November 26, 2006 ALTQD 8

### NAME

altqd - ALTQ daemon

### SYNOPSIS

altqd [-dv] [-f conf_file]

### DESCRIPTION

altqd is a daemon program that reads a configuration file and then sets up the ALTQ state of network interfaces. After configuring the ALTQ state, altqd will detach and become a daemon.

The signals ```SIGINT` or ```SIGTERM` will shutdown , and the signal ```SIGHUP` will restart .

The following options are available:

-d
  Debug mode. altqd does not detach and goes into the command mode.

-f conf_file
  Specify a configuration file to read instead of the default. The default file is ```/etc/altq.conf`.

-v
  Print debugging information. This option implies -d.

### COMMANDS

When -d option is provided, altqd goes into the command mode after reading the configuration file and setting up the ALTQ state. Each command is a single line, starting with the command verb.

The basic commands are as follows:

help | ?
  Display a complete list of commands and their syntax.

quit
  Exit.

altq reload
  Reload the configuration file and reinitialize ALTQ.

altq interface[ enable|disable]
  Enables or disables ALTQ on the interface named interface. When altqd enters the command mode, ALTQ is enabled on all the interfaces listed in the configuration file.

### FILES

```/etc/altq.conf`
  configuration file
```/var/run/altqd.pid`
  pid of the running altqd
```/var/run/altq_quip`
  Unix domain socket for communicating with altqstat(1)

### SEE ALSO

altqstat(1), altq.conf(5), altq(9)