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DHCP6S(8)		    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.
          IPv6	prefixes for the requesting site
          Non-temporary IPv6 addresses
          A list of the DNS server addresses
          DNS Domain Search List
          A list of the NTP server addresses
          A list of the SIP server addresses
          SIP Server domain name
          A list of the NIS server addresses
          NIS domain name
          A list of the NIS+ server addresses
          NIS+	domain name
          A list of the BCMCS server addresses
          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 usu-
	       ally 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
	       unspecified  is	/usr/local/etc/dhcp6sctlkey.  The default name
	       is intentionally	same as	that for dhcp6ctl so that  the	server
	       and  the	 control command can share the file when dhcp6ctl con-
	       trols 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
       /usr/local/etc/dhcp6s.conf  is the default configuration	file.
       /var/db/dhcp6s_duid	   is  the  default file to store the server's
				   DUID.
       /usr/local/etc/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 con-
       figuration file.

BUGS
       dhcp6s is incomplete and	violates DHCPv6	protocol spec, in several  as-
       pects.  To name a few:

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

KAME				 Sep 12, 1999			     DHCP6S(8)

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