L2TPNS(8)

NAME
l2tpns - Layer 2 tunneling protocol network server (LNS)

SYNOPSIS
l2tpns [-d] [-v] [-c file] [-h hostname]

DESCRIPTION
l2tpns is a daemon for terminating layer 2 tunneling protocol (L2TP: RFC 2661) sessions.

Once running, l2tpns may be controlled by telnetting to port 23 on the machine running the daemon and with the nsctl utility.

OPTIONS

-d  Detach from terminal and fork into the background. By default l2tpns will stay in the foreground.

-v  Increase verbosity for debugging. Can be used multiple times.

-c file
    Specify configuration file.

-h hostname
    Force hostname to hostname.

FILES

/etc/l2tpns/startup-config
    The default configuration file.

/etc/l2tpns/ip_pool
    IP address pool configuration.

/etc/l2tpns/users
    Username/password configuration for access to admin interface.

SIGNALS

SIGHUP
    Reload the config from disk and re-open log file.

SIGTERM, SIGINT
    Stop process. Tunnels and sessions are not terminated. This signal should be used to stop l2tpns on a cluster node where there are other machines to continue handling traffic.

SIGQUIT
    Shut down tunnels and sessions, exit process when complete.

SEE ALSO
startup-config(5), nsctl(8)

AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Jonathan McDowell <noodles@earth.li>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).