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authorKaleb Keithley <kaleb@freedesktop.org>2003-11-26 22:49:11 +0000
committerKaleb Keithley <kaleb@freedesktop.org>2003-11-26 22:49:11 +0000
commitc1d2180c8ad2f87365c2e33fa129a50806b48c17 (patch)
treef4692b1b122011f21cb84516653d9f83da4e303a /xhost.man
parent5f2b708ff5c76ac9e08bb17dc23e556e1bef9576 (diff)
merge latest (4.3.99.16) from XFree86 (vendor) branchXORG-RELEASE-1-BASEXEVIE-MERGEXEVIE-BASEXINERAMA_2XEVIE
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diff --git a/xhost.man b/xhost.man
index ce5bff3..0d740a9 100644
--- a/xhost.man
+++ b/xhost.man
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
.\" other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization
.\" from The Open Group.
.\"
-.\" $XFree86: xc/programs/xhost/xhost.man,v 1.8 2001/12/14 20:01:45 dawes Exp $
+.\" $XFree86: xc/programs/xhost/xhost.man,v 1.9 2003/07/09 15:27:41 tsi Exp $
.\"
.TH XHOST 1 __xorgversion__
.SH NAME
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ as follows:
.PP
.nf
.ta 1i
-inet Internet host
+inet Internet host (IPv4)
+inet6 Internet host (IPv6)
dnet DECnet host
nis Secure RPC network name
krb Kerberos V5 principal
@@ -102,7 +103,9 @@ and a trailing at-sign (e.g., "nis:pat@").
.PP
For backward compatibility with pre-R6 \fIxhost\fP,
names that contain an at-sign (@) are assumed to be in the nis family.
-Otherwise the inet family is assumed.
+Otherwise they are assumed to be Internet addresses. If compiled to support
+IPv6, then all IPv4 and IPv6 addresses returned by getaddrinfo(3) are added to
+the access list in the appropriate inet or inet6 family.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
For each name added to the access control list,
a line of the form "\fIname\fP being added to access control list"
@@ -113,7 +116,7 @@ is printed.
.SH FILES
/etc/X*.hosts
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-X(__miscmansuffix__), Xsecurity(__miscmansuffix__), Xserver(1), xdm(1)
+X(__miscmansuffix__), Xsecurity(__miscmansuffix__), Xserver(1), xdm(1), getaddrinfo(3)
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP 8
.B DISPLAY