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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/ancontrol/ancontrol.8 | 12 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/cdcontrol/cdcontrol.1 | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/i4b/isdnd/isdnd.rc.5 | 63 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/i4b/isdntrace/isdntrace.8 | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/i4b/man/isic.4 | 15 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/mountd/netgroup.5 | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8 | 18 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 | 18 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/pw/pw.8 | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8 | 15 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/rrenumd/rrenumd.conf.5 | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8 | 21 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/ypserv/ypserv.8 | 15 |
13 files changed, 134 insertions, 67 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/ancontrol/ancontrol.8 b/usr.sbin/ancontrol/ancontrol.8 index 1bd4a3e..1d37237 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/ancontrol/ancontrol.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/ancontrol/ancontrol.8 @@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ Set the station address for the specified interface. The .Ar mac address is specified as a series of six hexadecimal values separated by colons, -e.g.: 00:60:1d:12:34:56. This programs the new address into the card +e.g.: 00:60:1d:12:34:56. +This programs the new address into the card and updates the interface as well. .It Fl i Ar iface Fl n Ar SSID "[-v 1|2|3]" Set the desired SSID (network name). There are three SSIDs which allows @@ -282,7 +283,8 @@ Valid power settings vary depending on the actual NIC and can be viewed by dumping the device capabilities with the .Fl I -flag. Typical values are 1, 5, 20, 50 and 100mW. +flag. +Typical values are 1, 5, 20, 50 and 100mW. Selecting 0 sets the factory default. .It Fl i Ar iface Fl c Ar channel @@ -321,7 +323,8 @@ If an illegal channel is specified, the NIC will revert to its default channel. For NICs sold in the United States and Europe, the default channel is 3. For NICs sold in France, the default -channel is 11. For NICs sold in Japan, the only available channel is 14. +channel is 11. +For NICs sold in Japan, the only available channel is 14. Note that two stations must be set to the same channel in order to communicate. .It Fl i Ar iface Fl f Ar fragmentation threshold @@ -339,7 +342,8 @@ This controls the number of bytes used for the RTS/CTS handhake boundary. The .Ar RTS threshold -can be any value between 0 and 2312. The default is 2312. +can be any value between 0 and 2312. +The default is 2312. .It Fl h Prints a list of available options and sample usage. .El diff --git a/usr.sbin/cdcontrol/cdcontrol.1 b/usr.sbin/cdcontrol/cdcontrol.1 index b5bb726..ad54ec9 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/cdcontrol/cdcontrol.1 +++ b/usr.sbin/cdcontrol/cdcontrol.1 @@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ in minutes, .Ar end_s , in seconds and .Ar end_f -(frame number). Minutes are in the range 0-99. Seconds are in the range 0-59. +(frame number). Minutes are in the range 0-99. +Seconds are in the range 0-59. Frame numbers are in the range 0-74. .It Cm play Op Ar #start_block Op length diff --git a/usr.sbin/i4b/isdnd/isdnd.rc.5 b/usr.sbin/i4b/isdnd/isdnd.rc.5 index e223bce..7578b58 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/i4b/isdnd/isdnd.rc.5 +++ b/usr.sbin/i4b/isdnd/isdnd.rc.5 @@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ The following keywords are valid in the system configuration section: If this parameter is set to .Em on , accounting information is written even if the local site was not charged -or no charging information is available or is not subscribed. (optional) +or no charging information is available or is not subscribed. +(optional) .It Li acctfile Specifies the name of the accounting file which is used when the keyword @@ -103,14 +104,16 @@ Specifies the name of the accounting file which is used when the keyword .Em on . See also system keyword .Em rotatesuffix . -If this keyword is omitted the system default is used. (optional) +If this keyword is omitted the system default is used. +(optional) .It Li aliasing If this parameter is set to .Em on , alias processing of telephone-number to name is enabled (see also the .Em aliasfile -keyword below). The default is