upnpd(8)

upnpd8

Linux upnp internet gateway device daemon.

Usage

upnpd [-f] <ext_ifname> <int_ifname>

Overview

This manual page documents briefly the upnpd command.

upnpd is a daemon that emulates Microsoft's Internet Connection Service (ICS). It implements the UPnP Internet Gateway Device specification (IGD) and allows UPnP aware clients, such as MSN Messenger to work properly from behind a NAT firewall.

Options

A summary of options is included below.

-f

Stay in foreground, don't daemonise.

ext_ifname

External interface name.

int_ifname

Internal interface name.

Further configuration is performed by upnpd.conf(5).

Signals

SIGUSR1

Delete all port mappings

SIGINT, SIGTERM

Shut down the server.

The result of sending any other signals to the server is undefined.

Files

/etc/upnpd.conf

Releases

6 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 4.0–5.0
  2. 6.0–9

-f since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).

Author

upnpd was written by Glover George and others.

This manual page was written by José Fonseca <[email protected]>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

From linux-igd 1.0+cvs20070630-5+deb9u1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.