NAME
altqd —
ALTQ daemon
SYNOPSIS
altqd |
[-dv]
[-f
conf_file] |
DESCRIPTION
altqd is a daemon program that reads a configuration file and
then sets up the ALTQ state of network interfaces. After configuring the ALTQ
state,
altqd will detach and become a daemon.
The signals
SIGINT
or
SIGTERM
will shutdown
altqd, and the signal
SIGHUP
will restart
altqd.
The following options are available:
-
-
- -d
- Debug mode. altqd does not detach and
goes into the command mode.
-
-
- -f
conf_file
- Specify a configuration file to read instead of the
default. The default file is /etc/altq.conf.
-
-
- -v
- Print debugging information. This option implies
-d.
COMMANDS
When
-d option is provided,
altqd 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.
The basic commands are as follows:
-
-
- help |
?
- Display a complete list of commands and their syntax.
-
-
- quit
- Exit.
-
-
- altq
reload
- Reload the configuration file and reinitialize ALTQ.
-
-
- altq
interface
[enable|disable]
- Enables or disables ALTQ on the interface named
interface. When altqd enters the
command mode, ALTQ is enabled on all the interfaces listed in the
configuration file.
FILES
- /etc/altq.conf
- configuration file
- /var/run/altqd.pid
- pid of the running altqd
- /var/run/altq_quip
- Unix domain socket for communicating with
altqstat(1)
SEE ALSO
altqstat(1),
altq.conf(5),
altq(9)