xref: /freebsd/usr.sbin/nghook/nghook.8 (revision 2008043f386721d58158e37e0d7e50df8095942d)
1.\" Copyright (c) 1996-1999 Whistle Communications, Inc.
2.\" All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" Subject to the following obligations and disclaimer of warranty, use and
5.\" redistribution of this software, in source or object code forms, with or
6.\" without modifications are expressly permitted by Whistle Communications;
7.\" provided, however, that:
8.\" 1. Any and all reproductions of the source or object code must include the
9.\"    copyright notice above and the following disclaimer of warranties; and
10.\" 2. No rights are granted, in any manner or form, to use Whistle
11.\"    Communications, Inc. trademarks, including the mark "WHISTLE
12.\"    COMMUNICATIONS" on advertising, endorsements, or otherwise except as
13.\"    such appears in the above copyright notice or in the software.
14.\"
15.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS BEING PROVIDED BY WHISTLE COMMUNICATIONS "AS IS", AND
16.\" TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WHISTLE COMMUNICATIONS MAKES NO
17.\" REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THIS SOFTWARE,
18.\" INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
19.\" MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
20.\" WHISTLE COMMUNICATIONS DOES NOT WARRANT, GUARANTEE, OR MAKE ANY
21.\" REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF, OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THIS
22.\" SOFTWARE IN TERMS OF ITS CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR OTHERWISE.
23.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL WHISTLE COMMUNICATIONS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES
24.\" RESULTING FROM OR ARISING OUT OF ANY USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING
25.\" WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
26.\" PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
27.\" SERVICES, LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, HOWEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY
28.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
29.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
30.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF WHISTLE COMMUNICATIONS IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
31.\" OF SUCH DAMAGE.
32.\" $Whistle: nghook.8,v 1.4 1999/01/20 03:19:45 archie Exp $
33.\"
34.Dd October 24, 2003
35.Dt NGHOOK 8
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm nghook
39.Nd connect to a
40.Xr netgraph 4
41node
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Nm
44.Op Fl adlnSs
45.Op Fl m Ar msg
46.Ar path
47.Op Ar hookname
48.Nm
49.Fl e
50.Op Fl n
51.Op Fl m Ar msg
52.Ar path
53.Ar hookname
54.Ar program
55.Op Ar args ...
56.Sh DESCRIPTION
57The
58.Nm
59utility creates a
60.Xr ng_socket 4
61socket type node and connects it to hook
62.Ar hookname
63of the node found at
64.Ar path .
65If
66.Ar hookname
67is omitted,
68.Dq Li debug
69is assumed.
70.Pp
71If the
72.Fl e
73option is given, the third argument is interpreted as the path to a program,
74and this program is executed with the remaining arguments as its arguments.
75Before executing, the program Netgraph messages (specified by the
76.Fl m
77option) are sent to the node.
78The program is executed with its standard input (unless closed by
79.Fl n )
80and output connected to the hook.
81.Pp
82If the
83.Fl e
84option is not given, all data written to standard input is sent
85to the node, and all data received from the node is relayed
86to standard output.
87Messages specified with
88.Fl m
89are sent to the node before the loop is entered.
90The
91.Nm
92utility exits when
93.Dv EOF
94is detected on standard input in this case.
95.Pp
96The options are as follows:
97.Bl -tag -width indent
98.It Fl a
99Output each packet read in human-readable decoded
100.Tn ASCII
101form instead of raw binary.
102.It Fl d
103Increase the debugging verbosity level.
104.It Fl e
105Execute the program specified by the third argument.
106.It Fl l
107Loops all received data back to the hook in addition to writing it
108to standard output.
109.It Fl m Ar msg
110Before executing the program (in
111.Fl e
112mode) send the given ASCII control message to the node.
113This option may be given more than once.
114.It Fl n
115Do not attempt to read any data from standard input.
116The
117.Nm
118utility will continue reading from the node until stopped by a signal.
119.It Fl S
120Use file descriptor 0 for output instead of the default 1.
121.It Fl s
122Use file descriptor 1 for input instead of the default 0.
123.El
124.Sh SEE ALSO
125.Xr netgraph 3 ,
126.Xr netgraph 4 ,
127.Xr ngctl 8
128.Sh HISTORY
129The
130.Nm netgraph
131system was designed and first implemented at Whistle Communications, Inc.\&
132in a version of
133.Fx 2.2
134customized for the Whistle InterJet.
135.Sh AUTHORS
136.An Archie Cobbs Aq Mt archie@whistle.com
137.Sh BUGS
138Although all input is read in unbuffered mode,
139there is no way to control the packetization of the input.
140.Pp
141If the node sends a response to a message (specified by
142.Fl m ) ,
143this response is lost.
144