debian man page for racoon-tool

RACOON-TOOL(8)						      System Manager's Manual						    RACOON-TOOL(8)

NAME
       racoon-tool - program to manage the racoon(8) IPSEC IKE daemon.

SYNOPSIS
       racoon-tool [-h] reload|restart|force-reload|start|stop
       racoon-tool [-h] sadflush|spdflush|saddump|spddump
       racoon-tool [-h] vpndown|vdown|vpnup|vup connection-name|all
       racoon-tool [-h] vpnreload|vreload connection-name|all
       racoon-tool [-h] vpnlist|vlist [connection-name|all]
       racoon-tool [-h] vpnmenu|vmenu [connection-name-regexp]
       racoon-tool [-h] racoonstart|racoonstop|rstart|rstop

DESCRIPTION
       This  manual page documents briefly the racoon-tool command.  racoon-tool(8) is a perl script that can be used to control the racoon(8) IKE
       daemon and the SPD database within the kernel via the setkey(8) command.  Various operations that it can do are described below.

       You can also optionally choose not to use it via reconfiguring the racoon package using dpkg-reconfigure(8).

OPTIONS
       A summary of options are included below.

       -h     Show summary of options.

COMMANDS
       start  Start racoon(8), loading any needed modules, configuring the SPD, and generating a configuration	from  /etc/racoon/racoon-tool.conf
	      (head) and following up with *.conf files from /etc/racoon/racoon-tool.conf.d/.

       stop   Stop racoon(8) unloading any crypto/IPSEC modules, flushing the SAD and SPD.

       reload Regenerate  configuration  from  /etc/racoon/racoon.conf, and /etc/racoon/racoon.conf.d/, HUP racoon(8) and reinitialise the SPD and
	      SAD.

       restart|force-reload
	      Perform a stop followed by a start

       sadflush
	      Flush the SAD via setkey(8).

       spdflush
	      Flush the SPD via setkey(8).

       saddump|dump
	      Dump the SAD to screen via setkey(8), paginating via your pager.

       spddump
	      Dump the SPD to screen via setkey(8), paginating via your pager.

       vpnup|vup connection-name|all
	      Bring up the VPN connection(s).

       vpndown|vdown connection-name|all
	      Take down the VPN connection(s).

       vpnreload|vreload connection-name|all
	      Reload the VPN connection(s).

       vpnlist|vlist [connection-name|all]
	      List the known VPN connections in /etc/racoon/racoon-tool.conf, etc.  Can be used by a script or administrator to see if a VPN  con-
	      nection exists.

       vpnmenu|vmenu [connection-name-regexp]
	      Start  the  VPN  menu management mode.  This displays the SPD, and you can shutdown VPNs from here.  Latter on support will be added
	      for checking status and reloading the chosen connection.

       racoonstart|rstart
	      Start only the racoon(8) daemon.

       racoonstop|rstop
	      Stop only the racoon(8) daemon.

FILES
       /etc/racoon/racoon-tool.conf
	      - configuration file (head).

       /etc/racoon/racoon-tool.conf.d
	      - configuration file segment directory read after the above.

       /var/lib/racoon/racoon.conf
	      - generated racoon.conf

SEE ALSO
       racoon(8), racoon.conf(5), setkey(8), racoon-tool.conf(5).

AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Matthew Grant <matthewgrant5@gmail.com>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

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