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author | steve <steve@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-01-11 05:27:37 +0000 |
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committer | steve <steve@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-01-11 05:27:37 +0000 |
commit | 710a04e8b4ed8d86aa05f8184e8993e3b202034f (patch) | |
tree | 1bea41190b199f35aebb65bccdbe81b946fe9df1 /usr.sbin/rwhod/rwhod.8 | |
parent | 1bd58206f3f35c7827173a25cf797e7bf1da4137 (diff) | |
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Implement the -l commandline option which turns off broadcast of
information, but still allows you to monitor other machines.
PR: 9301
Submitted by: Matthew Fuller <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/rwhod/rwhod.8 b/usr.sbin/rwhod/rwhod.8 index f1aa636..8050ca9 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/rwhod/rwhod.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/rwhod/rwhod.8 @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm rwhod .Op Fl i +.Op Fl l .Op Fl m Op Ar ttl .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm Rwhod @@ -54,7 +55,11 @@ or messages on a network. .Pp .Nm Rwhod -operates as both a producer and consumer of status information. +operates as both a producer and consumer of status information, +unless the +.Fl l +(listen mode) option is specified, in which case +it acts as a consumer only. As a producer of information it periodically queries the state of the system and constructs status messages which are broadcasted or multicasted on a network. @@ -71,6 +76,15 @@ option enables insecure mode, which causes to ignore the source port on incoming packets. .Pp The +.Fl l +option enables listen mode, which causes +.Nm +to not broadcast any information. +This allows you to monitor other machines' +.Nm +information, without broadcasting your own. +.Pp +The .Fl m option causes .Nm |