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)