icmpdnd(8) - Linux man page

Name

icmpdnd - ICMP domain name responder

Synopsis

icmpdnd [ -nh ] [ -t ttl ] [ -d domainname ]

Description

icmpdnd is daemon that answers ICMP host name requests. It is capable of handling requests over both IPv4 and IPv6.

When called without arguments, icmpdnd will answer requests with the host name that is specified in the operating system through the sethostname(2) and setdomainname(2) calls. On GNU/Linux, these are normally called by the hostname(1) program.

Options

-h
Print a brief usage message and exit.
-n
Do not daemonize, but continue to run on the calling terminal.
-t
Set the TTL (Time-to-Live) value in responses to ttl seconds, rather than the default of 3600 seconds.
-d
Set the domain name in responses to domainname, rather than the default as described above. This option is useful in case the system is not configured to set up its own hostname.

Author

Fredrik Tolf <fredrik@dolda2000.com>

See Also

idnlookup(1), hostname(1), nss-icmp(7), RFC 1788