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    <refentryinfo>

	<date>March 24, 2010</date>

	<productname>SunOS</productname>

	<productnumber>5.11</productnumber>

    </refentryinfo>

    <refmeta>

	<refentrytitle>rad</refentrytitle>

	<manvolnum>1m</manvolnum>

	<refmiscinfo class="manual">System Administration Commands</refmiscinfo>

    </refmeta>

    <refnamediv>

	<refname>rad</refname>

	<refpurpose>the Remote Administration Daemon</refpurpose>

    </refnamediv>

    <refsynopsisdiv>

	<cmdsynopsis>

	    <command>/usr/lib/rad/rad</command>

	    <arg choice="opt"><option>-d</option></arg>

	    <arg choice="opt">

		<option>-S</option> <replaceable>fmri</replaceable>

	    </arg>

	    <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">

		<option>-m</option> <replaceable>moduledir</replaceable>

		<!-- DocBook doesn't render repeating arguments well -->

		<arg choice="opt">

		    <option>-m</option> <replaceable>moduledir</replaceable>

		</arg>

	    </arg>

	    <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">

		<option>-t</option> <replaceable>transpec</replaceable>

		<!-- DocBook doesn't render repeating arguments well -->

		<arg choice="opt">

		    <option>-t</option> <replaceable>transpec</replaceable>

		</arg>

	    </arg>

	</cmdsynopsis>

    </refsynopsisdiv>

    <refsection><title>Description</title>

	<para>

	    rad is a daemon that runs in the background on each Solaris

	    system.  rad provides secure access to system configuration,

	    optionally to clients on the network.

	</para>

    </refsection>

    <refsection><title>Options</title>

	<para>

	    The following options are available for use on the command

	    line:

	    <variablelist>

	    <varlistentry>

	    <term><option>-d</option></term>

	    <listitem><para>

		    Emit verbose debugging output.

	    </para></listitem>

	    </varlistentry>

	    <varlistentry>

	    <term><option>-S</option> <replaceable>fmri</replaceable></term>

	    <listitem><para>

		Read configuration from the SMF service specified by

		<replaceable>fmri</replaceable>.  Configured transports are

		not read from the service to avoid endpoint conflicts with

		a running service.

	    </para><para>

		Module directories specified on the command line are

		searched before module directories configured in SMF,

		permitting command line configuration to override SMF

		configuration.

	    </para></listitem>

	    </varlistentry>

	    <varlistentry>

	    <term>

		<option>-m</option> <replaceable>moduledir</replaceable>

	    </term>

	    <listitem><para>

		Add <replaceable>moduledir</replaceable> to the list of

		directories to scan and load modules from.

	    </para></listitem>

	    </varlistentry>

	    <varlistentry>

	    <term><option>-t</option> <replaceable>transpec</replaceable></term>

	    <listitem><para>

		Instantiate a transport specified by transport

		specification <replaceable>transpec</replaceable>.  A

		transport specification has the following format:

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		<replaceable>transport</replaceable>[:<replaceable>option</replaceable>[=<replaceable>value</replaceable>][,<replaceable>option2</replaceable>[=<replaceable>value2</replaceable>]]...]

	    </para></listitem>

	    </varlistentry>

	    </variablelist>

	</para>

    </refsection>

    <refsection><title>Notes</title>

	<para>

	    A system-provided instance of rad is delivered as

	    <uri>svc:/system/rad:default</uri>.

	</para>

    </refsection>

</refentry>