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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man8/afterboot.8 b/share/man/man8/afterboot.8
index 391c3357320..3a95527f70f 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/afterboot.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/afterboot.8
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ is the interface name, e.g.
and then using
.Xr ifconfig 8
to manually configure it
-if you do not wish to reboot.
+if you do not wish to reboot. Read the
+.Xr hostname.if 5 for more information on the format of the
+.Pa /etc/hostname. Ns Ar interface .
The loopback interface will look something like:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
lo0: flags=8009<UP,LOOPBACK,MULTICAST>
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ if you do not wish to reboot.
See
.Xr route 8 .
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-If you wish to route packets between interfaces you do that by putting
+If you wish to route packets between interfaces put
.Bd -literal -offset indent
net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
.Ed
@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ lookup file bind
.Ed
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If using a caching name server add the line "nameserver 127.0.0.1" first.
-For a local caching name server to run
+To get a local caching name server to run
you will need to set "named_flags" in
.Pa /etc/rc.conf
and create the
@@ -218,7 +220,9 @@ line to
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+:*::::::::
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-Once this is done, you'll need to run
+You do this by using
+.Xr vipw 8 ,
+once this is done, you'll need to run
.Ic pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd
to regenerate the password databases.
.Pp