off. (optional) +keyword below). The default is off. +(optional) .It Li aliasfile Specifies the name of the telephone number-to-name alias database file shared @@ -118,7 +121,8 @@ with the .Xr isdntel 1 utility when alias processing is enabled via the .Em aliasing -keyword. (optional) +keyword. +(optional) .It Li beepconnect In fullscreen mode, if this parameter is set to @@ -130,7 +134,8 @@ If this parameter is set to .Em on , date/time information from the exchange (if provided) is written to the logfile. -The default is off. (optional) +The default is off. +(optional) .It Li mailer This keyword is used to specify the path/name of a mail program which @@ -204,7 +209,8 @@ The supported access rights are: .It Li ratesfile Specifies the name of the ratesfile. If this keyword is omitted the system -default is used. (optional) +default is used. +(optional) .It Li regexpr This keyword is used to specify regular expressions. @@ -247,7 +253,8 @@ rotatesuffix is used and a USR1 signal is sent to isdnd, the logfile and the accounting file is not only closed and reopened but the old logfile is also renamed to the former filename with the rotatesuffix string appended. If this keyword is omitted, the logfiles are just closed and reopened; this -is also the default behaviour. (optional) +is also the default behaviour. +(optional) .It Li rtprio Specifies the realtime priority @@ -268,7 +275,8 @@ was compiled with -DUSE_RTPRIO. If this parameter is set to .Em on charging (if available) and accounting information is written to the -accounting file. (optional) +accounting file. +(optional) .El @@ -341,11 +349,13 @@ No framing at all (used for telephony). .It Li callbackwait The time in seconds to wait between hanging up the call from a remote site -and calling back the remote site. (optional) +and calling back the remote site. +(optional) .It Li calledbackwait The time in seconds to wait for a remote site calling back the local site -after a call from the local site to the remote site has been made. (optional) +after a call from the local site to the remote site has been made. +(optional) .It Li dialin-reaction Used to specify what to do when an incoming connection request is received. @@ -386,7 +396,8 @@ to minimize the chance of two sites dialing synchronously so each gets a busy each time it dials because the other side is also dialing. .It Li dialretries -The number of dialing retries before giving up. (optional) +The number of dialing retries before giving up. +(optional) .It Li direction This keyword is used to configure if incoming and outgoing, incoming-only or @@ -426,7 +437,8 @@ This keyword is optional and is set to 60 seconds by default. .It Li earlyhangup A (safety) time in seconds which specifies the time to hangup before an -expected next charging unit will occur. (optional) +expected next charging unit will occur. +(optional) .It Li idle-algorithm-outgoing The algorithm used to determine when to hang up an outgoing call when the @@ -472,13 +484,15 @@ A delay value suitable for the kernel subroutine to delay the transmittion of the first packet after a successfull connection is made by this value for .Em incoming -ISDN connections. The specification unit is 1/100 second. +ISDN connections. +The specification unit is 1/100 second. A zero (0) disables this feature and is the default value. This feature is implemented (and makes sense only) for the .Xr i4bipr 4 -IP over raw HDLC ISDN driver. (optional) +IP over raw HDLC ISDN driver. +(optional) .It Li isdntxdel-outgoing A delay value suitable for the @@ -486,13 +500,15 @@ A delay value suitable for the kernel subroutine to delay the transmittion of the first packet after a successfull connection is made by this value for .Em outgoing -ISDN connections. The specification unit is 1/100 second. +ISDN connections. +The specification unit is 1/100 second. A zero (0) disables this feature and is the default value. This feature is implemented (and makes sense only) for the .Xr i4bipr 4 -IP over raw HDLC ISDN driver. (optional) +IP over raw HDLC ISDN driver. +(optional) .It Li local-phone-dialout The local telephone number used when the local site dials out. @@ -520,17 +536,20 @@ This keyword is mandatory for the ipr interfaces. Defines a symbolic name for this configuration entry. It's purpose is to use this name in the full-screen display for easy identification of a link -to a remote site and for accounting purposes. (mandatory) +to a remote site and for accounting purposes. +(mandatory) .It Li ratetype -The rate entry used from the rates file. (optional) +The rate entry used