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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2008-06-10 10:42:24 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2008-06-10 10:42:24 +0000
commit0bd7e1b468cf175220b982d1705dcc394c7c51f9 (patch)
treec7fdc1b643459b47d94c0b9a12cb67766b2180ba
parent02357445aae867d1621413cf39ba70b8322d26fc (diff)
clean up the text; ok reyk
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/rtsold/rtsold.840
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/rtsold/rtsold.8 b/usr.sbin/rtsold/rtsold.8
index d2a79b0d7fe..00fd809968d 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/rtsold/rtsold.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/rtsold/rtsold.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: rtsold.8,v 1.25 2008/06/10 04:49:11 reyk Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: rtsold.8,v 1.26 2008/06/10 10:42:23 jmc Exp $
.\" $KAME: rtsold.8,v 1.17 2001/07/09 22:30:37 itojun Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 WIDE Project.
@@ -141,18 +141,15 @@ includes a Source Link-layer address option if the interface
has a link-layer address.
.Pp
.Nm
-manages a per-interface parameter to detect if a separate protocol is
-needed for configuration parameters other than host's addresses.
-At the invocation time, the flag is FALSE, and becomes TRUE when the
-daemon receives a router advertisement with the Other Configuration
-flag being set.
-A script file can be specified to deal with the case
-.Pq see below .
-When
-.Nm
-start resending router solicitation messages by one of the conditions
-events, the daemon resets the parameter because the event may indicate
-a change on the attached link.
+is able to do some additional configuration for interfaces
+where more than setting the host's address is needed.
+When the daemon receives a router advertisement
+with the
+.Dq Other Configuration
+flag set,
+the script specified using the
+.Fl O
+option is run.
.Pp
Upon receipt of signal
.Dv SIGUSR1 ,
@@ -216,17 +213,16 @@ periodically sends Router Solicitation on an interface that does not support
.Dv SIOCGIFMEDIA
ioctl.
.It Fl O Ar script-name
-Specifies a supplement script file to handle the Other Configuration
-flag of the router advertisement.
-When the flag changes from FALSE to TRUE,
-.Nm
-will invoke
+Specifies a script to handle the Other Configuration
+flag of the router advertisement (see above).
.Ar script-name
-with a single argument of the receiving interface name, expecting the
-script will then start a protocol for the other configuration.
+is invoked with a single argument of the receiving interface name,
+expecting the script will then start a protocol
+to provide additional configuration.
.Ar script-name
-must be the absolute path from root to the script file, be a regular
-file, and be created by the same owner who runs
+should be specified as the absolute path from root to the script file,
+and the file itself should be a regular file
+and owned by the same user running
.Nm .
.El
.Pp