rmtun Command

Purpose

Deactivates operational tunnel(s) and optionally removes tunnel definition(s).

Syntax

rmtun -v 4|6 -t tid_list | all [-d]

Description

Use the rmtun command to deactivate an active tunnel(s) and optionally remove tunnel definition(s). It also will remove the auto-generated filter rules created for the tunnel by the gentun command when the tunnel definition is removed from the tunnel database.

Flags

Item Description
all Deactivates and optionally removes all the tunnel(s).
tid_list The list of the tunnel(s) you want to deactivate. The tunnel IDs can be separated by "," or "-". You can use "-" to specify a range of IDs. For example, 1,3,5-7 specified there are five tunnel IDs in the list, 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7.
-d Specifies that the tunnels are to be removed from the tunnel database. This is an optional flag.
-t The list of the tunnel(s) you want to deactivate. If -d is specified, all the tunnel definitions in the list will also be removed from the tunnel database.
-v The IP version of the tunnel. For the IP version 4 tunnel, use the value of 4. For the IP version 6 tunnel, use the value of 6.

Security

Attention RBAC users and Trusted AIX® users: This command can perform privileged operations. Only privileged users can run privileged operations. For more information about authorizations and privileges, see Privileged Command Database in Security. For a list of privileges and the authorizations associated with this command, see the lssecattr command or the getcmdattr subcommand.