from the rates file. +(optional) .br For example, ratetype=0 selects lines beginning "ra0" in /etc/isdn/isdnd.rates; (typically ra0 lines are a set of tables for local call rates on different days of the week & times per day). .It Li recoverytime -The time in seconds to wait between dial retries. (optional) +The time in seconds to wait between dial retries. +(optional) .It Li remdial-handling is used to specify the dialout behavior in case more than one outgoing @@ -577,7 +596,8 @@ This keyword may have a wildcard parameter '*' to permit anyone dialing in. .It Li unitlength The length of a charging unit in seconds. This is used in conjunction with -the idletime to decide when to hangup a connection. (optional) +the idletime to decide when to hangup a connection. +(optional) .It Li unitlengthsrc This keyword is used to specify from which source @@ -599,7 +619,8 @@ file with the keyword .Em ratetype . .It Ar aocd Use a dynamically calculated unitlength in case AOCD is subscribed on -the ISDN line. (AOCD is an acronym for ``Advice Of Charge During the call'' +the ISDN line. +(AOCD is an acronym for ``Advice Of Charge During the call'' which is a service provided by the telecommunications (ie phone) provider, to indicate billable units). .El diff --git a/usr.sbin/i4b/isdntrace/isdntrace.8 b/usr.sbin/i4b/isdntrace/isdntrace.8 index fc89ace..d6eca42 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/i4b/isdntrace/isdntrace.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/i4b/isdntrace/isdntrace.8 @@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ print layer 1 (I.430) INFO signals to monitor layer 1 activity (default off). switch displaying of Layer 2 (Q.921) frames off (default on). .It Fl n This option takes a numeric argument specifying the minimum -frame size in octetts a frame must have to be displayed. (default 0) +frame size in octetts a frame must have to be displayed. +(default 0) .It Fl o switch off writing trace output to a file (default on). .It Fl p @@ -154,7 +155,8 @@ ISDN D-channel layer 2 protocol description. .It Ar Q.931 ISDN D-channel layer 3 protocol description. .It Ar 1TR6 -German-specific ISDN layer 3 protocol description. (NOTICE: decoding +German-specific ISDN layer 3 protocol description. +(NOTICE: decoding of the 1TR6 protocol is included but not supported since i dont have any longer access to a 1TR6 based ISDN installation.) .El diff --git a/usr.sbin/i4b/man/isic.4 b/usr.sbin/i4b/man/isic.4 index aff6b78..7176506 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/i4b/man/isic.4 +++ b/usr.sbin/i4b/man/isic.4 @@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ To be able to use PnP cards under FreeBSD, you have to add .Pp .Cd controller pnp0 .Pp -to you kernel config file. More, it is recommended to add +to you kernel config file. +More, it is recommended to add .Pp .Cd options \&"USERCONFIG\&" .Pp @@ -244,7 +245,8 @@ The required (optional under NetBSD) value is 2. .Pp These boards have a jumper which specifies an i/o base address of either -0xd80, 0xe80 or 0xf80. The remaining necessary configuration values are then +0xd80, 0xe80 or 0xf80. +The remaining necessary configuration values are then programmed at run time by accessing this i/o port. .Pp Valid interrupts are 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12 or 15. @@ -318,7 +320,8 @@ Valid i/o port values are 0x200, 0x208, 0x210, 0x218, 0x220, 0x228, 0x230, Valid interrupt configurations are 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15. .Pp Notice: this card has a strange address decoding scheme resulting in 64 -windows of some bytes length. Anyway, support for this card is good because +windows of some bytes length. +Anyway, support for this card is good because the manufacturer gave out technical docs for this card! .Pp .Pp @@ -332,7 +335,8 @@ The card is auto-configured by the PnP kernel subsystem. .Pp .It Ar "Sedlbauer Win Speed" .Pp -Valid i/o port values must be in the range 0x100 ... 0x3f0. (alignment 0x8, +Valid i/o port values must be in the range 0x100 ... 