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author | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-10-30 17:46:31 +0000 |
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committer | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-10-30 17:46:31 +0000 |
commit | 414ea699038fdddb0d6d5756ea1ed702600abe8f (patch) | |
tree | e06ed3e4123eea5a8f37c8ec88db40a70fd59b79 /libexec/telnetd/telnetd.8 | |
parent | 458b80a106b294d4d78828e7d7c6439c802ad85e (diff) |
libexec man page fleshing. again, bored on the plane home.
Diffstat (limited to 'libexec/telnetd/telnetd.8')
-rw-r--r-- | libexec/telnetd/telnetd.8 | 80 |
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 44 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/telnetd/telnetd.8 b/libexec/telnetd/telnetd.8 index 5cbfece2784..114af084840 100644 --- a/libexec/telnetd/telnetd.8 +++ b/libexec/telnetd/telnetd.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: telnetd.8,v 1.16 2000/10/06 10:55:00 hin Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: telnetd.8,v 1.17 2000/10/30 17:46:29 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: telnetd.8,v 1.8 1996/03/20 04:25:55 tls Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1993 @@ -103,35 +103,28 @@ There are several valid values for .It debug Turns on authentication debugging code. .It user -Only allow connections when the remote user -can provide valid authentication information -to identify the remote user, -and is allowed access to the specified account -without providing a password. +Only allow connections when the remote user can provide valid authentication +information to identify the remote user, and is allowed access to the +specified account without providing a password. .It valid -Only allow connections when the remote user -can provide valid authentication information -to identify the remote user. +Only allow connections when the remote user can provide valid authentication +information to identify the remote user. The .Xr login 1 -command will provide any additional user verification -needed if the remote user is not allowed automatic -access to the specified account. +command will provide any additional user verification needed if the remote +user is not allowed automatic access to the specified account. .It other Only allow connections that supply some authentication information. -This option is currently not supported -by any of the existing authentication mechanisms, -and is thus the same as specifying +This option is currently not supported by any of the existing authentication +mechanisms, and is thus the same as specifying .Fl a .Cm valid . .It none This is the default state. Authentication information is not required. -If no or insufficient authentication information -is provided, then the +If no or insufficient authentication information is provided, then the .Xr login 1 -program will provide the necessary user -verification. +program will provide the necessary user verification. .It off This disables the authentication code. All user verification will happen through the @@ -156,8 +149,8 @@ options. .It Cm report Prints the .Cm options -information, plus some additional information -about what processing is going on. +information, plus some additional information about what processing +is going on. .It Cm netdata Displays the data stream received by .Nm telnetd . @@ -176,8 +169,8 @@ in .It Fl g Ar gettyent Specifies which entry from .Pa /etc/gettytab -should be used to get banner strings, login program and -other information. The default entry is +should be used to get banner strings, login program and other information. +The default entry is .Dq default. .It Fl h Disables the printing of host-specific information before @@ -190,16 +183,16 @@ It specifies the .Em ID from .Pa /etc/inittab -to use when init starts login sessions. The default ID is +to use when init starts login sessions. +The default ID is .Dq fe . .It Fl k This option is only useful if .Nm -has been compiled with both linemode and kludge linemode -support. If the +has been compiled with both linemode and kludge linemode support. +If the .Fl k -option is specified, then if the remote client does not -support the +option is specified, then if the remote client does not support the .Cm LINEMODE option, then .Nm @@ -221,16 +214,16 @@ in response to a .Tn DO TIMING-MARK) for kludge linemode support. .It Fl l -Specifies line mode. Tries to force clients to use line- -at-a-time mode. +Specifies line mode. +Tries to force clients to use line-at-a-time mode. If the .Tn LINEMODE -option is not supported, it will go -into kludge linemode. +option is not supported, it will go into kludge linemode. .It Fl n Disable .Tn TCP -keep-alives. Normally +keep-alives. +Normally .Nm enables the .Tn TCP @@ -244,17 +237,18 @@ This option is only enabled when .Nm is compiled for .Tn UNICOS . -It specifies an inclusive range of pseudo-terminal devices to -use. If the system has sysconf variable +It specifies an inclusive range of pseudo-terminal devices to use. +If the system has sysconf variable .Dv _SC_CRAY_NPTY configured, the default pty search range is 0 to .Dv _SC_CRAY_NPTY; -otherwise, the default range is 0 to 128. Either +otherwise, the default range is 0 to 128. +Either .Ar lowpty or .Ar highpty -may be omitted to allow changing -either end of the search range. If +may be omitted to allow changing either end of the search range. +If .Ar lowpty is omitted, the - character is still required so that .Nm @@ -264,8 +258,7 @@ from .Ar lowpty . .It Fl S Ar tos .It Fl u Ar len -This option is used to specify the size of the field -in the +This option is used to specify the size of the field in the .Li utmp structure that holds the remote host name. If the resolved host name is longer than @@ -282,8 +275,8 @@ file. .It Fl U This option causes .Nm -to refuse connections from addresses that -cannot be mapped back into a symbolic name +to refuse connections from addresses that cannot be mapped back into a +symbolic name via the via the .Xr gethostbyaddr 3 routine. @@ -293,8 +286,7 @@ This option is only valid if has been built with support for the authentication option. It disables the use of .Ar authtype -authentication, and -can be used to temporarily disable +authentication, and can be used to temporarily disable a specific authentication type without having to recompile .Nm telnetd . .It Fl 4 |