short list of options.
37 Output version information and exit.
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52 Partially rereads configuration files. Connections to hosts whose host
53 config files are removed are closed. New outgoing connections specified
58 Shows the PID of the currently running
60 .It generate-keys Op bits
61 Generate public/private RSA keypair and exit.
64 is omitted, the default length will be 1024 bits.
65 When saving keys to existing files, tinc will not delete the old keys;
66 you have to remove them manually.
68 Dump a list of all known nodes in the VPN.
70 Dump a list of all known connections in the VPN.
72 Dump a list of all known subnets in the VPN.
74 Dump a list of all meta connections with ourself.
76 Dump a graph of the VPN in
80 Purges all information remembered about unreachable nodes.
87 to try to connect to all uplinks immediately.
90 attempts to do this itself,
91 but increases the time it waits between the attempts each time it failed,
94 didn't succeed to connect to an uplink the first time after it started,
95 it defaults to the maximum time of 15 minutes.
97 Partially rereads configuration files.
98 Connections to hosts whose host config files are removed are closed.
99 New outgoing connections specified in
104 The "start" and "restart" commands are not yet implemented.
106 If you find any bugs, report them to tinc@tinc-vpn.org.
111 .Pa http://www.tinc-vpn.org/ ,
112 .Pa http://www.cabal.org/ .
114 The full documentation for tinc is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
115 If the info and tinc programs are properly installed at your site,
118 should give you access to the complete manual.
120 tinc comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
121 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions;
122 see the file COPYING for details.
125 .An "Guus Sliepen" Aq guus@tinc-vpn.org
127 And thanks to many others for their contributions to tinc!