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33 files changed, 136 insertions, 81 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/adv.4 b/share/man/man4/adv.4 index 14784b3..63b55ba 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/adv.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/adv.4 @@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ written by .An Bob Frey of Advanced System Products, Inc. Many thanks to AdvanSys for providing the original driver under a suitable -license for use in FreeBSD. +license for use in +.Fx . .Sh HISTORY The .Nm diff --git a/share/man/man4/adw.4 b/share/man/man4/adw.4 index 76b4ce4..b32ab6d 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/adw.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/adw.4 @@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ from the Linux driver written by .An Bob Frey of Advanced System Products, Inc. Many thanks to AdvanSys for providing the original driver -under a suitable license for use in FreeBSD. +under a suitable license for use in +.Fx . .Sh HISTORY The .Nm diff --git a/share/man/man4/asr.4 b/share/man/man4/asr.4 index 047ab8365..9456fb3 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/asr.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/asr.4 @@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ The .Nm (Adaptec SCSI RAID) driver first appeared as the dpti2o driver under BSDi BSD/OS 3.2, -then under FreeBSD 2.2.8 +then under +.Fx 2.2.8 and was ported over to the CAM layer represented in 4.0. .Sh AUTHORS The diff --git a/share/man/man4/bridge.4 b/share/man/man4/bridge.4 index 6d17d6f..68f6b67 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/bridge.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/bridge.4 @@ -8,25 +8,27 @@ .Nm bridge .Nd Bridging support .Sh DESCRIPTION -Starting from version 2.2.8, FreeBSD supports bridging on ethernet-type +Starting from version 2.2.8, +.Fx +supports bridging on ethernet-type interfaces. This is achieved using the following option .Bd -literal options BRIDGE .Ed - +.Pp in the kernel config file, and is controlled by two .Nm sysctl variables: .Bd -literal net.link.ether.bridge .Ed - +.Pp Set to 1 to enable bridging, set to 0 to disable it .Bd -literal net.link.ether.bridge_ipfw .Ed - +.Pp Set to 1 to enable .Nm ipfw filtering on bridged packets. @@ -42,8 +44,6 @@ which must be an .Ar allow rule if we want ARP and other non-IP packets to flow through the bridge. - - .Sh BUGS .Pp Care must be taken not to construct loops in the bridge topology. @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ are not compatible with bridging. .Xr sysctl 8 . .Sh HISTORY .Nm -bridging was introduced in FreeBSD 2.2.8 +bridging was introduced in +.Fx 2.2.8 by .An Luigi Rizzo Aq luigi@iet.unipi.it . diff --git a/share/man/man4/ch.4 b/share/man/man4/ch.4 index 30c17d2..2692778 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/ch.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/ch.4 @@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ Any devices found which answer as 'Changer' type devices will be 'attached' to the .Nm driver. -In FreeBSD releases prior to 2.1, the first found will be attached as +In +.Fx +releases prior to 2.1, the first found will be attached as .Em ch0 and the next, .Em ch1 @@ -63,8 +65,6 @@ Beginning in 2.1 it is possible to specify what ch unit a device should come on line as; refer to .Xr scsi 4 for details on kernel configuration. -.Pp - .Sh KERNEL CONFIGURATION In configuring, if an optional .Ar count @@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ are configured; Most storage for them is allocated only when found so a large number of configured devices is cheap. (once the first has included the driver). - .Pp .Sh IOCTLS User mode programs communicate with the changer driver through a @@ -167,8 +166,8 @@ u_int cp_npickers; /* number of pickers */ u_int cp_nslots; /* number of slots */ u_int cp_nportals; /* number of import/export portals */ u_int cp_ndrives; /* number of drives */ - .Ed +.Pp This call can be used by applications to query the dimensions of the jukebox before using the \fBCHIGSTATUS\fR ioctl to query the jukebox' status. @@ -199,8 +198,8 @@ u_int cesr_element_base; u_int cesr_element_count; u_int cesr_flags; struct changer_element_status *cesr_element_status; - .Ed +.Pp This structure is read by the driver to determine the type, logical base address and number of elements for which information is to be returned in the array of changer_element_status structures pointed to @@ -236,8 +235,8 @@ u_char ces_idvalid; /* ces_scsi_id is valid */ u_char ces_scsi_id; /* SCSI id of element (if ces_idvalid is nonzero) */ u_char ces_lunvalid; /* ces_scsi_lun is valid */ u_char ces_scsi_lun; /* SCSI lun of elemtne (if ces_lunvalid is nonzero) */ - .Ed +.Pp The ces_addr field contains the address of the element in the coordinate system of the media changer. It is not used by the driver, and should be used for diagnostic purposes only. diff --git a/share/man/man4/da.4 b/share/man/man4/da.4 index 66778d4..c989a3c 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/da.