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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-10-30 17:46:31 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-10-30 17:46:31 +0000
commit414ea699038fdddb0d6d5756ea1ed702600abe8f (patch)
treee06ed3e4123eea5a8f37c8ec88db40a70fd59b79 /libexec/telnetd/telnetd.8
parent458b80a106b294d4d78828e7d7c6439c802ad85e (diff)
libexec man page fleshing. again, bored on the plane home.
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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