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author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2004-04-13 17:27:49 +0000 |
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committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2004-04-13 17:27:49 +0000 |
commit | 16155e998b3fac44c07a4f9c266ab50bcf5f7513 (patch) | |
tree | 3761e2b05e9dc387540286807df39a03de966f20 /usr.sbin/dhcrelay/dhcrelay.8 | |
parent | d3b38bce6b1b318ae88a6a4a63e9937813677c73 (diff) |
use standard options list, and slightly rearrange the page;
ok henning@
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1 files changed, 28 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/dhcrelay/dhcrelay.8 b/usr.sbin/dhcrelay/dhcrelay.8 index d81455d3bf7..c569beb98d1 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/dhcrelay/dhcrelay.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/dhcrelay/dhcrelay.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: dhcrelay.8,v 1.3 2004/04/13 02:00:50 henning Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: dhcrelay.8,v 1.4 2004/04/13 17:27:48 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997 The Internet Software Consortium. .\" All rights reserved. @@ -54,37 +54,45 @@ The utility provides a means for relaying DHCP and BOOTP requests from a subnet to which no DHCP server is directly connected to one or more DHCP servers on other subnets. -.Sh OPERATION -.Nm -listens for DHCP requests on the interface given via the -.Fl i -flag. .Pp +.Nm +listens for DHCP requests on a given interface. When a query is received, .Nm forwards it to the list of DHCP servers specified on the command line. When a reply is received, it is broadcast or unicast on the network from whence the original request came. .Pp -.Sh COMMAND LINE -The name of the network interface that +The name of at least one DHCP server to which DHCP and BOOTP requests +should be relayed, +as well as the name of the network interface that .Nm -should attempt to configure must be specified on the command line using the -.Fl i -option. +should attempt to configure, +must be specified on the command line. .Pp -If +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl d .Nm -should listen and transmit on a port other than the standard (port 67), the -.Fl p -flag may used. +normally runs in the foreground until it has configured +an interface, and then reverts to running in the background. +This option forces +.Nm +to always run as a foreground process. +.It Fl i Ar interface +The name of the network interface that +.Nm +should attempt to configure. +.It Fl p Ar port +Tells +.Nm +to listen and transmit on a port other than the standard +.Pq port 67 . It should be followed by the UDP port number that .Nm should use. This is mostly useful for debugging purposes. -If the -.Fl p -flag is specified, the relay agent will transmit responses to clients +The relay agent will transmit responses to clients at a port number that is one greater than the one specified \- i.e., if you specify .Fl p @@ -93,18 +101,7 @@ Transmissions to servers will be sent to the same port number that is specified with the .Fl p flag. -.Pp -.Nm -will normally run in the foreground until it has configured -an interface, and then will revert to running in the background. -To force -.Nm -to always run as a foreground process, the -.Fl d -flag should be specified. -.Pp -The name of at least one DHCP server to which DHCP and BOOTP requests -should be relayed must be specified on the command line. +.El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr dhclient 8 , .Xr dhcpd 8 @@ -118,7 +115,7 @@ was written by The current implementation was reworked by .An Henning Brauer Aq henning@openbsd.org . .Sh BUGS -Relayed DHCP traffic could actually safely be protected by IPsec, but +Relayed DHCP traffic could actually safely be protected by IPsec but, like .Xr dhcpd 8 and |