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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.8 | 21 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.8 b/usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.8 index 62b2726..ff37d27 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.8 @@ -436,13 +436,22 @@ Without options, the service will always return The available arguments to this service that alter its behavior are: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl d Ar fallback -If the real ident service is enabled, return this user for every -request. -If the real ident service is disabled, then this flag, instead of -returning an error if getting the socket credentials or -looking up the user name fails, return a default +Provide a .Ar fallback -user name to the requesting ident client. +username. +If the real +.Dq auth +service is enabled +(with the +.Fl r +option discussed below), +return this username instead of an error +when look ups fail +for either socket credentials or the username. +If the real +.Dq auth +service is disabled, +return this username for every request. This is primarily useful when running this service on a NAT machine. .It Fl t Ar sec[.usec] Specify a timeout for the service. |
