NAME¶

mstp_restart — restart mstpd and reconfigure all attached bridges

SYNOPSIS¶

DESCRIPTION¶

mstp_restart is a convenience wrapper around bridge-stp(8). It is installed as a symbolic link to /usr/sbin/bridge-stp; when invoked under this name, the helper script takes the restart action.

Calling mstp_restart is equivalent to running:

The script:

• sends SIGTERM to the running mstpd(8), if any;
• starts a fresh mstpd(8) with the arguments listed in MSTPD_ARGS in /etc/bridge-stp.conf;
• re-adds every bridge that is currently in user_stp mode and is listed in MSTP_BRIDGES, running the per-bridge configuration command (usually /usr/lib/mstpctl-utils/mstp_config_bridge) on each.

Bridges that are not in user_stp mode (/sys/class/net/bridge/bridge/stp_state != 2) are skipped, with a hint on how to re-enable user-space STP for them.

mstp_restart must be run as root. To reconfigure existing bridges without restarting the daemon, use bridge-stp restart_config instead.

FILES¶

/usr/sbin/mstp_restart

Symbolic link to /usr/sbin/bridge-stp.

/etc/bridge-stp.conf

Configuration file read by the underlying bridge-stp(8) script.

EXIT STATUS¶

Inherits the exit status of bridge-stp(8).

SEE ALSO¶

bridge-stp(8), mstpctl(8), mstpd(8)

AUTHORS¶

mstp_restart ships as part of mstpd(8), written by Vitalii Demianets <dvitasgs@gmail.com> and others.

This manual page was written by Nadzeya Hutsko <nadzya.info@gmail.com>