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/da.4 @@ -60,14 +60,14 @@ driver allows the disk to have two levels of partitioning. One layer, called the .Dq slice layer , is used to separate the -.Tn FreeBSD +.Fx areas of the disk from areas used by other operating systems. The second layer is the native .Bx 4.4 partitioning scheme, .Xr disklabel 5 , which is used to subdivide the -.Tn FreeBSD +.Fx slices into areas for individual filesystems and swap spaces. For more information, see .Xr fdisk 8 @@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ respectively. .Pp If an uninitialized disk is opened, the slice table will be initialized with a fictitious -.Tn FreeBSD +.Fx slice spanning the entire disk. Similarly, if an uninitialized (or -.No non- Ns Tn FreeBSD ) +.No non- Ns Fx ) slice is opened, its disklabel will be initialized with parameters returned by the drive and a single .Sq Li c @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ the caching control page. Mode pages can be examined and modified via the .Xr camcontrol 8 utility. - +.Pp The read cache is used to store data from device-initiated read ahead operations as well as frequently used data. The read cache is transparent to the user and can be enabled without any adverse effect. Most devices @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ with a read cache come from the factory with it enabled. The read cache can be disabled by setting the .Tn RCD (Read Cache Disable) bit in the caching control mode page. - +.Pp The write cache can greatly decrease the latency of write operations and allows the device to reorganize writes to increase efficiency and performance. This performance gain comes at a price. Should the device @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ block mode disk unit .Ar u , first -.Tn FreeBSD +.Fx slice, partition .Ar p .It Pa /dev/rda Ns Ar u Ns Ar p @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ raw mode disk unit .Ar u , first -.Tn FreeBSD +.Fx slice, partition .Ar p .Sm off diff --git a/share/man/man4/divert.4 b/share/man/man4/divert.4 index 01e53c3..27967f7 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/divert.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/divert.4 @@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ Packets may also be written to a divert port, in which case they re-enter kernel IP packet processing. .Pp Divert sockets are normally used in conjunction with -FreeBSD's packet filtering implementation and the +.Fx Ns 's +packet filtering implementation and the .Xr ipfw 8 program. By reading from and writing to a divert socket, matching packets diff --git a/share/man/man4/ed.4 b/share/man/man4/ed.4 index e61e35f..133eac1 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/ed.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/ed.4 @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ This flag disables the use of multiple transmit buffers and may be necessary in rare cases where packets are sent out faster than a machine on the other end can handle (as evidenced by severe packet lossage). Some -.Pf ( No non- Ns Tn FreeBSD +.No (non- Ns Fx :-)) machines have terrible ethernet performance and simply can't cope with 1100K+ data rates. Use of this flag also provides diff --git a/share/man/man4/fpa.4 b/share/man/man4/fpa.4 index 97d8b55..6b434e7 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/fpa.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/fpa.4 @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .Cd "device fpa" .Cd "device fea" .Pp -.Tn FreeBSD +.Fx only: .Cd "pseudo-device fddi" .Sh DESCRIPTION diff --git a/share/man/man4/kld.4 b/share/man/man4/kld.4 index 04c4704..ed38f29 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/kld.