IPSEC-REREADSECRETS(8)

💅 ipsec-rereadsecrets — the manual, but make it cute

okay bestie, so this is ipsec-rereadsecrets(8) from the Executable programs section of the manual. the page is literally called ipsec-rereadsecrets, and it's one of those teeny tiny commands that does exactly one job and does it flawlessly. lowkey iconic.

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✨ NAME ✨

ipsec-rereadsecrets — Reread IPsec secrets from /etc/ipsec.secrets.

that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ipsec rereadsecrets [--ctlsocket /run/pluto/pluto.ctl]

look at her. simple. clean. no notes. 🦋

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so here's the tea: ipsec rereadsecrets tells pluto to re-read the /etc/ipsec.secrets secret-keys file.

and the reason this command even needs to exist? because pluto normally only reads that file at startup time. like, it read it once when it woke up and then never looked at it again. so if you go and edit your secrets while pluto is out here living its life, pluto simply does not know. ngl, kind of a mood. but that's exactly what this command fixes — it pokes pluto and is like "bestie, go re-read /etc/ipsec.secrets." 🔥

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group, fr fr:

• 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-modutil(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-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)

yes, all of them. i said what i said. 💜

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🫶 BUGS 🫶

none

not a single one. she's perfect. we love a bug-free queen. ✨

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🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

Andrew Cagney, Tuomo Soini

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🍓

this cutie was brought to you by Libreswan 5.4.1, dated 10/23/2026, and it lives in the Executable programs section of the manual. periodt. 💅🧚⭐