SLAACD(8) | System Manager's Manual | SLAACD(8)

# NAME

`slaacd` — Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC) daemon

# SYNOPSIS

`slaacd` | [`-dv`] [`-s` socket]

# DESCRIPTION

`slaacd` is a stateless address autoconfiguration (SLAAC) daemon for clients. If an interface has the AUTOCONF6 flag set (auto configuration is enabled), `slaacd` regularly sends out requests for IPv6 router advertisement messages, such as those sent by rad(8), and uses those messages to configure the relevant interface.

See hostname.if(5) and ifconfig(8) on how to enable auto configuration on an interface.

`slaacd` monitors network interface states (interface going up or down, auto configuration enabled or disabled, etc.) and sends router solicitations when necessary. A running `slaacd` can be controlled with the slaacctl(8) utility.

The options are as follows:

`-d`
  Do not daemonize. If this option is specified, `slaacd` will run in the foreground and log to stderr.
`-s` socket
  Use an alternate location for the default control socket.
`-v`
  Produce more verbose output. Multiple `-v` options increase the verbosity.

# FILES

/dev/slaacd.sock
  UNIX-domain socket used for communication with slaacctl(8).

# SEE ALSO

hostname.if(5), ifconfig(8), rad(8), slaacctl(8)

# STANDARDS

R. Draves and D. Thaler, Default Router Preferences and More-Specific Routes, RFC 4191, November 2005.

R. Hinden and S. Deering, IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture, RFC 4291, February 2006.

T. Narten, E. Nordmark, W. Simpson, and H. Soliman, Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6), RFC 4861, September 2007.

F. Gont, A Method for Generating Semantically Opaque Interface Identifiers with IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC), RFC 7217, April 2014.

A. Yourtchenko and L. Colitti, Reducing Energy Consumption of Router Advertisements, RFC 7772, February 2016.

F. Gont, A. Cooper, D. Thaler, and W. Liu, Recommendation on Stable IPv6 Interface Identifiers, RFC 8064, February 2017.

J. Jeong, S. Park, L. Beloeil, and S. Madanapalli, IPv6 Router Advertisement Options for DNS Configuration, RFC 8106, March 2017.

F. Gont, S. Krishnan, T. Narten, and R. Draves, Temporary Address Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6, RFC 8981, February 2021.

# HISTORY

The `slaacd` program first appeared in OpenBSD 6.2.

# AUTHORS

The `slaacd` program was written by Florian Obser <florian@openbsd.org>.

August 11, 2024 | Debian