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+.\" $OpenBSD: dvmrpd.8,v 1.1 2006/06/01 14:12:20 norby Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2004, 2005, 2006 Esben Norby <norby@openbsd.org>
+.\"
+.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
+.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+.\"
+.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
+.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
+.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
+.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+.\"
+.Dd February 27, 2006
+.Dt DVMRPD 8
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm dvmrpd
+.Nd "Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol daemon"
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Fl dnv
+.Op Fl f Ar file
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm
+is an Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
+.Pq DVMRP
+daemon which manages multicast routing tables.
+Its main purpose is to keep multicast routing tables in sync.
+.Pp
+A running
+.Nm
+can be controlled with the
+.Xr dvmrpctl 8
+utility.
+.Pp
+The options are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl d
+Do not daemonize.
+If this option is specified,
+.Nm
+will run in the foreground and log to
+.Em stderr .
+.It Fl f Ar file
+Specify an alternative configuration file.
+.It Fl n
+Configtest mode.
+Only check the configuration file for validity.
+.It Fl v
+Produce more verbose output.
+.El
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width "/var/run/dvmrpd.sockXX" -compact
+.It /etc/dvmrpd.conf
+Default
+.Nm
+configuration file.
+.It /var/run/dvmrpd.sock
+Unix-domain socket used for communication with
+.Xr dvmrpctl 8 .
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr dvmrpd.conf 5 ,
+.Xr dvmrpctl 8
+.Rs
+.%R "draft-ietf-idmr-dvmrp-v3-11"
+.%T "DVMRP Version 3"
+.%D August 2000
+.Re
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+program first appeared in
+.Ox 4.0 .