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IPSEC 8 26 March 2002 libreswan Executable programs
ipsec invoke IPsec utilities
`ipsec` command argument ipsec --help
ipsec --version
ipsec --versioncode
ipsec --copyright
ipsec --directory
ipsec --confdir

## DESCRIPTION

Ipsec invokes any of several utilities involved in controlling the IPsec encryption/authentication system, running the specified command with the specified arguments as if it had been invoked directly. This largely eliminates possible name collisions with other software, and also permits some centralized services.

`ipsec --help` lists the available commands. Most have their own manual pages, e.g. ipsec_auto 8 for auto.

`ipsec --version` outputs version information about Linux FreeS/WAN. A version code of the form ``Uxxx/Kyyy'' indicates that the user-level utilities are version xxx but the kernel portion appears to be version yyy (this form is used only if the two disagree).

`ipsec --versioncode` outputs just the version code, with none of `--version`'s supporting information, for use by scripts.

`ipsec --copyright` supplies boring copyright details.

`ipsec --directory` reports where `ipsec` thinks the IPsec utilities are stored.

`ipsec --confdir` reports where `ipsec` thinks the IPsec configuration files are stored.

## FILES

/usr/local/lib/ipsec usual utilities directory

## SEE ALSO

ipsec.conf 5, ipsec.secrets 5, ipsec_auto 8, ipsec_barf 8, ipsec_setup 8, ipsec_showhostkey 8

HTML documentation shipped with the release, starting with doc/index.html. <http://www.freeswan.org/doc.html> may also be of use.

## HISTORY

Written for Linux FreeS/WAN <http://www.freeswan.org> by Henry Spencer.

## BUGS

The provision of centralized services, while convenient, does compromise the original concept of making the utilities invocable directly as well as via `ipsec`.