0x3f0. +(alignment 0x8, len 0x8) .Pp Valid interrupt configurations are 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15. @@ -385,7 +389,8 @@ Note that currently, you have to jumper the card interupt for .Em IPL 2 instead of IPL 6 (which is used by most AmigaOS software). .Pp -Note that the ITH ISDN MasterII doesn't work in the DraCo Zorro bus. This +Note that the ITH ISDN MasterII doesn't work in the DraCo Zorro bus. +This is no NetBSD problem, but general. .El .Pp diff --git a/usr.sbin/mountd/netgroup.5 b/usr.sbin/mountd/netgroup.5 index 6451ec6..fb1a8bc 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/mountd/netgroup.5 +++ b/usr.sbin/mountd/netgroup.5 @@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ lookups will be done exclusively through with .Fn innetgr 3 taking advantage of the netgroup.byuser and -netgroup.byhost maps to speed up searches. (This +netgroup.byhost maps to speed up searches. +(This is more or less compatible with the behavior of SunOS and similar platforms.) .It diff --git a/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8 b/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8 index 3759ad6..b143631 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8 @@ -853,7 +853,8 @@ options. You must also specify the destination label in .Pa /etc/ppp/ppp.conf to use. It must contain the .Dq set ifaddr -command to define the remote peers IP address. (refer to +command to define the remote peers IP address. +(refer to .Pa /usr/share/examples/ppp/ppp.conf.sample ) .Bd -literal -offset indent # ppp -auto pmdemand @@ -911,7 +912,8 @@ command: .Bl -tag -width attempts -compact .It Ar secs is the number of seconds to wait before attempting -to connect again. If the argument is the literal string +to connect again. +If the argument is the literal string .Sq Li random , the delay period is a random value between 1 and 30 seconds inclusive. .It Ar inc @@ -980,7 +982,8 @@ Modifying the dial delay is very useful when running .Nm in .Fl auto -mode on both ends of the link. If each end has the same timeout, +mode on both ends of the link. +If each end has the same timeout, both ends wind up calling each other at the same time if the link drops and both ends have packets queued. At some locations, the serial link may not be reliable, and carrier @@ -1421,7 +1424,8 @@ and that other machines have designated the .Nm host as the gateway for the LAN. .Sh PACKET FILTERING -This implementation supports packet filtering. There are four kinds of +This implementation supports packet filtering. +There are four kinds of filters; the .Em in filter, the @@ -1635,13 +1639,15 @@ to successfully negotiate DEFLATE with version 2.3.*. .Sh CONTROLLING IP ADDRESS .Nm -uses IPCP to negotiate IP addresses. Each side of the connection +uses IPCP to negotiate IP addresses. +Each side of the connection specifies the IP address that it's willing to use, and if the requested IP address is acceptable then .Nm returns ACK to the requester. Otherwise, .Nm -returns NAK to suggest that the peer use a different IP address. When +returns NAK to suggest that the peer use a different IP address. +When both sides of the connection agree to accept the received request (and send ACK), IPCP is set to the open state and a network level connection is established. diff --git a/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 b/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 index 3759ad6..b143631 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 +++ b/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 @@ -853,7 +853,8 @@ options. You must also specify the destination label in .Pa /etc/ppp/ppp.conf to use. It must contain the .Dq set ifaddr -command to define the remote peers IP address. (refer to +command to define the remote peers IP address. +(refer to .Pa /usr/share/examples/ppp/ppp.conf.sample ) .Bd -literal -offset indent # ppp -auto pmdemand @@ -911,7 +912,8 @@ command: .Bl -tag -width attempts -compact .It Ar secs is the number of seconds to wait before attempting -to connect again. If the argument is the literal string +to connect again. +If the argument is the literal string .Sq Li random , the delay period is a random value between 1 and 30 seconds inclusive. .It Ar inc @@ -980,7 +982,8 @@ Modifying the dial delay is very useful when running .Nm in .Fl auto -mode on both ends of the link. If each end has the same timeout, +mode on both ends of the link. +If each end has the same timeout, both ends wind up calling each other at the same time if the link drops and both ends have packets queued. At some locations, the serial link may not be reliable, and carrier @@ -1421,7 +1424,8 @@ and that other machines have designated the .Nm host as the gateway for the LAN. .Sh PACKET FILTERING -This implementation supports packet filtering. There are four kinds of +This implementation supports packet filtering. +There are four kinds of filters; the .Em in filter, the @@ -1635,13 +1639,15 @@ to successfully negotiate DEFLATE with version 2.3.