---
name: "shaperd"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "shaperd"
version: "0.2.1-5.2"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/shaperd"
---

# shaperd(8)

traffic shaper for tcp-ip networks

## NAME

shaperd - traffic shaper for tcp-ip networks

## SYNOPSIS

**shaperd \[-h\] \[-v\] \[-c** *file* **\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**shaperd** is a user-mode program that can shape traffic passing through a  linux box. As it runs as a normal daemon process, packet forwarding  to/from the kernel can be done by the BSD divert sockets layer (available as a patch for the linux kernel) or by the ipq packet forwarding  library that comes with kernel 2.4.

The configuration is made via a single text file, you can force a  reload by sending a SIGHUP. Logs are routed via syslog, with  priority=info, facility=daemon.

Please note that, for the moment, you must instruct the kernel which  packets to forward to **shaperd.** This can be done, for example, with the [**ipchains**(8)](/ipchains/8.md) utility under Linux 2.2, or with [**iptables**(8)](/iptables/8.md) under Linux 2.4. Also, note that if a packet does not match any of the rules in the configuration file, it will be ignored by shaperd (but it will be logged if the log level is high enough).

## OPTIONS

- \-c config-file

  Tells the daemon to get its configuration from this  *config-file*

- \-h

  Summarizes command line options

- \-v

  Prints version information

## SEE ALSO

[**ipchains**(8)](/ipchains/8.md); [**iptables**(8)](/iptables/8.md); [**libipq**(3)](/libipq/3.md); Linux's divert sockets site, http://www.anr.mcnc.org/~divert/index.shtml ; Netfilter's site, http://netfilter.samba.org. Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic  Control, http://ds9a.nl/lartc.

## BUGS

```
do i kill them? become their friend?
do i eat them? raw or well done
do i trick them? i ... i don't think they're that dumb
do i join them? looks like that's the one
i got bugs on my skin tickle my nausea
i let it happen again they're always taking over
i see they surround me i see ... see them deciding my fate
oh that which was once was once up to me ... now it's too late
i got bugs in my room one on one
that's when i had a chance
i'll just stop now i'll become naked, and with them i'll become one
```

## AUTHOR

Leandro Santi \<lsanti@fi.uba.ar\>