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authorume <ume@FreeBSD.org>2000-10-29 16:44:10 +0000
committerume <ume@FreeBSD.org>2000-10-29 16:44:10 +0000
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- Sync with latest manpage of rtadvd.
- Ripped MIP6 related description out. MIP6 is not merged, yet. Obtained from: KAME Project
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/rtadvd/rtadvd.8 b/usr.sbin/rtadvd/rtadvd.8
index 5f1f91b..a0c7bf2 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/rtadvd/rtadvd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/rtadvd/rtadvd.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $KAME: rtadvd.8,v 1.8 2000/05/22 22:12:11 itojun Exp $
+.\" $KAME: rtadvd.8,v 1.9 2000/05/27 13:37:01 jinmei Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 WIDE Project.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -38,22 +38,22 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl c Ar configfile
-.Op Fl dDfmRs
+.Op Fl dDfRs
.Ar interface ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
-advertises router advertisement packet to the specified
+sends router advertisement packets to the specified
.Ar interfaces .
.Pp
The program will daemonize itself on invocation.
-It will then periodically send router advertisement packets, as well
+It will then send router advertisement packets periodically, as well
as in response to router solicitation messages sent by end hosts.
.Pp
Router advertisements can be configured on a per-interface basis, as
described in
.Xr rtadvd.conf 5 .
.Pp
-In the event of no configuration file entry for an interface,
+If there is no configuration file entry for an interface,
or if the configuration file does not exist altogether,
.Nm
sets all the parameters to their default values.
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ specified by the configuration file,
adds/deletes the corresponding prefix to/from its advertising list,
respectively.
The
-.Ic Fl s
-may be used to disable this behavior.
+.Fl s
+option may be used to disable this behavior.
Moreover, if the status of an advertising interface changes,
.Nm
will start or stop sending router advertisements according
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ Print debugging information.
Even more debugging information is printed.
.It Fl f
Foreground mode (useful when debugging).
-.It Fl m
-Enables mobile IPv6 support.
-This changes the content of router advertisement option, as well as
-permitted configuration directives.
+.\".It Fl m
+.\"Enables mobile IPv6 support.
+.\"This changes the content of router advertisement option, as well as
+.\"permitted configuration directives.
.It Fl R
Accept router renumbering requests.
If you enable it, certain IPsec setup is suggested for security reasons.
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Upon receipt of signal
.Dv SIGUSR1 ,
.Nm
will dump the current internal state into
-.Pa /var/run/rtadvd.dump.
+.Pa /var/run/rtadvd.dump .
.Pp
Use
.Dv SIGTERM
@@ -121,18 +121,20 @@ In this case,
.Nm
will transmit router advertisement with router lifetime 0
to all the interfaces
-.Pq according to RFC2461 6.2.5 .
+.Pq in accordance with RFC2461 6.2.5 .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
-The program exits with 0 on success, and non-zero on failures.
+The
+.Nm
+program exits 0 on success, and >0 on failures.
.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width /etc/rtadvd.conf -compact
+.Bl -tag -width Pa -compact
.It Pa /etc/rtadvd.conf
The default configuration file.
.It Pa /var/run/rtadvd.pid
-contains pid of the currently running
+contains the pid of the currently running
.Nm rtadvd .
.It Pa /var/run/rtadvd.dump
-on which
+in which
.Nm
dumps its internal state.
.El
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