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.TH "NSCTL" "8" "January 31, 2021" "Manage running l2tpns instance" ""
.hy
.SH NAME
.PP
nsctl - manage running l2tpns instance
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\f[B]nsctl\f[R] [\f[B]-d\f[R]] [\f[B]-h\f[R]
\f[I]host\f[R][:\f[I]port\f[R]]] [\f[B]-t\f[R] \f[I]timeout\f[R]]
\f[I]command\f[R] [\f[I]arg\f[R] ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\f[B]nsctl\f[R] sends commands to a running \f[B]l2tpns\f[R] process.
It provides both for the loading or unloading of plugins and also the
management of sessions via functions provided by those plugins.
.SH OPTIONS
.PP
\f[B]-d\f[R] Enable debugging output
.PP
\f[B]-h \f[BI]host\f[B][:\f[BI]port\f[B]]\f[R] The host running
\f[B]l2tpns\f[R] that should receive the message.
By default the message is sent to UDP port 1702 on \f[B]localhost\f[R]
.PP
\f[B]-t \f[BI]timeout\f[B]\f[R] Timeout in seconds to wait for a
response from the server
.SH COMMANDS
.PP
The first argument specifies the command to send to \f[B]l2tpns.\f[R]
The following commands are as defined:
.TP
\f[B]load_plugin \f[R]\f[I]plugin\f[R]
Load the named \f[I]plugin\f[R]
.TP
\f[B]unload_plugin \f[R]\f[I]plugin\f[R]
Unload the named \f[I]plugin\f[R]
.TP
\f[B]help\f[R]
Each loaded plugin is queried for what commands it supports and the
synopsis for each is output
.PP
Any other value of \f[I]command\f[R] (and \f[I]args\f[R] if any) are
sent to \f[B]l2tpns\f[R] as-is, to be passed to each plugin which
registers a \f[B]plugin_control\f[R] function in turn (in which it may
be acted upon).
.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
\f[B]l2tpns\f[R](8)
.SH AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Jonathan McDowell
<noodles@the.earth.li>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used
by others).