*. .Sh CONTROLLING IP ADDRESS .Nm -uses IPCP to negotiate IP addresses. Each side of the connection +uses IPCP to negotiate IP addresses. +Each side of the connection specifies the IP address that it's willing to use, and if the requested IP address is acceptable then .Nm returns ACK to the requester. Otherwise, .Nm -returns NAK to suggest that the peer use a different IP address. When +returns NAK to suggest that the peer use a different IP address. +When both sides of the connection agree to accept the received request (and send ACK), IPCP is set to the open state and a network level connection is established. diff --git a/usr.sbin/pw/pw.8 b/usr.sbin/pw/pw.8 index 2b35639..76ebf53 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/pw/pw.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/pw/pw.8 @@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ may be combined with .Ar show , or .Ar next -in any order. (For example, +in any order. +(For example, .Ar showuser , .Ar usershow , .Ar show user , and diff --git a/usr.sbin/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8 b/usr.sbin/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8 index b875f5c..bde673a 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8 @@ -80,9 +80,11 @@ the .Xr ypchsh 1 , or .Xr ypchpass 1 -commands. (Some administrators don't want users to be able to change their +commands. +(Some administrators don't want users to be able to change their full name information or shells; the server can be invoked with option flags -that disallow such changes.) When the server receives an update request, +that disallow such changes.) +When the server receives an update request, it compares the address of the client making the request against the .Pa securenets rules outlined in @@ -103,7 +105,8 @@ the template password file (the default is .Pa /var/yp/master.passwd ) and then runs the .Pa /usr/libexec/yppwupdate -script to rebuild the NIS maps. (This script has two arguments passed +script to rebuild the NIS maps. +(This script has two arguments passed to it: the absolute pathname of the password template that was modified and the name of the domain that is to be updated. These in turn are @@ -216,8 +219,10 @@ will search through all the passwd maps of all the domains it can find under .Pa /var/yp until it finds an entry that matches the user information specified in -a given update request. (Matches are determined by checking the username, -UID and GID fields.) The matched entry and corresponding domain are then +a given update request. +(Matches are determined by checking the username, +UID and GID fields.) +The matched entry and corresponding domain are then used for the update. .Pp Note that in order for multi-domain mode to work, there have to be diff --git a/usr.sbin/rrenumd/rrenumd.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/rrenumd/rrenumd.conf.5 index 2accf05..9596490 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/rrenumd/rrenumd.conf.5 +++ b/usr.sbin/rrenumd/rrenumd.conf.5 @@ -197,10 +197,12 @@ Let the prefix to be added to have on-link or off-link nature for the assigned interface. If .Cm on -is specified, the prefix have on-link nature. (e.g. the prefix +is specified, the prefix have on-link nature. +(e.g. the prefix belong to the link) If .Cm off -is specified, the prefix have off-link nature. (e.g. the +is specified, the prefix have off-link nature. +(e.g. the prefix does not belong to the link) .It Cm raf_auto Cm on|off Enable or disable the autonomous address auto configuration @@ -244,7 +246,8 @@ has just same syntax with above add|change|setglobal statement. .Sh EXAMPLE For each configuration file example shown below, we suppose every IPv6 subnet has its own prefix beginning with -fec0:0:0::/48 and with its own subnet number. (in this case, +fec0:0:0::/48 and with its own subnet number. +(in this case, subnet number is 7th and 8th octet value of the prefix) .Pp If you want to assigne prefixes beginning with fec0:1:1::/48 diff --git a/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8 b/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8 index 4ac9673..dbd193a 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8 @@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ The options are as follows: .It Fl i Ar iface Op Fl o Display the current settings of the specified WaveLAN/IEEE interface. This retrieves the current card settings from the driver and prints them -out. Using the additional +out. +Using the additional .Fl o flag will cause .Nm @@ -205,13 +206,15 @@ Set the station address for the specified interface. The .Ar mac address is specified as a series of six hexadecimal values