.\"	$KAME: dhcp6c.8,v 1.16 2002/06/21 10:23:33 jinmei Exp $.\".\" Copyright (C) 1998 and 1999 WIDE Project..\" All rights reserved..\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions.\" are met:.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer..\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution..\" 3. Neither the name of the project nor the names of its contributors.\"    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software.\"    without specific prior written permission..\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE PROJECT AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE PROJECT OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION).\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF.\" SUCH DAMAGE..\".Dd Sep 12, 1999.Dt DHCP6C 8.Os KAME.Sh NAME.Nm dhcp6c.Nd DHCPv6 client daemon.\".Sh SYNOPSIS.Nm.Op Fl c Ar configfile.Op Fl Ddf.Ar interface.\".Sh DESCRIPTION.Nmworks as a DHCPv6 client and gets information from DHCPv6 serversto configure the specified.Ar interface ..PpThe command line options are:.Bl -tag -width indent.\".It Fl c Ar configfileUse.Ar configfileas the configuration file..It Fl dPrint debugging messages..It Fl DEven more debugging information is printed..It Fl fForeground mode (useful when debugging).Although.Nmusually prints warning, debugging, or error messages to.Xr syslog 8 ,it prints the messages to standard error if this option isspecified..El.PpThe program will daemonize itself on invocation unless the.Fl foption is specified..PpUpon receipt of the.Dv SIGHUPor.Dv SIGTERMsignals,.Nmwill release all stateful resources from the system.In the former case the daemon will then stop running, while it willreinvoke itself in the latter case..\".Sh FILES.Bl -tag -width /usr/local/v6/etc/dhcp6c.conf -compact.It Pa /var/run/dhcp6c.pidcontains pid of the currently running.Nm dhcp6c ..It Pa /usr/local/v6/etc/dhcp6c.confis the default configuration file..It Pa /etc/dhcp6c_duidis the default file to store the client's DUID..El.\".Sh SEE ALSO.Xr daemon 3 ,.Xr dhcp6c.conf 5 ,.Xr dhcp6s 8.Rs.%A Ralph Droms, Editor.%D 2002.%T Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6).%R internet draft.%N draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-26.txt.%O work in progress material.Re.\".Sh HISTORYThe.Nmcommand first appeared in WIDE/KAME IPv6 protocol stack kit..\".Sh BUGS.Nmis incomplete and violates DHCPv6 protocol spec, in several aspects.In particular, it does not handle address allocation via DHCPv6.This is, however, rather intentional;the authors believe stateless address autoconfiguration is enough forIPv6 and will not implement the stateful method in the future.