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diff --git a/doc/ipmi_port.8 b/doc/ipmi_port.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..15287e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/ipmi_port.8 @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +.TH IPMI_PORT 8 "Version 1.0: 14 Apr 2010" +.SH NAME +ipmi_port \- a daemon to bind RMCP port 623 to prevent portmap from using it + +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B "ipmi_port [-bx]" + +.SH DESCRIPTION +This +.I ipmi_port +service starts and binds port 623, then sleeps forever, so that the portmap +service will not try to reuse port 623, which it otherwise might try to do. +Since the IPMI firmware snoops the NIC channel and grabs any traffic destined +for RMCP port 623, any application in the OS which tried to use port 623 +would fail. + +.SH OPTIONS +Command line options are described below. +.IP "-b" +Background mode. Convert to a daemon and run in background. +Without specifying this option, ipmi_port will run in foreground. +.IP "-x" +Causes eXtra debug messages to be displayed. + +.SH "SEE ALSO" +ipmiutil(8) ialarms(8) iconfig(8) idiscover(8) ievents(8) ifru(8) igetevent(8) ihealth(8) ilan(8) ireset(8) isel(8) isensor(8) iserial(8) isol(8) iwdt(8) + +.SH WARNINGS +See http://ipmiutil.sourceforge.net/ for the latest version of ipmiutil and any bug fix list. + +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright (C) 2009 Kontron America, Inc. +.PP +See the file COPYING in the distribution for more details +regarding redistribution. +.PP +This utility is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but +WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. + +.SH AUTHOR +.PP +Andy Cress <arcress at users.sourceforge.net> +.br + |