separated by colons, -e.g.: 00:60:1d:12:34:56. This programs the new address into the card +e.g.: 00:60:1d:12:34:56. +This programs the new address into the card and updates the interface as well. .It Fl i Ar iface Fl d Ar max_data_length Set the maximum receive and transmit frame size for a specified interface. The .Ar max data length -can be any number from 350 to 2304. The default is 2304. +can be any number from 350 to 2304. +The default is 2304. .It Fl i Ar iface Fl e Ar 0|1 Enable or disable WEP encryption. Permitted values are @@ -240,7 +243,8 @@ which means the key can be specified as either a 16 character text string or 32 hex digits. .Pp Note: currently, the field in the structure used to program the key -into the NIC is only 14 bytes long, not 16. I'm not sure how this is +into the NIC is only 14 bytes long, not 16. +I'm not sure how this is supposed to allow 128 bits of key info for the gold cards. .It Fl i Ar iface Fl T Ar 1|2|3|4 Specify which of the four WEP encryption keys will be used to @@ -251,7 +255,8 @@ This controls the number of bytes used for the RTS/CTS handshake boundary. The .Ar RTS threshold -can be any value between 0 and 2047. The default is 2347. +can be any value between 0 and 2047. +The default is 2347. .It Fl i Ar iface Fl f Ar frequency Set the radio frequency of a given interface. The @@ -288,7 +293,8 @@ If an illegal channel is specified, the NIC will revert to its default channel. For NICs sold in the United States and Europe, the default channel is 3. For NICs sold in France, the default -channel is 11. For NICs sold in Japan, the only available channel is 14. +channel is 11. +For NICs sold in Japan, the only available channel is 14. Note that two stations must be set to the same channel in order to communicate. .It Fl i Ar iface Fl P Ar 0|1 @@ -296,7 +302,8 @@ Enable or disable power management on a given interface. Enabling power management uses an alternating sleep/wake protocol to help conserve power on mobile stations, at the cost of some increased -receive latency. Power management is off by default. +receive latency. +Power management is off by default. Note that power management requires the cooperation of an access point in order to function; it is not functional in ad-hoc mode. diff --git a/usr.sbin/ypserv/ypserv.8 b/usr.sbin/ypserv/ypserv.8 index 08d82f8..1576843 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/ypserv/ypserv.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/ypserv/ypserv.8 @@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ maps in a special way. When the server receives a request to access either of these two maps, it will check the TCP port from which the request originated and return an error if the port number is greater -than 1023. Since only the superuser is allowed to bind to TCP ports +than 1023. +Since only the superuser is allowed to bind to TCP ports with values less than 1024, the server can use this test to determine whether or not the access request came from a privileged user. Any requests made by non-privileged users are therefore rejected. @@ -236,7 +237,8 @@ called (Note that this path varies depending on the path specified with the .Fl p -option, which is explained below.) This file contains entries +option, which is explained below.) +This file contains entries that consist of a network specification and a network mask separated by white space. Lines starting with @@ -339,7 +341,8 @@ It is generally a good idea to force the servers to bind to themselves rather than allowing them to broadcast bind requests and possibly become bound to each other: strange failure modes can result if one server goes down and -others are dependent upon on it. (Eventually all the clients will +others are dependent upon on it. +(Eventually all the clients will time out and attempt to bind to other servers, but the delay involved can be considerable and the failure mode is still present since the servers might bind to each other all over again). @@ -404,10 +407,12 @@ request that it receives. Also, while running in debug mode, .Nm will not spawn any additional subprocesses as it normally does -when handling yp_all requests or doing DNS lookups. (These actions +when handling yp_all requests or doing DNS lookups. +(These actions often take a fair amount of time to complete and are therefore handled in subprocesses, allowing the parent server process to go on handling -other requests.) This makes it easier to trace the server with +other requests.) +This makes it easier to trace the server with a debugging tool. .It Fl p Ar path Normally, |