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.\" $NetBSD: ifwatchd.8,v 1.19 2003/07/04 12:48:30 wiz Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
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.\" by Martin Husemann <martin@NetBSD.org>.
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.\"
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.Dd March 5, 2003
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.Os
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.Dt IFWATCHD 8
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm ifwatchd
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.Nd "watch for addresses added to or deleted from interfaces and call up/down-scripts for them"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl hiqv
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.Op Fl A Ar arrival-script
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.Op Fl D Ar departure-script
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.Op Fl d Ar down-script
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.Op Fl u Ar up-script
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.Ar ifname(s)
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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is used to monitor dynamic interfaces (for example PPP interfaces)
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for address changes.
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Sometimes these interfaces are accompanied by a daemon program,
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which can take care of running any necessary scripts (like
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.Xr pppd 8
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or
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.Xr isdnd 8 ) ,
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but sometimes the interfaces run completely autonomously (like
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.Xr pppoe 4 ) .
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.Pp
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.Nm
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provides a generic way to watch this type of changes.
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It works by monitoring the routing socket and interpreting
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.Ql RTM_NEWADDR
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.Pq address added
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and
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.Ql RTM_DELADDR
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.Pq address deleted
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messages.
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It does not need special privileges to do this.
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The scripts called for up or down events are run with the same user
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id as
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.Nm
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is run.
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.Pp
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The following options are available:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl A Ar arrival-script
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Specify the command to invoke on arrival of new interfaces (like
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PCMCIA cards).
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.It Fl D Ar departure-script
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Specify the command to invoke when an interface departs (for example
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a PCMCIA card is removed.)
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.It Fl d Ar down-script
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Specify the command to invoke on
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.Dq interface down
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events (or: deletion of an address from an interface).
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.It Fl h
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Show the synopsis.
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.It Fl i
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Inhibit a call to the up-script on startup for all watched interfaces
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already marked up.
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If this option is not given,
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.Nm
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will check all watched interfaces on startup whether they are
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already marked up and, if they are, call the up-script with
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appropriate parameters.
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.Pp
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Since ifwatchd typically is started late in the system boot sequence,
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some of the monitored interfaces may already have come up when it
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finally starts, but their up-scripts have not been called.
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By default
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.Nm
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calls them on startup to account for this (and make the scripts
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easier.)
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.It Fl q
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Be quiet and don't log non-error messages to syslog.
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.It Ar ifname(s)
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The name of the interface to watch.
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Multiple interfaces may be specified.
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Events for other interfaces are ignored.
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.It Fl u Ar up-script
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Specify the command to invoke on
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.Dq interface up
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events (or: addition of an address to an interface).
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.It Fl v
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Run in verbose debug mode and do not detach from the controlling
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terminal.
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Output verbose progress messages and flag errors ignored during
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normal operation.
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Adding more
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.Fl v
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increases the verbosity.
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.Em You do not want to use this option in
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.Pa /etc/rc.conf !
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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# ifwatchd -u /etc/ppp/ip-up -d /etc/ppp/ip-down pppoe0
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.Ed
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.Pp
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If your pppoe0 interface is your main connection to the internet,
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the typical use of the up/down scripts is to add and remove a
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default route.
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This is an example for an up script doing this:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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#! /bin/sh
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/sbin/route add default $5
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.Ed
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.Pp
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As described below the fifth command line parameter will contain
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the peer address of the pppoe link.
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The corresponding ip-down script is:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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#! /bin/sh
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/sbin/route delete default $5
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Note that this is not a good idea if you have pppoe0 configured to
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connect only on demand (via the link1 flag), but works well for
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all permanent connected cases.
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Use
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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! /sbin/route add default -iface 0.0.0.1
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.Ed
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.Pp
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in your
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.Pa /etc/ifconfig.pppoe0
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file in the on-demand case.
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.Sh PARAMETERS PASSED TO SCRIPTS
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The invoked scripts get passed these parameters:
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.Bl -tag -width destination
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.It Ar ifname
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The name of the interface this change is for (this allows to share
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the same script for multiple interfaces watched and dispatching on
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the interface name in the script).
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.It Ar tty
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Dummy parameter for compatibility with
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.Xr pppd 8
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which will always be
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.Em /dev/null .
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.It Ar speed
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Dummy parameter for compatibility with
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.Xr pppd 8
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which will always be
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.Em 9600 .
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.It Ar address
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The new address if this is an up event, or the no longer valid old
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address if this is a down event.
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.Pp
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The format of the address depends on the address family, for IPv4
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it is the usual dotted quad notation, for IPv6 the colon separated
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standard notation.
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.It Ar destination
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For point to point interfaces, this is the remote address of the
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interface.
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For other interfaces it is the broadcast address.
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.El
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.Sh ERRORS
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The program logs to the syslog daemon as facility
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.Dq daemon .
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For detailed debugging use the
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.Fl v
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(verbose) option.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr pppoe 4 ,
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.Xr route 4 ,
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.Xr ifconfig.if 5 ,
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.Xr rc.d 8 ,
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.Xr route 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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utility appeared in
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.Nx 1.6 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The program was written by
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.An Martin Husemann
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.Aq martin@NetBSD.org .
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.Sh CAVEATS
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Due to the nature of the program a lot of stupid errors can not
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easily be caught in advance without removing the provided facility
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for advanced uses.
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For example typing errors in the interface name can not be detected
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by checking against the list of installed interfaces, because it
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is possible for a pcmcia card with the name given to be inserted
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later.
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