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| author | Thibaut Notteboom <thibaut.notteboom@gmail.com> | 2017-03-12 00:18:06 +0000 |
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| committer | Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org> | 2017-03-18 06:58:13 +0700 |
| commit | 287346028fe6fff374c4be88e1156ea0e079e7fe (patch) | |
| tree | 9858c83480ca2e6accbcc006210751671e799dba /network/lldpd/README | |
| parent | fe183a3c4da659e7b148b737d17d1f00d16faadd (diff) | |
| download | slackbuilds-287346028fe6fff374c4be88e1156ea0e079e7fe.tar.gz | |
network/lldpd: Added (an implementation of IEEE 802.1ab (LLDP)).
Signed-off-by: David Spencer <idlemoor@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/network/lldpd/README b/network/lldpd/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0ba51be182 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/lldpd/README @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +LLDP allows you to know exactly on which port is a server (and +reciprocally). It is an industry standard protocol designed to +supplant proprietary Link-Layer protocols such as EDP or CDP. The goal +of LLDP is to provide an inter-vendor compatible mechanism to deliver +Link-Layer notifications to adjacent network devices. + +lldpd is an ISC-licensed implementation of LLDP for various Unixes. It +also supports some proprietary protocols. + + +Groupname and Username + +You must have the '_lldpd' group and user to run this script, +for example: + + groupadd -g 347 _lldpd + useradd -u 347 -d /run/lldpd -s /bin/false -g _lldpd _lldpd |