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.TH "TCPPROXY" "8" "11/25/2010" "tcpproxy trunk" "tcpproxy user manual"
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.SH "NAME"
tcpproxy \- IPv4/IPv6 tcp connection proxy
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf
\fBtcpproxy\fR
  [ \fB\-h|\-\-help\fR ]
  [ \fB\-D|\-\-nodaemonize\fR ]
  [ \fB\-u|\-\-username\fR <username> ]
  [ \fB\-g|\-\-groupname\fR <groupname> ]
  [ \fB\-C|\-\-chroot\fR <path> ]
  [ \fB\-P|\-\-write\-pid\fR <filename> ]
  [ \fB\-L|\-\-log\fR <target>:<level>[,<param1>[,<param2>[\&.\&.]]] ]
  [ \fB\-U|\-\-debug\fR ]
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\fBtcpproxy\fR is a simple tcp connection proxy which combines the features of rinetd and 6tunnel\&. \fBtcpproxy\fR supports IPv4 and IPv6 and also supports connections from IPv6 to IPv4 endpoints and vice versa\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
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The following options can be passed to the \fBtcpproxy\fR daemon:
.PP
\fB\-D, \-\-nodaemonize\fR
.RS 4
This option instructs
\fBtcpproxy\fR
to run in foreground instead of becoming a daemon which is the default\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-u, \-\-username <username>\fR
.RS 4
run as this user\&. If no group is specified (\fB\-g\fR) the default group of the user is used\&. The default is to not drop privileges\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-g, \-\-groupname <groupname>\fR
.RS 4
run as this group\&. If no username is specified (\fB\-u\fR) this gets ignored\&. The default is to not drop privileges\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-C, \-\-chroot <path>\fR
.RS 4
Instruct
\fBtcpproxy\fR
to run in a chroot jail\&. The default is to not run in chroot\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-P, \-\-write\-pid <filename>\fR
.RS 4
Instruct
\fBtcpproxy\fR
to write it\(cqs pid to this file\&. The default is to not create a pid file\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-L, \-\-log <target>:<level>[,<param1>[,<param2>[\&.\&.]]]\fR
.RS 4
add log target to logging system\&. This can be invoked several times in order to log to different targets at the same time\&. Every target hast its own log level which is a number between 0 and 5\&. Where 0 means disabling log and 5 means debug messages are enabled\&.

The file target can be used more the once with different levels\&. If no target is provided at the command line a single target with the config
\fBsyslog:3,tcpproxy,daemon\fR
is added\&.

The following targets are supported:
.PP
\fBsyslog\fR
.RS 4
log to syslog daemon, parameters <level>[,<logname>[,<facility>]]
.RE
.PP
\fBfile\fR
.RS 4
log to file, parameters <level>[,<path>]
.RE
.PP
\fBstdout\fR
.RS 4
log to standard output, parameters <level>
.RE
.PP
\fBstderr\fR
.RS 4
log to standard error, parameters <level>
.RE
.RE
.PP
\fB\-U, \-\-debug\fR
.RS 4
This option instructs
\fBtcpproxy\fR
to run in debug mode\&. It implicits
\fB\-D\fR
(don\(cqt daemonize) and adds a log target with the configuration
\fBstdout:5\fR
(logging with maximum level)\&. In future releases there might be additional output when this option is supplied\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLES"
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nothing yet\&.\&.
.SH "BUGS"
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Most likely there are some bugs in \fBtcpproxy\fR\&. If you find a bug, please let the developers know at tcpproxy@spreadspace\&.org\&. Of course, patches are preferred\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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nothing yet\&.\&.
.SH "AUTHORS"
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Christian Pointner <equinox@spreadspace\&.org>
.SH "RESOURCES"
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Main web site: http://www\&.spreadspace\&.org/tcpproxy/
.SH "COPYING"
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Copyright (C) 2010 Christian Pointner\&. This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later version\&.