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/kld.4 @@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ .Nm kld .Nd dynamic kernel linker facility .Sh DESCRIPTION -The LKM (Loadable Kernel Modules) facility has been deprecated in FreeBSD -3.0 and above in favor of the +The LKM (Loadable Kernel Modules) facility has been deprecated in +.Fx 3.0 +and above in favor of the .Nm interface. This interface, like its @@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ is a generic type, for which the module itself handles loading and unloading. .Pp The -.Tn FreeBSD +.Fx system makes extensive use of loadable kernel modules, and provides loadable versions of most filesystems, the .Tn NFS diff --git a/share/man/man4/lp.4 b/share/man/man4/lp.4 index 5fef67c..d46e134 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/lp.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/lp.4 @@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ The communication protocol is selected by the flag: .Bl -tag -width Fl .It Fl link0 -(default) Use FreeBSD mode (LPIP). This is the simpler of the two modes +(default) Use +.Fx +mode (LPIP). This is the simpler of the two modes and therefore slightly more efficient. .It Cm link0 Use Crynwr/Linux compatible mode (CLPIP). This mode has a simulated ethernet @@ -200,7 +202,9 @@ The length includes the 14 header bytes, but not the length bytes themselves nor the checksum byte. .Pp The checksum is a simple arithmetic sum of all the bytes (again, including -the header but not checksum or length bytes). FreeBSD calculates +the header but not checksum or length bytes). +.Fx +calculates outgoing checksums, but does not validate incoming ones. .Pp The start of packet has to be signalled specially, since the line chosen diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/ar.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/ar.4 index f6f6474..a39f837 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/ar.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/ar.4 @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ HD64570 chip. Both the 2 and 4 port cards are supported and auto detected. .Pp The standard -.Tn FreeBSD +.Fx sppp code is used for the link level layer. The default protocol used is PPP. diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/asr.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/asr.4 index 047ab8365..9456fb3 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/asr.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/asr.4 @@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ The .Nm (Adaptec SCSI RAID) driver first appeared as the dpti2o driver under BSDi BSD/OS 3.2, -then under FreeBSD 2.2.8 +then under +.Fx 2.2.8 and was ported over to the CAM layer represented in 4.0. .Sh AUTHORS The diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/matcd.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/matcd.4 index 810c698..6bbd700 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/matcd.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/matcd.4 @@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ Source code and compilation options for The file \fIoptions.h\fR contains all of the compilation options. By default, the driver is configured to run on the current version of -FreeBSD. +.Fx . .Sh NOTES .Pp The Creative/Panasonic interface does not use interrupts or DMA diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/meteor.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/meteor.4 index 2142f80..8adb5b7 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/meteor.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/meteor.4 @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ The files required for Matrox Meteor card are: .br .in -0.5i For -.Tn FreeBSD +.Fx release versions 2.1 and earlier, the following patch files are also required: .br .in +0.5i diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/pnp.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/pnp.4 index 9970232..0cde09d 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/pnp.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/pnp.4 @@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd controller pnp0 .Sh DESCRIPTION -Support for PnP devices in FreeBSD allows the user to override the +Support for PnP devices in +.Fx +allows the user to override the configuration of PnP cards, and device drivers to fetch/modify parameters in the card's configuration space. .Pp diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/sb.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/sb.4 index 5958793..76860f6 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/sb.