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dhcpv6clientd(1m) [hpux man page]

dhcpv6clientd(1M)														 dhcpv6clientd(1M)

NAME

       dhcpv6clientd - DHCPv6 client daemon

SYNOPSIS

       config_options] number] list_of_user_classes] list_of_vendor_classes]

DESCRIPTION

       obtains the configuration parameters from the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCPv6) server to configure the host.  See dhcpv6d(1M).

   Options
       supports the following options:
       Specify	the  default  list of parameters that the client daemon must request from the server daemon.  If this option is not specified, the
       client daemon will request all the configuration parameters mentioned below.  The list of configuration	parameters  that  the  client  can
       request are listed below:
	      Obtain a list of one or more IPv6 addresses of DNS recursive name servers to which a client's DNS resolver may send DNS queries.

	      Obtain the domain search list that the client must use while resolving hostnames
		     using DNS.

	      Obtain the list of IPv6 addresses that indicate SIP outbound proxy servers
		     available to the client.

	      Obtain the domain names of the SIP outbound proxy servers that the client
		     can use.

	      Obtain the list of IPv6 addresses of one or more NIS servers
		     available to the client.

	      Obtain the NIS domain name of the client.

	      Obtain the list of IPv6 addresses of one or more NIS+ servers
		     available to the client.

	      Obtain the NIS+ domain name of the client.

       Specifies the vendor's registered enterprise number as registered with IANA.
	      This number can be used in the vendor-class and vendor-specific options while communicating with the server.

       Enables
	      to log all messages to the file, including information and warning messages.

       Specify the User-Class data used to represent the client in its
	      communication  with the server. This option can have a maximum length of 16 characters. Multiple options can be used to specify mul-
	      tiple values for the User-Class data.  Depending on the classes identified by this option, the server selects configuration informa-
	      tion for the client. The User-Class option is used to identify the type or category of the client.

       Specify the vendor-class data to be used in the client's communication
	      with  a  server.	The  vendor-class  data  contains  a  series of distinct items, each of which describes the characteristics of the
	      client's hardware configuration.

   Configuration
       The file is used for the configuration of the interfaces. To invoke using the script, set the variable to a non-zero value in the file. The
       script invokes and during bootup to obtain IP addresses.  can also be invoked at the command prompt.

       Once  has  obtained the configuration parameters from the server, it stores them in a configuration file named The configuration parameters
       are valid for a fixed time, the lease time.  The automatically tries to renew the configuration parameters before  the  expiration  of  the
       lease time. If the server responds, the lease times of the configuration parameters are automatically extended.

AUTHOR

       was developed by Hewlett-Packard.

FILES

       Interface configuration file.

       Client configuration database file.

SEE ALSO

       dhcpv6d(1M), syslog(3C).

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DHCP6S(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 						 DHCP6S(8)

NAME

     dhcp6s -- DHCPv6 server

SYNOPSIS

     dhcp6s [-c configfile] [-Ddf] [-k ctlkeyfile] [-p ctlport] [-P pid-file] interface

DESCRIPTION

     dhcp6s replies to DHCPv6 client as DHCPv6 server.	dhcp6s can give the following information to clients.
     o	 IPv6 prefixes for the requesting site
     o	 Non-temporary IPv6 addresses
     o	 A list of the DNS server addresses
     o	 DNS Domain Search List
     o	 A list of the NTP server addresses
     o	 A list of the SIP server addresses
     o	 SIP Server domain name
     o	 A list of the NIS server addresses
     o	 NIS domain name
     o	 A list of the NIS+ server addresses
     o	 NIS+ domain name
     o	 A list of the BCMCS server addresses
     o	 BCMCS Server domain name

     Command line options are as below:

     -c configfile
	     Use configfile as the configuration file.

     -d      Print debugging messages.

     -D      Even more debugging information is printed.

     -f      Foreground mode (useful when debugging).  Although dhcp6s usually prints warning, debugging, or error messages to syslog(8), it
	     prints the messages to standard error if this option is specified.

     -k ctlkeyfile
	     Use ctlkeyfile to store the shared secret to authenticate the communication with dhcp6ctl.  The default file name used when unspeci-
	     fied is /etc/wide-dhcpv6/dhcp6sctlkey.  The default name is intentionally same as that for dhcp6ctl so that the server and the con-
	     trol command can share the file when dhcp6ctl controls the server on the same node, which should be the typical case.

     -p ctlport
	     Use ctlport as the port number listening on to communicate with dhcp6ctl.

     -P pid-file
	     Use pid-file to dump the process ID of dhcp6s.

FILES

     /etc/wide-dhcpv6/dhcp6s.conf  is the default configuration file.
     /var/lib/dhcpv6/dhcp6s_duid   is the default file to store the server's DUID.
     /etc/wide-dhcpv6/dhcp6sctlkey
				   is the default key file to communicate with the control command.  See dhcp6ctl(8) for the file format.
     /var/run/dhcp6s.pid	   is the default file that contains pid of the currently running dhcp6s.

SEE ALSO

     dhcp6s.conf(5), dhcp6ctl(8), dhcp6c(8)

     Ralph Droms, Editor, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6), RFC 3315, 2003.

HISTORY

     The dhcp6s command first appeared in WIDE/KAME IPv6 protocol stack kit.

     The -n dnsserv command-line option was obsoleted by introducing a configuration file.

BUGS

     dhcp6s is incomplete and violates DHCPv6 protocol spec, in several aspects.  To name a few:

     1.   it does not assign temporary IPv6 addresses (nor will).

KAME
								   Sep 12, 1999 							      KAME
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