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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-02-14 20:44:41 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-02-14 20:44:41 +0000
commit433a6f68e8ae3720acfc34468aceef5b0304ceb0 (patch)
tree4786ebf47c49c1e9bf4d1c5874440503b987a240 /share/man/man4/lo.4
parent120f15f4d62ba4f717d7c7095fa9741a9a639d92 (diff)
Let's try for english grammar.
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/lo.4 b/share/man/man4/lo.4
index 1806e064fd4..a39f96fce5d 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/lo.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/lo.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: lo.4,v 1.6 1998/02/14 18:55:04 mickey Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: lo.4,v 1.7 1998/02/14 20:44:40 deraadt Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: lo.4,v 1.3 1994/11/30 16:22:23 jtc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
@@ -61,13 +61,18 @@ The loopback should
be configured first unless no hardware
interfaces exist.
.Pp
-Configuring loopback interface for
+Configuring a loopback interface for
.Xr inet 4
-with
+with the
+.Em link1
+flag set will make the interface answer to the whole set of
+addresses identified as being in super-net which is specified
+by the address and netmask. Obviously you should not set the
.Em link1
-flag set you achieve a functionality such as equivalent to setting
-the whole set of addresses wich belongs to the sub/super-net of the
-address and netmask configured on the interface.
+flag on interface
+.Nm lo0 Ns ,
+but instead use another interface like
+.Nm lo1 Ns .
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
.It lo%d: can't handle af%d.
@@ -77,10 +82,11 @@ family; the packet was dropped.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
ifconfig lo1 inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 link1
-this would configure lo1 the way equivalent to:
+.Pp
+is equivalent to:
.Pp
awk 'BEGIN {for(i=1;i<255;i++) \
-print "ifconfig lo1 inet 192.168.1."i" netmask 255.255.255.255"}'|sh
+print "ifconfig lo1 inet 192.168.1."i" netmask 255.255.255.255 alias"}'|sh
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr inet 4 ,
@@ -96,9 +102,13 @@ The wildcard functionality first appeared in
.Ox 2.3 .
.Sh BUGS
Previous versions of the system enabled the loopback interface
-automatically, using a nonstandard Internet address (127.1).
+automatically, using a nonstandard Internet address (127.0.0.1).
Use of that address is now discouraged; a reserved host address
for the local network should be used instead.
.Pp
-You should be carefull using ipnat with link1 set about the
-packets coming from loopback interfaces.
+You should be careful using
+.Xr ipnat 8
+with
+.Em link1
+set on an interface, because it may believe the packets are coming
+from a loopback address.