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/sb.4 @@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ For Yamaha OPL-2/OPL-3 FM support: .Sh DESCRIPTION This driver covers the SoundBlaster family of cards including the SoundBlaster 1.0 to the SoundBlaster 16/SoundBlaster 32. The awe driver -provides AWE32/64 functionality. This driver is provided in FreeBSD +provides AWE32/64 functionality. This driver is provided in +.Fx versions 2.0-current through 3.0-current. You can also configure more then one card on a single DMA using the conflicts keyword in your configuration file. This is useful for boards with more then one type of diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/spkr.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/spkr.4 index 71c24f0..0d022bb 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/spkr.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/spkr.4 @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The speaker device driver allows applications to control the PC console speaker on an .Tn IBM-PC Ns --compatible machine running -.Tn FreeBSD . +.Fx . .Pp Only one process may have this device open at any given time; .Xr open 2 diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/sr.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/sr.4 index 12a3e03..22c3dd9 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/sr.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/sr.4 @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ driver supports the RISCom/N2 ISA cards and the WANic 400/405 PCI cards that is based on the HD64570 chip. .Pp The standard -.Tn FreeBSD +.Fx sppp code is used for the link level layer. The default protocol used is PPP. diff --git a/share/man/man4/md.4 b/share/man/man4/md.4 index 7f9401c..ea78361 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/md.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/md.4 @@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ driver first appeared in .Fx 4.0 as a cleaner replacement for the MFS functionality previously used in PicoBSD -and in the FreeBSD installation process. +and in the +.Fx +installation process. .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm diff --git a/share/man/man4/mtio.4 b/share/man/man4/mtio.4 index 1b76cd1..585ce25 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/mtio.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/mtio.4 @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ .Sh NAME .Nm mtio .Nd -.Tn FreeBSD +.Fx magtape interface .Sh DESCRIPTION The special files diff --git a/share/man/man4/pcvt.4 b/share/man/man4/pcvt.4 index 61a234e..c7f5c36 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/pcvt.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/pcvt.4 @@ -136,8 +136,9 @@ it is possible to scroll the screen back and forward. .Ss Configuration The .Nm pcvt -console driver is available for the Intel-based FreeBSD operating -system. +console driver is available for the Intel-based +.Fx +operating system. It has been designed to be highly configurable in order to satisfy everyone's needs. The preferred way for those configurations is to @@ -704,10 +705,21 @@ The driver has been developed for and contributed to 386BSD 0.1. Since then .Nm pcvt -has become a standard part of FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD. -Since FreeBSD 5.0, +has become a standard part of +.Fx , +.Nx +and +OpenBSD. +Since +.Fx 5.0 , .Nm pcvt -is FreeBSD specific with support for NetBSD and OpenBSD removed to +is +.Fx +specific with support for +.Nx +and +.Ox +removed to ease further maintenance. .Sh AUTHORS Written by diff --git a/share/man/man4/psm.4 b/share/man/man4/psm.4 index 81390b2..ac07927 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/psm.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/psm.4 @@ -292,7 +292,9 @@ driver. When this flag is set, the .Nm driver won't reset the pointing device when initializing the device. -If the FreeBSD kernel +If the +.Fx +kernel is started after another OS has run, the pointing device will inherit settings from the previous OS. However, because there is no way for the diff --git a/share/man/man4/sa.4 b/share/man/man4/sa.4 index 6c68ca1..4e4fdc0 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/sa.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/sa.4 @@ -191,10 +191,14 @@ Many older devices may not work properly with this driver yet. .Pp Additionally, certain -tapes (QIC tapes mostly) that were written under FreeBSD 2.X +tapes (QIC tapes mostly) that were written under +.Fx +2.X aren't automatically read correctly with this driver: you may need to explicitly set variable block mode or set to the blocksize that works best -for your device in order to read tapes written under FreeBSD 2.X. +for your device in order to read tapes written under +.Fx +2.X. .Pp Fine grained density and compression mode support that is bound to specific device names needs to be added. diff --git a/share/man/man4/sf.4 b/share/man/man4/sf.4 index 168f50e..b0721d8 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/sf.