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Dd November 26, 2006
Dt ALTQD 8
Os
Sh NAME
Nm altqd
Nd ALTQ daemon
Sh SYNOPSIS
Nm altqd
Op Fl dv
Op Fl f Ar conf_file
Sh DESCRIPTION
Nm
is a daemon program that reads a configuration file and then sets up
the ALTQ state of network interfaces.
After configuring the ALTQ state,
Nm
will detach and become a daemon.
Pp
The signals
Dv SIGINT
or
Dv SIGTERM
will shut down
Nm ,
and the signal
Dv SIGHUP
will restart
Nm .
Pp
The following options are available:
Bl -tag -width Fl
It Fl d
Debug mode.
Nm
does not detach and goes into the command mode.
It Fl f Ar conf_file
Specify a configuration file to read instead of the default.
The default file is
Pa /etc/altq.conf .
It Fl v
Print debugging information.
This option implies
Fl d .
El
Sh COMMANDS
When
Fl d
option is provided,
Nm
goes into the command mode after reading the configuration file and
setting up the ALTQ state.
Each command is a single line, starting with the command verb.
Pp
The basic commands are as follows:
Bl -tag -width help
It Cm help | \&?
Display a complete list of commands and their syntax.
It Cm quit
Exit.
It Cm altq Ar reload
Reload the configuration file and reinitialize ALTQ.
It Cm altq Ar interface Op enable|disable
Enables or disables ALTQ on the interface named
Em interface .
When
Nm
enters the command mode, ALTQ is enabled on all the
interfaces listed in the configuration file.
El
Sh FILES
Bl -tag -width /var/run/altqd.pid -compact
It Pa /etc/altq.conf
configuration file
It Pa /var/run/altqd.pid
pid of the running
Nm
It Pa /var/run/altq_quip
Unix domain socket for communicating with
Xr altqstat 1
El
Sh SEE ALSO
Xr altqstat 1 ,
Xr altq.conf 5 ,
Xr altq 9