From b2240fc1c08ba82628285458b057b5f795a68a43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sheldonh Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 14:09:25 +0000 Subject: Remove single-space hard sentence breaks. These degrade the quality of the typeset output, tend to make diffs harder to read and provide bad examples for new-comers to mdoc. --- usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/bootparamd.8 | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'usr.sbin/bootparamd') diff --git a/usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/bootparamd.8 b/usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/bootparamd.8 index 4503c10..595c3ec 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/bootparamd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/bootparamd.8 @@ -14,16 +14,19 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm Bootparamd is a server process that provides information to diskless clients -necessary for booting. It consults the +necessary for booting. +It consults the .Pa /etc/bootparams file. .Pp This version will allow the use of aliases on the hostname in the .Pa /etc/bootparams -file. The returned hostname to the whoami request done by the booting client +file. +The returned hostname to the whoami request done by the booting client will be the name that appears in .Pa /etc/bootparams -and not the canonical name. In this way you can keep the answer short enough +and not the canonical name. +In this way you can keep the answer short enough so that machines that can not handle long hostnames won't fail during boot. .Sh OPTIONS .Bl -tag -width Fl -- cgit v1.1