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/sf.4 @@ -132,13 +132,15 @@ This may happen if the PCI BIOS not configured the device, which may be because the BIOS has been configured for a "Plug and Play" operating system. The "Plug and Play OS" setting int he BIOS should be set to "no" or -"off" in order for PCI devices to work properly with FreeBSD. +"off" in order for PCI devices to work properly with +.Fx . .It "sf%d: couldn't map ports" A fatal initialization error has occurred. happen if the PCI BIOS not configured the device, which may be because the BIOS has been configured for a "Plug and Play" operating system. The "Plug and Play OS" setting int he BIOS should be set to "no" or -"off" in order for PCI devices to work properly with FreeBSD. +"off" in order for PCI devices to work properly with +.Fx . .It "sf%d: couldn't map interrupt" A fatal initialization error has occurred. .It "sf%d: no memory for softc struct!" diff --git a/share/man/man4/si.4 b/share/man/man4/si.4 index a8bb878..9c649f7 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/si.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/si.4 @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Bit 7 is used to differentiate a tty/dialin port (bit 7=0) and a cua/callout port (bit 7=1). .Pp Bit 8 through 15 (on -.Tn FreeBSD ) +.Fx ) are unavailable as they are a shadow of the major device number. .Pp diff --git a/share/man/man4/spkr.4 b/share/man/man4/spkr.4 index 71c24f0..0d022bb 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/spkr.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/spkr.4 @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The speaker device driver allows applications to control the PC console speaker on an .Tn IBM-PC Ns --compatible machine running -.Tn FreeBSD . +.Fx . .Pp Only one process may have this device open at any given time; .Xr open 2 diff --git a/share/man/man4/tap.4 b/share/man/man4/tap.4 index 2f98473..2208475 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/tap.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/tap.4 @@ -234,4 +234,4 @@ VMware .\" .Sh BUGS .Sh AUTHORS This man page has been obtained from -.Bx Free . +.Fx . diff --git a/share/man/man4/vinum.4 b/share/man/man4/vinum.4 index 484dec6..69d06bd 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/vinum.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/vinum.4 @@ -200,7 +200,9 @@ version of includes the RAID-5 functionality. .Sh RUNNING VINUM .Nm -is part of the base FreeBSD system. It does not require installation. +is part of the base +.Fx +system. It does not require installation. To start it, start the .Nm vinum program, which will load the kld if it is not already present. @@ -718,7 +720,9 @@ kernel and test with the kld module. Detection of differences between the version of the kernel and the kld is not yet implemented. .It -The RAID-5 functionality is new in FreeBSD 3.3. Some problems have been +The RAID-5 functionality is new in +.Fx 3.3 . +Some problems have been reported with .Nm in combination with soft updates, but these are not reproducible on all @@ -1000,7 +1004,9 @@ If you have a panic, a stack trace as described above. .An Greg Lehey Aq grog@lemis.com . .Sh HISTORY .Nm vinum -first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0. The RAID-5 component of +first appeared in +.Fx 3.0 . +The RAID-5 component of .Nm was developed by Cybernet Inc. .Pa www.cybernet.com diff --git a/share/man/man4/vn.4 b/share/man/man4/vn.4 index de343ab..7e26bf4 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/vn.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/vn.4 @@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ driver does not work if the file does not reside in a local filesystem. .Pp .Sh HISTORY The vnode disk driver was originally written at the University of -Utah and was substantially modified by FreeBSD developers to add +Utah and was substantially modified by +.Fx +developers to add swap-backed support. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr config 8 , diff --git a/share/man/man4/vpo.4 b/share/man/man4/vpo.4 index 96f4a23..e81a974 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/vpo.