NSCTL(8)						    System Management Commands							  NSCTL(8)

NAME

       nsctl - manage running l2tpns instance

SYNOPSIS

       nsctl [-d] [-h host[:port]] [-t timeout] command [arg ...]

DESCRIPTION

       nsctl sends commands to a running l2tpns process.  It provides both for the loading or unloading of plugins and also the management of ses-
       sions via functions provided by those plugins.

OPTIONS

       -d     Enable debugging output.

       -h host[:port]
	      The host running l2tpns that should receive the message.	By default the message is sent to UDP port 1702 on localhost.

       -t timeout
	      Timeout in seconds to wait for a response from the server.

COMMANDS

       The first argument specifies the command to send to l2tpns .  The following commands are as defined:

       load_plugin plugin
	      Load the named plugin.

       unload_plugin plugin
	      Unload the named plugin.

       help   Each loaded plugin is queried for what commands it supports and the synopsis for each is output.

       Any other value of command (and args if any) are sent to l2tpns as-is, to be passed to each plugin which registers a  plugin_control  func-
       tion in turn (in which it may be acted upon).

SEE ALSO

       l2tpns(8)

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Jonathan McDowell <noodles@the.earth.li>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

L2TPNS								2004/11/17 15:08:19							  NSCTL(8)