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diff --git a/doc/manpage.d/ipsec.8.html b/doc/manpage.d/ipsec.8.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ff9b7ca39 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manpage.d/ipsec.8.html @@ -0,0 +1,215 @@ +Content-type: text/html + +<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Manpage of IPSEC</TITLE> +</HEAD><BODY> +<H1>IPSEC</H1> +Section: Maintenance Commands (8)<BR>Updated: 26 March 2002<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A> +<A HREF="http://localhost/cgi-bin/man/man2html">Return to Main Contents</A><HR> + + +<A NAME="lbAB"> </A> +<H2>NAME</H2> + +ipsec - invoke IPsec utilities +<A NAME="lbAC"> </A> +<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2> + +<B>ipsec</B> + +command [ argument ...] +<P> +<B>ipsec</B> + +<B>--help</B> + +<BR> + +<B>ipsec</B> + +<B>--version</B> + +<BR> + +<B>ipsec</B> + +<B>--versioncode</B> + +<BR> + +<B>ipsec</B> + +<B>--copyright</B> + +<BR> + +<B>ipsec</B> + +<B>--directory</B> + +<BR> + +<B>ipsec</B> + +<B>--confdir</B> + +<A NAME="lbAD"> </A> +<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2> + +<I>Ipsec</I> + +invokes any of several utilities involved in controlling the IPsec +encryption/authentication system, +running the specified +<I>command</I> + +with the specified +<I>argument</I>s + +as if it had been invoked directly. +This largely eliminates possible name collisions with other software, +and also permits some centralized services. +<P> + +In particular, +<I>ipsec</I> + +supplies the invoked +<I>command</I> + +with a suitable PATH environment variable, +and also provides IPSEC_DIR, +IPSEC_CONFS, and IPSEC_VERSION environment variables, +containing respectively +the full pathname of the directory where the IPsec utilities are stored, +the full pathname of the directory where the configuration files live, +and the IPsec version number. +<P> + +<B>ipsec --help</B> + +lists the available commands. +Most have their own manual pages, e.g. +<I><A HREF="ipsec_auto.8.html">ipsec_auto</A></I>(8) + +for +<I>auto</I>. + +<P> + +<B>ipsec --version</B> + +outputs version information about Linux FreeS/WAN. +A version code of the form ``U<I>xxx</I>/K<I>yyy</I>'' +indicates that the user-level utilities are version <I>xxx</I> +but the kernel portion appears to be version <I>yyy</I> +(this form is used only if the two disagree). +<P> + +<B>ipsec --versioncode</B> + +outputs <I>just</I> the version code, +with none of +<B>--version</B>'s + +supporting information, +for use by scripts. +<P> + +<B>ipsec --copyright</B> + +supplies boring copyright details. +<P> + +<B>ipsec --directory</B> + +reports where +<I>ipsec</I> + +thinks the IPsec utilities are stored. +<P> + +<B>ipsec --confdir</B> + +reports where +<I>ipsec</I> + +thinks the IPsec configuration files are stored. +<A NAME="lbAE"> </A> +<H2>FILES</H2> + +/usr/local/lib/ipsec<TT> </TT>usual utilities directory<BR> +<A NAME="lbAF"> </A> +<H2>ENVIRONMENT</H2> + +<P> + +The following environment variables control where FreeS/WAN finds its +components. +The +<B>ipsec</B> + +command sets them if they are not already set. +<PRE> +IPSEC_EXECDIR directory containing published commands +IPSEC_LIBDIR directory containing internal executables +IPSEC_SBINDIR directory containing <B>ipsec</B> command +IPSEC_CONFS directory containing configuration files +</PRE> + +<A NAME="lbAG"> </A> +<H2>SEE ALSO</H2> + + + +<A HREF="ipsec.conf.5.html">ipsec.conf</A>(5), <A HREF="ipsec.secrets.5.html">ipsec.secrets</A>(5), +<A HREF="ipsec_auto.8.html">ipsec_auto</A>(8), +<A HREF="ipsec_barf.8.html">ipsec_barf</A>(8), +<A HREF="ipsec_setup.8.html">ipsec_setup</A>(8), +<A HREF="ipsec_showdefaults.8.html">ipsec_showdefaults</A>(8), +<A HREF="ipsec_showhostkey.8.html">ipsec_showhostkey</A>(8) + + +<P> + +HTML documentation shipped with the release, starting with +<I>doc/index.html</I>. + +<I><<A HREF="http://www.freeswan.org/doc.html">http://www.freeswan.org/doc.html</A>></I> + +may also be of use. +<A NAME="lbAH"> </A> +<H2>HISTORY</H2> + +Written for Linux FreeS/WAN +<<A HREF="http://www.freeswan.org">http://www.freeswan.org</A>> +by Henry Spencer. +<A NAME="lbAI"> </A> +<H2>BUGS</H2> + +The provision of centralized services, +while convenient, +does compromise the original concept of making the utilities +invocable directly as well as via +<I>ipsec</I>. + +<P> + +<HR> +<A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2> +<DL> +<DT><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD> +<DT><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD> +<DT><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD> +<DT><A HREF="#lbAE">FILES</A><DD> +<DT><A HREF="#lbAF">ENVIRONMENT</A><DD> +<DT><A HREF="#lbAG">SEE ALSO</A><DD> +<DT><A HREF="#lbAH">HISTORY</A><DD> +<DT><A HREF="#lbAI">BUGS</A><DD> +</DL> +<HR> +This document was created by +<A HREF="http://localhost/cgi-bin/man/man2html">man2html</A>, +using the manual pages.<BR> +Time: 21:40:17 GMT, November 11, 2003 +</BODY> +</HTML> |