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/vpo.4 @@ -50,9 +50,13 @@ Iomega Matchmaker Parallel to SCSI interface. The driver should let you use a printer connected to the drive while transfering data. .Pp -DOS and FreeBSD filesystems are supported. +DOS and +.Fx +filesystems are supported. When mounting a DOS filesystem or -formating a FreeBSD filesystem, check the slice of the disk with the +formating a +.Fx +filesystem, check the slice of the disk with the .Xr fdisk 8 utility. .Pp diff --git a/share/man/man4/worm.4 b/share/man/man4/worm.4 index 8b285ff..8eb706d 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/worm.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/worm.4 @@ -45,10 +45,13 @@ None. .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm worm -driver was provided under FreeBSD releases prior to +driver was provided under +.Fx +releases prior to .Fx 3.0 . .Pp -The FreeBSD +The +.Fx .Tn SCSI layer was replaced for .Fx 3.0 @@ -65,7 +68,9 @@ driver. Users who wish to write CDs on a WORM, CD-R, or CD-RW drive should use .Nm cdrecord , -which is in the FreeBSD ports collection. +which is in the +.Fx +ports collection. .Pp The .Xr cd 4 diff --git a/share/man/man4/yp.4 b/share/man/man4/yp.4 index 0458840..7d4615b 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/yp.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/yp.4 @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ called the The databases used to store the information are called .Em Tn NIS maps . In -.Bx Free , +.Fx , these maps are stored in .Pa /var/yp/[domainname] where @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Each domain will have its own independent set of maps. .Pp In -.Bx Free , +.Fx , the .Tn NIS maps are Berkeley DB hashed database files (the @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ and .Pa passwd.byname.pag files on other operating systems (both of which are really parts of the same map), -.Bx Free +.Fx will have only one file called .Pa passwd.byname . The difference in format is not significant: only the @@ -348,17 +348,17 @@ placing a slave server on the local network.) .El .Pp The -.Bx Free +.Fx .Xr ypserv 8 is specially designed to provided enhanced security (compared to other .Tn NIS implementations) when used exclusively with -.Bx Free +.Fx client systems. The -.Bx Free +.Fx password database system (which is derived directly from .Bx 4.4 ) @@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ is allowed to retrieve data. .Pp To help prevent this, -.Bx Free Ns 's +.Fx Ns 's .Tn NIS server handles the shadow password maps .Pf ( Pa master.passwd.byname @@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ users. All other requests are denied: requests from non-privileged ports will receive only an error code from the server. Additionally, -.Bx Free Ns 's +.Fx Ns 's .Xr ypserv 8 includes support for Wietse Venema's tcp wrapper package; with tcp wrapper support enabled, the administrator can configure @@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ someone with access to your network to spoof the server into disclosing the shadow password maps. .Pp On the client side, -.Bx Free Ns 's +.Fx Ns 's .Fn getpwent 3 functions will automatically search for the .Pa master.passwd @@ -416,9 +416,12 @@ If they aren't found, the standard .Pa passwd maps will be used instead. .Sh COMPATIBILITY -When using a non-FreeBSD NIS server for +When using a +.No non- Ns Fx +NIS server for .Xr passwd 5 -files, it is unlikely that the default MD5-based format that FreeBSD +files, it is unlikely that the default MD5-based format that +.Fx uses for passwords will be accepted by it. If this is the case, the value of the "passwd_format" setting in .Xr login.conf 5 @@ -441,7 +444,7 @@ a host that doesn't exist in its or .Pa hosts.byaddr maps. -.Bx Free Ns 's +.Fx Ns 's resolver uses .Tn DNS by default (it can be made to use @@ -463,14 +466,14 @@ It can also be made to register itself as an v1 server in order to placate certain systems that insist on the presence of a v1 server -.Pf ( Bx Free +.No ( Fx uses only .Tn NIS v2, but many other systems, including .Tn SunOS 4.x, search for both a v1 and v2 server when binding). -.Bx Free Ns 's +.Fx Ns 's .Xr ypserv 8 does not actually handle .Tn NIS @@ -484,7 +487,7 @@ manual page for a detailed description of these special features and flags.) .Sh BUGS While -.Bx Free +.Fx now has both .Tn NIS client and server capabilities, it does not yet have support for @@ -495,7 +498,7 @@ function. Both of these require secure .Tn RPC Ns , which -.Bx Free +.Fx doesn't support yet either. .Pp |
