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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/rarpd/rarpd.8')
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/rarpd/rarpd.8 b/usr.sbin/rarpd/rarpd.8 index 07593b9..0511ecb 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/rarpd/rarpd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/rarpd/rarpd.8 @@ -30,15 +30,15 @@ .Op Fl afsv .Op Ar interface .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Rarpd +.Nm services Reverse ARP requests on the Ethernet connected to .Ar interface . -Upon receiving a request, +Upon receiving a request, .Nm -maps the target hardware address to an IP address via its name, which +maps the target hardware address to an IP address via its name, which must be present in both the .Xr ethers 5 -and +and .Xr hosts 5 databases. If a host does not exist in both databases, the translation cannot @@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ This requirement can be overridden with the .Fl s flag (see below). .Pp -In normal operation, +In normal operation, .Nm -forks a copy of itself and runs in -the background. Anomalies and errors are reported via +forks a copy of itself and runs in the background. +Anomalies and errors are reported via .Xr syslog 3 . .Pp The following options are available: @@ -93,9 +93,15 @@ Enable verbose sysloging. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr bpf 4 -.Pp -RFC 903: Finlayson, R.; Mann, T.; Mogul, J.C.; Theimer, M. Reverse Address -Resolution Protocol. 1984 June; 4 p. +.Rs +.%A "Finlayson, R." +.%A "Mann, T." +.%A "Mogul, J.C." +.%A "Theimer, M." +.%T "RFC 903: Reverse Address Resolution Protocol" +.%D "June 1984" +.%O "4 p" +.Re .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit .An Craig Leres Aq leres@ee.lbl.gov @@ -103,14 +109,13 @@ and .An Steven McCanne Aq mccanne@ee.lbl.gov . Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA. .Sh BUGS -.Nm Rarpd +.Nm can depend on the DNS to resolve the name discovered from .Pa /etc/ethers . If this name is not in the DNS but is in .Pa /etc/hosts , -the DNS lookup -can cause a delayed RARP response, so in this situation it is reccommended to -configure +the DNS lookup can cause a delayed RARP response, so in this situation +it is recommended to configure .Xr nsswitch.conf 5 to read .Pa /etc/hosts |
