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NAME

lldpd — Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) daemon

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The lldpd daemon receives Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) messages on Ethernet interfaces and stores them for display by lldp(8).

LLDP is a link layer protocol for advertising and discovering identity and capability.

The options are as follows:

-d

Do not daemonize. If this option is specified, lldpd will run in the foreground and log to stderr.

-s socket

Use socket to communicate with lldpd instead of the default, /var/run/lldp.sock.

FILES

/var/run/lldp.sock

Default lldpd control socket path.

SEE ALSO

lldp(8)

STANDARDS

Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discovery, IEEE 802.1AB.

HISTORY

The lldpd program first appeared in OpenBSD 7.8.