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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/net/rcmd.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/net/rcmd.3 | 17 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/net/rcmd.3 b/lib/libc/net/rcmd.3 index 89457ab8592..683f27a4af6 100644 --- a/lib/libc/net/rcmd.3 +++ b/lib/libc/net/rcmd.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: rcmd.3,v 1.22 2000/12/21 22:59:53 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: rcmd.3,v 1.23 2000/12/24 00:30:56 aaron Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn rcmd -function -is used by the superuser to execute a command on a remote +function is used by the superuser to execute a command on a remote machine using an authentication scheme based on reserved port numbers. If the calling process is not setuid, the @@ -92,8 +91,7 @@ The .Fn rresvport and .Fn rresvport_af -functions -return a descriptor to a socket +functions return a descriptor to a socket with an address in the privileged port space. The .Fn iruserok @@ -112,8 +110,7 @@ is an address family independent variant of .Pp The .Fn rcmd -function -looks up the host +function looks up the host .Fa *ahost using .Xr gethostbyname 3 , @@ -245,16 +242,14 @@ and .Sh DIAGNOSTICS The .Fn rcmd -function -returns a valid socket descriptor on success. +function returns a valid socket descriptor on success. It returns \-1 on error and prints a diagnostic message on the standard error. .Pp The .Fn rresvport and .Fn rresvport_af -functions -return a valid, bound socket descriptor on success. +functions return a valid, bound socket descriptor on success. It returns \-1 on error with the global value .Va errno set according to the reason for failure. |