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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1999-03-11 19:39:46 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1999-03-11 19:39:46 +0000
commit0f19f5dba157291a0ce304b76c3c2f8253705cfb (patch)
tree7b03ce8fc335a688b2d8c4836dae657f24f3025f /usr.sbin/rarpd
parent0d6963c57098b493eecba92752f863a2de60b70a (diff)
cleanup
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/rarpd/rarpd.8 b/usr.sbin/rarpd/rarpd.8
index e79b76bcb7e..8ff4268fc81 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/rarpd/rarpd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/rarpd/rarpd.8
@@ -17,23 +17,23 @@
.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
.\" WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-.\" @(#) $Id: rarpd.8,v 1.3 1998/04/25 06:29:52 deraadt Exp $
+.\" @(#) $Id: rarpd.8,v 1.4 1999/03/11 19:39:43 aaron Exp $
.\"
.Dd October 26, 1990
.Dt RARPD 8
.Sh NAME
.Nm rarpd
-.Nd Reverse ARP Daemon
+.Nd reverse ARP daemon
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm rarpd
+.Nm
.Op Fl adfl
.Op Ar interface
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Rarpd
+.Nm
services Reverse ARP requests on the Ethernet connected to
-.Ar interface.
+.Ar interface .
Upon receiving a request,
-.Nm rarpd
+.Nm
maps the target hardware address to an IP address via its name, which
must be present in both the
.Xr ethers 5
@@ -52,17 +52,20 @@ proceed and a reply will not be sent.
.\" is the target IP address.
.Pp
In normal operation,
-.Nm rarpd
+.Nm
forks a copy of itself and runs in
the background. Anomalies and errors are reported via
.Xr syslog 3 .
-.Sh OPTIONS
+.Pp
+The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl a
Listen on all the Ethernets attached to the system.
If
-.Sq Fl a
-is omitted, an interface must be specified.
+.Fl a
+is omitted, an
+.Ar interface
+must be specified.
.It Fl d
Run in debug mode, with all the output to stderr.
This option implies the
@@ -71,17 +74,20 @@ option.
.It Fl f
Run in the foreground.
.It Fl l
-Log all requests to syslog.
+Log all requests to
+.Xr syslog 3 .
.El
.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width Pa -compact
+.Bl -tag -width /etc/ethers -compact
.It Pa /etc/ethers
+Ethernet host name data base
.It Pa /etc/hosts
+host name data base
.\" .It Pa /tftpboot
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr bpf 4 ,
-.Xr diskless 8 ,
+.Xr diskless 8
.Rs
.%R A Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
.%N RFC 903