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authorcharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-06 19:19:48 +0000
committercharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-06 19:19:48 +0000
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The .Nm utility
Diffstat (limited to 'libexec/telnetd')
-rw-r--r--libexec/telnetd/telnetd.834
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/telnetd/telnetd.8 b/libexec/telnetd/telnetd.8
index b11fbac..306e15e 100644
--- a/libexec/telnetd/telnetd.8
+++ b/libexec/telnetd/telnetd.8
@@ -54,13 +54,14 @@ protocol server
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-command is a server which supports the
+utility is a server which supports the
.Tn DARPA
standard
.Tn TELNET
virtual terminal protocol.
-.Nm Telnetd
-is normally invoked by the internet server (see
+The
+.Nm
+utility is normally invoked by the internet server (see
.Xr inetd 8 )
for requests to connect to the
.Tn TELNET
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ port number.
.Pp
The
.Nm
-command accepts the following options:
+utility accepts the following options:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl a Ar authmode
This option may be used for specifying what mode should
@@ -279,8 +280,9 @@ a specific authentication type without having to recompile
.Nm .
.El
.Pp
-.Nm Telnetd
-operates by allocating a pseudo-terminal device (see
+The
+.Nm
+utility operates by allocating a pseudo-terminal device (see
.Xr pty 4 )
for a client, then creating a login process which has
the slave side of the pseudo-terminal as
@@ -288,8 +290,9 @@ the slave side of the pseudo-terminal as
.Dv stdout
and
.Dv stderr .
-.Nm Telnetd
-manipulates the master side of the pseudo-terminal,
+The
+.Nm
+utility manipulates the master side of the pseudo-terminal,
implementing the
.Tn TELNET
protocol and passing characters
@@ -332,8 +335,9 @@ mode, and with
enabled (see
.Xr tty 4 ) .
.Pp
-.Nm Telnetd
-has support for enabling locally the following
+The
+.Nm
+utility has support for enabling locally the following
.Tn TELNET
options:
.Bl -tag -width "DO AUTHENTICATION"
@@ -393,8 +397,9 @@ indicates a willingness to decrypt
the data stream.
.El
.Pp
-.Nm Telnetd
-has support for enabling remotely the following
+The
+.Nm
+utility has support for enabling remotely the following
.Tn TELNET
options:
.Bl -tag -width "DO AUTHENTICATION"
@@ -578,8 +583,9 @@ has no common interpretation except between similar operating systems
The terminal type name received from the remote client is converted to
lower case.
.Pp
-.Nm Telnetd
-never sends
+The
+.Nm
+utility never sends
.Tn TELNET
.Dv IAC GA
(go ahead) commands.
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