IPSEC-MODUTIL(8)

✨ IPSEC-MODUTIL ✨

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for ipsec-modutil, section 8 of the manual (that's the "admin commands" section, iykyk) 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ipsec-modutil — the lil helper bestie that runs NSS modutil on the IPsec NSS database 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

ipsec modutil

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

ok so listen. ipsec modutil is a helper — that's literally its whole job, no cap. What it does is run NSS's modutil command against Libreswan's NSS database, and it does that by slipping the option -d /var/lib/ipsec/nss right into the parameter list for you. 🫶

like, it's the middle-man who knows exactly which drawer the database is in so you don't have to type it every time. iconic behavior honestly.

also go read modutil(1) for the full tea — that's where the additional information lives. ✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

bestie, the whole friend group showed up. say hi to all of them:

• modutil(1)
• ipsec.conf(5)
• ipsec(8)
• ipsec-add(8)
• ipsec-algparse(8)
• ipsec-briefconnectionstatus(8)
• ipsec-briefstatus(8)
• ipsec-certutil(8)
• ipsec-checkconfig(8)
• ipsec-checknflog(8)
• ipsec-checknss(8)
• ipsec-connectionstatus(8)
• ipsec-crlutil(8)
• ipsec-delete(8)
• ipsec-down(8)
• ipsec-ecdsasigkey(8)
• ipsec-fetchcrls(8)
• ipsec-fipsstatus(8)
• ipsec-globalstatus(8)
• ipsec-import(8)
• ipsec-initnss(8)
• ipsec-letsencrypt(8)
• ipsec-listall(8)
• ipsec-listcacerts(8)
• ipsec-listcerts(8)
• ipsec-listcrls(8)
• ipsec-listen(8)
• ipsec-listpubkeys(8)
• ipsec-newhostkey(8)
• ipsec-ondemand(8)
• ipsec-pk12util(8)
• ipsec-pluto(8)
• ipsec-purgeocsp(8)
• ipsec-redirect(8)
• ipsec-replace(8)
• ipsec-rereadall(8)
• ipsec-rereadcerts(8)
• ipsec-rereadsecrets(8)
• ipsec-restart(8)
• ipsec-route(8)
• ipsec-rsasigkey(8)
• ipsec-setup(8)
• ipsec-showhostkey(8)
• ipsec-showroute(8)
• ipsec-showstates(8)
• ipsec-shuntstatus(8)
• ipsec-start(8)
• ipsec-status(8)
• ipsec-stop(8)
• ipsec-trafficstatus(8)
• ipsec-unroute(8)
• ipsec-up(8)
• ipsec-vfychain(8)
• ipsec-whack(8)

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💀 BUGS 💀

none

not a single one. the bug list ate and left no crumbs. 🔥

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🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

Andrew Cagney, Tuomo Soini

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and that's the whole page, bestie! this one came from Libreswan version 5.4.1, dated 10/23/2026 — so if you're citing it, that's the receipt. go forth and modutil responsibly 🧚💜