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| author | jlh <jlh@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-07-12 10:18:33 +0000 |
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| committer | jlh <jlh@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-07-12 10:18:33 +0000 |
| commit | a07e081f5d6641e2af6e38f67eea2a09b09e51cf (patch) | |
| tree | 267ab825799a3eedf20029d58c0c1855c91885e5 /sbin | |
| parent | 30f1a4905038de5ef5587ae35391a61111a0667a (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-a07e081f5d6641e2af6e38f67eea2a09b09e51cf.zip FreeBSD-src-a07e081f5d6641e2af6e38f67eea2a09b09e51cf.tar.gz | |
Make the description of the "no_prefer_iface" flag easier to understand.
Reviewed by: Silence on -net@ and from ume@
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin')
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 index 27bba90..5bf590d 100644 --- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 +++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 @@ -679,9 +679,11 @@ Set a flag to enable Neighbor Unreachability Detection. Clear a flag .Cm nud . .It Cm no_prefer_iface -Set a flag to not prefer address on the interface as candidates of the -source address for outgoing packets, even when the interface is -outgoing interface. +Set a flag to not honor rule 5 of source address selection in RFC 3484. +In practice this means the address on the outgoing interface will not be +preferred, effectively yielding the decision to the address selection +policy table, configurable with +.Xr ip6addrctl 8 . .It Cm -no_prefer_iface Clear a flag .Cm no_prefer_iface . |
