[strongSwan] swanctl --initiate timeout question

[Noel Kuntze]

Detach means the front end process (swanctl) will terminate. Initiating will continue in the daemon (back end).

Kind regards

Noel

Am 18.01.20 um 20:13 schrieb Ben Greear:
> I read that before I posted, and I have no idea if it waits X seconds and then starts
> detach process, or if it will complete the initiate in background if it doesn't
> happen within timeout period or if it will just fail to do anything if initiate does
> not complete by timeout period.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ben
> 
> On 01/18/2020 11:10 AM, Noel Kuntze wrote:
>> *The almighty help message whispers in your ear*
>>
>> Usage:
>>   swanctl --initiate [--child <name>] [--ike <name>] [--timeout <s>] [--raw|--pretty]
>>            --help            (-h)  show usage information
>>            --child           (-c)  initiate a CHILD_SA configuration
>>            --ike             (-i)  initiate an IKE_SA, or name of child's parent
>>            --timeout         (-t)  timeout in seconds before detaching
>>            --raw             (-r)  dump raw response message
>>            --pretty          (-P)  dump raw response message in pretty print
>>            --loglevel        (-l)  verbosity of redirected log
>>            --debug           (-v)  set debug level, default: 1
>>            --options         (-+)  read command line options from file
>>            --uri             (-u)  service URI to connect to
>>
>>
>> Am 18.01.20 um 20:04 schrieb Ben Greear:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> If I want the --initiate command to not block, can I just set it to timeout of zero?
>>>
>>> Will it still do initiation work in the background in that case?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ben
>>>
>>
> 

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