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author | yar <yar@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-09-28 13:07:43 +0000 |
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committer | yar <yar@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-09-28 13:07:43 +0000 |
commit | bab3118bbf94762adaea58a972a9e9fadb233830 (patch) | |
tree | bad8f15b74aee67869d67a9289ed3dba03c46d20 /share | |
parent | 33c38db5b654921849a06b703881f08220cd4bc1 (diff) | |
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Minor clarifications and fixes to wording, grammar, and markup
around ${network_interfaces}.
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 | 43 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 index 0fcab14..84c11eb 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd September 15, 2005 +.Dd September 28, 2005 .Dt RC.CONF 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -894,29 +894,26 @@ for more information. Set to the list of network interfaces to configure on this host or .Dq Li "AUTO" (the default) for all current interfaces. -For example, if the only network devices in the system are the loopback -device +For example, if the only active network devices in the system +are the loopback device .Pq Li lo0 and a NIC using the .Xr ed 4 driver, this could be set to .Dq Li "lo0 ed0" . +.Pp An .Va ifconfig_ Ns Aq Ar interface variable is also assumed to exist for each value of .Ar interface . -If the -.Va ifconfig_ Ns Aq Ar interface -contains the keyword -.Dq Li "NOAUTO" -then the interface will not be configured by -at boot or by -.Pa /etc/pccard_ether -when -.Va network_interfaces -is set to -.Dq Li "AUTO" . +The variable can contain arguments to +.Xr ifconfig 8 , +as well as special case-insensitive keywords described below. +Such keywords are removed before passing the value to +.Xr ifconfig 8 +while the order of the other arguments is preserved. +.Pp It is also possible to add IP alias entries here in cases where multiple IP addresses registered against a single interface are desired. @@ -947,7 +944,9 @@ ifconfig_ed0_alias4="inet 127.0.0.254 netmask 0xffffffff" Then note that alias4 would .Em not be added since the search would -stop with the missing alias3 entry. +stop with the missing +.Dq Li alias3 +entry. .Pp If the .Pa /etc/start_if. Ns Aq Ar interface @@ -960,6 +959,18 @@ and .Va ifconfig_ Ns Ao Ar interface Ac Ns Va _alias Ns Aq Ar n variables. .Pp +If the +.Va ifconfig_ Ns Aq Ar interface +contains the keyword +.Dq Li "NOAUTO" +then the interface will not be configured +at boot or by +.Pa /etc/pccard_ether +when +.Va network_interfaces +is set to +.Dq Li "AUTO" . +.Pp It is possible to bring up an interface with DHCP by adding .Dq Li DHCP to the @@ -997,7 +1008,7 @@ In addition to the form, a fallback variable .Va ifconfig_DEFAULT may be configured. -It will be used for all interfaces no +It will be used for all interfaces with no .Va ifconfig_ Ns Aq Ar interface variable. This is intended to replace the no longer supported |