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Linux in a Nutshell, Third Edition

by Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour, Jessica P. Hekman, Stephen Figgins
August 2000
Intermediate to advanced
816 pages
29h 45m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

gdc

Synopsis

gdc [options] command

Description

TCP/IP command. Administer gated. Various commands start and stop the daemon, send signals to it, maintain the configuration files, and manage state and core dumps.

Options

-c size

Specify maximum core dump size.

-f size

Specify maximum file dump size.

-m size

Specify maximum data segment size.

-n

Suppress editing of the kernel forwarding table.

-q

Quiet mode: suppress warnings and log errors to syslogd instead of standard error.

-s size

Specify maximum stack size.

-t seconds

Wait seconds seconds (default is 10) for gated to complete specified operations at start and stop time.

Commands

BACKOUT

Restore /etc/gated.conf from /etc/gated.conf-, whether or not the latter exists.

backout

Restore /etc/gated.conf from /etc/gated.conf-, assuming the latter exists.

checkconf

Report any syntax errors in /etc/gated.conf.

checknew

Report any syntax errors in /etc/gated.conf+.

COREDUMP

Force gated to core dump and exit.

createconf

Create an empty /etc/gated.conf+ if one does not already exist, and set it to mode 664, owner root, group gdmaint.

dump

Force gated to dump to /usr/tmp/gated_dump and then continue normal operation.

interface

Reload interface configuration.

KILL

Terminate immediately (ungracefully).

modeconf

Set all configuration files to mode 664, owner root, group gdmaint.

newconf

Make sure that /etc/gated.conf+ exists and move it to /etc/gated.conf. Save the old /etc/gated.conf as /etc/gated.conf-.

reconfig

Reload configuration file. ...

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