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30.Dd September 25, 2001
31.Dt IP6ADDRCTL 8
32.Os
33.\"
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm ip6addrctl
36.Nd configure address selection policy for IPv6 and IPv4
37.\"
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm
40.Op Cm show
41.Nm
42.Cm add
43.Ar prefix precedence label
44.Nm
45.Cm delete
46.Ar prefix
47.Nm
48.Cm flush
49.Nm
50.Cm install
51.Ar configfile
52.\"
53.Sh DESCRIPTION
54The
55.Nm
56utility manages the policy table of source and destination address
57selection for outgoing IPv4 and IPv6 packets.
58When
59.Nm
60is invoked without an argument or with a single argument
61.Cm show ,
62it prints the content of the policy table currently installed in the
63kernel.
64.Pp
65To modify the table, the following operations are available:
66.Bl -tag -width indent
67.It Cm add Ar prefix precedence label
68Add a policy entry.
69The
70.Ar prefix
71argument
72is an IPv6 prefix, which is a key for the entry.
73An IPv4 prefix should be specified with an IPv6 prefix using an
74IPv4-mapped IPv6 address.
75The
76.Ar precedence
77and
78.Ar label
79arguments
80are decimal numbers, which specify the precedence and label values
81for the entry, respectively.
82This operation should be performed without an existing entry for the
83prefix.
84.It Cm delete Ar prefix
85Delete a policy entry specified by
86.Ar prefix ,
87which should be an IPv6 prefix.
88A corresponding entry for the prefix should have already been
89installed.
90.It Cm flush
91Delete all existing policy entries in the kernel.
92.It Cm install Ar configfile
93Install policy entries from a configuration file named
94.Ar configfile .
95The configuration file should contain a set of policy entries.
96Each entry is specified in a single line which contains an IPv6 prefix,
97a decimal precedence value, and a decimal label value, separated with
98white space or tab characters.
99In the configuration file, lines beginning with the pound-sign
100.Pq Ql #
101are
102comments and are ignored.
103.El
104.\"
105.Sh EXIT STATUS
106.Ex -std
107.\"
108.Sh SEE ALSO
109.Rs
110.%A "Richard Draves"
111.%T "Default Address Selection for IPv6"
112.%N RFC 3484
113.Re
114.\"
115.Sh HISTORY
116The
117.Nm
118utility first appeared in the KAME IPv6 protocol stack kit.
119The original command name was
120.Nm addrselect ,
121but it was then renamed to the current one so that the name would
122describe its function well.
123.\" .Sh BUGS
124.\" (to be written)
125