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authorHenning Brauer <henning@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-06-07 23:12:18 +0000
committerHenning Brauer <henning@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-06-07 23:12:18 +0000
commit2ebdf0c3606757bad4c5dfa0d6aac6bfef1311e5 (patch)
treee72325a4a64f52479b2c5f510e4fe83841511250 /sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
parent627cf02d547468fc40868735448320bf6dbd166e (diff)
move description of the default groups to the ifconfog manpage
netintro should only give an intro, not the glory details :) theo ok
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diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
index 28f06a2dc26..aee521c0693 100644
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.106 2005/05/31 20:54:38 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.107 2005/06/07 23:12:17 henning Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.11 1996/01/04 21:27:29 pk Exp $
.\" $FreeBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.16 1998/02/01 07:03:29 steve Exp $
.\"
@@ -389,8 +389,15 @@ This action automatically disables routes using the interface.
Assign the interface to a
.Dq group .
Any interface can be in multiple groups.
-Interface groups are described in
-.Xr netintro 4 .
+.Pp
+Cloned interfaces are members of their interface family group by default.
+For example, a PPP interface such as
+.Em ppp0
+is a member of the PPP interface family group,
+.Em ppp .
+The interface(s) the default route(s) point to are members of the
+.Em external
+interface group.
.It Cm -group Ar group-name
Remove the interface from the given
.Dq group .