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diff --git a/doc/manpage.d/ipsec_barf.8.html b/doc/manpage.d/ipsec_barf.8.html deleted file mode 100644 index e7b7200e0..000000000 --- a/doc/manpage.d/ipsec_barf.8.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,150 +0,0 @@ -Content-type: text/html - -<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Manpage of IPSEC_BARF</TITLE> -</HEAD><BODY> -<H1>IPSEC_BARF</H1> -Section: Maintenance Commands (8)<BR>Updated: 17 March 2002<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A> -<A HREF="http://localhost/cgi-bin/man/man2html">Return to Main Contents</A><HR> - - -<A NAME="lbAB"> </A> -<H2>NAME</H2> - -ipsec barf - spew out collected IPsec debugging information -<A NAME="lbAC"> </A> -<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2> - -<B>ipsec</B> - -<B>barf</B> - -[ -<B>--short</B> - -] -<P> -<A NAME="lbAD"> </A> -<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2> - -<I>Barf</I> - -outputs (on standard output) a collection of debugging information -(contents of files, selections from logs, etc.) -related to the IPsec encryption/authentication system. -It is primarily a convenience for remote debugging, -a single command which packages up (and labels) all information -that might be relevant to diagnosing a problem in IPsec. -<P> - -<P> - -The -<B>--short</B> - -option limits the length of -the log portion of -<I>barf</I>'s - -output, which can otherwise be extremely voluminous -if debug logging is turned on. -<P> - -<I>Barf</I> - -censors its output, -replacing keys -and secrets with brief checksums to avoid revealing sensitive information. -<P> - -Beware that the output of both commands is aimed at humans, -not programs, -and the output format is subject to change without warning. -<P> - -<I>Barf</I> - -has to figure out which files in -<I>/var/log</I> - -contain the IPsec log messages. -It looks for KLIPS and general log messages first in -<I>messages</I> - -and -<I>syslog</I>, - -and for Pluto messages first in -<I>secure</I>, - -<I>auth.log</I>, - -and -<I>debug</I>. - -In both cases, -if it does not find what it is looking for in one of those ``likely'' places, -it will resort to a brute-force search of most (non-compressed) files in -<I>/var/log</I>. - -<A NAME="lbAE"> </A> -<H2>FILES</H2> - -<PRE> -/proc/net/* -/var/log/* -/etc/ipsec.conf -/etc/ipsec.secrets -</PRE> - -<A NAME="lbAF"> </A> -<H2>HISTORY</H2> - -Written for the Linux FreeS/WAN project -<<A HREF="http://www.freeswan.org">http://www.freeswan.org</A>> -by Henry Spencer. -<A NAME="lbAG"> </A> -<H2>BUGS</H2> - -<I>Barf</I> - -uses heuristics to try to pick relevant material out of the logs, -and relevant messages -which are not labelled with any of the tags that -<I>barf</I> - -looks for will be lost. -We think we've eliminated the last such case, but one never knows... -<P> - -Finding -<I>updown</I> - -scripts (so they can be included in output) is, in general, difficult. -<I>Barf</I> - -uses a very simple heuristic that is easily fooled. -<P> - -The brute-force search for the right log files can get expensive on -systems with a lot of clutter in -<I>/var/log</I>. - -<P> - -<HR> -<A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2> -<DL> -<DT><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD> -<DT><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD> -<DT><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD> -<DT><A HREF="#lbAE">FILES</A><DD> -<DT><A HREF="#lbAF">HISTORY</A><DD> -<DT><A HREF="#lbAG">BUGS</A><DD> -</DL> -<HR> -This document was created by -<A HREF="http://localhost/cgi-bin/man/man2html">man2html</A>, -using the manual pages.<BR> -Time: 21:40:17 GMT, November 11, 2003 -</BODY> -</HTML> |