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1 | .TH network 8 "31 May 2012" "@VERSION@" "network man page" |
2 | ||
3 | .SH NAME | |
4 | network \- Network Configuration Control Program | |
5 | ||
6 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
7 | \fBnetwork [--debug|-d] command\fR | |
8 | ||
9 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
10 | The network command is a tool which configures the network on every IPFire | |
11 | system. It is a fast and versatile way to create, edit and remove | |
12 | configurations, review the status of the network and it is working in the | |
13 | background of the system making sure that things are running smoothly. | |
14 | .PP | |
15 | ||
16 | .SH OPTIONS | |
17 | \fB\-\-debug\fR | |
18 | (short \fB\-d\fR) | |
19 | .RS 4 | |
20 | The \fB\-\-debug\fR switch enabled the debugging mode. In this mode, there | |
21 | will be debug output in the console and written to the log files. | |
22 | .PP | |
23 | The debugging mode can be permanently enabled by running | |
24 | \fBnetwork config DEBUG=1\fR. | |
25 | .RE | |
26 | .PP | |
27 | ||
28 | The \fBnetwork\fR command offers various commands: | |
29 | ||
30 | \fBstart [zone-name ...]\fR | |
31 | .RS 4 | |
32 | The \fBstart\fR command starts a zone. That means the network zone will be created | |
33 | and brought up. | |
34 | If one or more names of zones are passed to the command, only those will be started. | |
35 | .PP | |
36 | The startup of the zones itself is dispatches to \fBsystemd\fR(8). | |
37 | .RE | |
38 | .PP | |
39 | ||
40 | \fBstop [zone-name ...]\fR | |
41 | .RS 4 | |
42 | The \fBstop\fR command stops a zone. This is the inverse of the \fBstart\fR command. | |
43 | .RE | |
44 | .PP | |
45 | ||
46 | \fBrestart [zone-name ...]\fR | |
47 | .RS 4 | |
48 | The \fBrestart\fR command will stop and start all given zones or all. | |
49 | .RE | |
50 | .PP | |
51 | ||
52 | \fBstatus [zone-name ...]\fR | |
53 | .RS 4 | |
54 | The \fBstatus\fR command will show a human-readable overview of the status of the | |
55 | network zones. | |
56 | .RE | |
57 | .PP | |
58 | ||
59 | \fBzone ...\fR | |
60 | .RS 4 | |
61 | The \fBzone\fR command is the most used command. It can configure zones. | |
62 | Read more about that in \fBnetwork-zone\fR(8). | |
63 | .RE | |
64 | .PP | |
65 | ||
66 | \fBport ...\fR | |
67 | .RS 4 | |
68 | The \fBport\fR command is used to create, remove and configure ports. | |
69 | Read more about that in \fBnetwork-port\fR(8). | |
70 | .RE | |
71 | .PP | |
72 | ||
73 | \fBdevice ...\fR | |
74 | .RS 4 | |
75 | The \fBdevice\fR command is used to read status information about | |
76 | devices. Detailed information is to be found in \fBnetwork-device\fR(8). | |
77 | .RE | |
78 | .PP | |
79 | ||
80 | \fBconfig [KEY=VALUE ...]\fR | |
81 | .RS 4 | |
82 | The \fBconfig\fR command will return you are list of the global configuration | |
83 | parameters of the network command. | |
84 | .PP | |
85 | You may set them by appending a new setting to the command line. | |
86 | .RE | |
87 | .PP | |
88 | ||
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89 | \fBhelp [<type> <hook>]\fR |
90 | .RS 4 | |
91 | Running "network help" without any arguments will show you this man page. | |
92 | .PP | |
93 | You may optionally give two arguments, to view the help of a certain hook. | |
94 | The type of the hook (\fB<type>\fR) needs to be passed as well as the | |
95 | name of the hook (\fB<hook>\fR). | |
96 | .RE | |
97 | .PP | |
98 | ||
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99 | \fBhostname [new-hostname]\fR |
100 | .RS 4 | |
101 | The \fBhostname\fR command will return the currently configured hostname of the system. | |
102 | .PP | |
103 | If a new hostname is added to the command line, it will be configured, but will be set | |
104 | after the next reboot. | |
105 | .RE | |
106 | .PP | |
107 | ||
6b34112f | 108 | \fBdns-server ...\fR |
acc9efd5 | 109 | .RS 4 |
6b34112f | 110 | The \fBdns-server\fR command will help you configuring the local DNS servers. |
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111 | .RE |
112 | .PP | |
113 | ||
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114 | \fBreset\fR |
115 | .RS 4 | |
116 | The \fBreset\fR command will reset all network configuration. That means all zone configurations | |
117 | will be removed and there will be no networking at the next reboot. | |
118 | .RE | |
119 | .PP | |
120 | ||
121 | .SH EXIT CODES | |
122 | The \fBnetwork\fR command will normally exit with code 0. If there has been a problem | |
123 | and the requested action could not be done, the exit code is unequal to zero. | |
124 | ||
125 | .SH BUGS | |
126 | Please report all bugs to the official bugtracker at http://bugs.ipfire.org/. | |
127 | ||
128 | .SH SEE ALSO | |
129 | network-config(8), | |
130 | network-device(8), | |
6b34112f | 131 | network-dns-server(8), |
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132 | network-port(8), |
133 | network-zone(8) | |
134 | ||
135 | .SH AUTHOR | |
136 | Michael Tremer (michael.tremer@ipfire.org) |