IPSEC-READWRITECONF(8)

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version 5.4.1 · 10 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

✨ IPSEC-READWRITECONF(8) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to ipsec-readwriteconf(8) — section 8, executable programs, the whole vibe 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

ipsec-readwriteconf — validate and output an Libreswan IPsec configuration file 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

ipsec readwriteconf  [--config file] [--debug] [--verbose]
                     [--rootdir dir]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so picture this: this program reads the ipsec.conf-style configuration file you hand it, and while it's reading it, it interprets the also= options too. Then it spits out an equivalent ipsec.conf file. That's the whole thing, that's the moment 🫶

and like, the purpose of all this? it's to validate the input processing. periodt. you know when you're not 100% sure your parser is doing what it should, and you just want it to show you its work? yeah. that. it can also be used to validate the syntax of a configuration file, so if your config is giving unhinged, this is how you find out 😭

also real talk: the options --debug and --verbose are currently synonyms. no cap, they do the same thing right now 🙈

and the --rootdir option? it changes the program's idea of what / is when it's processing include directives. super useful when you're validating a configuration that isn't installed on a target system yet — like, it's still chilling in a staging dir, doing its little thing 🧚 it's giving "pre-flight check" energy and we love her for it ✨

🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

  • --config file — hand it the config file you want it to read and rewrite, bestie 📄
  • --debug — debug mode. currently a synonym for --verbose, iykyk 💀
  • --verbose — verbose mode. currently a synonym for --debug, they're twins fr fr 👯
  • --rootdir dir — changes what the program thinks / is while it's processing include directives, which slays when you're validating a config that isn't installed on a target system yet 👑

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Andrew Cagney, D. Hugh Redelmeier, Jose Quaresma, Michael Richardson, Paul Wouters, Tuomo Soini 💜

that's the whole page, no notes. this was Libreswan 5.4.1, dated 10/23/2026, and honestly? iconic. go validate something, bestie 🌈⭐

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