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| author | Roy Marples <roy@marples.name> | 2008-07-28 12:02:24 +0000 |
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| committer | Roy Marples <roy@marples.name> | 2008-07-28 12:02:24 +0000 |
| commit | 8d1fbeec1a4167bf1cb9d17decbe110f022df34a (patch) | |
| tree | bc163d0c964d2c6020913e74c1dffba9ae45c832 /dhcpcd.8.in | |
| parent | e514c7dd1102311611a838b9009674959a25547c (diff) | |
| download | dhcpcd-8d1fbeec1a4167bf1cb9d17decbe110f022df34a.tar.xz | |
Tart up the mandoc a little, thanks to Thomas Klausner.
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| -rw-r--r-- | dhcpcd.8.in | 20 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/dhcpcd.8.in b/dhcpcd.8.in index 714ac4c7..33287040 100644 --- a/dhcpcd.8.in +++ b/dhcpcd.8.in @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd Jul 27, 2008 +.Dd Jul 28, 2008 .Dt DHCPCD 8 SMM .Sh NAME .Nm dhcpcd @@ -56,9 +56,7 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm is an implementation of the DHCP client specified in -.Rs -.%T "RFC 2131" -.Re +.Li RFC 2131 . .Nm gets the host information .Po @@ -69,7 +67,7 @@ from a DHCP server and configures the network of the machine on which it is running. .Nm -will then write DNS information to +will then run the configuration script which writes DNS information to .Xr resolvconf 8 , if available, otherwise directly to .Pa /etc/resolv.conf . @@ -84,15 +82,17 @@ If .Nm failed to obtain a lease, it will probe for a valid IPv4LL address .Po -aka Zeroconf, aka APIPA +aka ZeroConf, aka APIPA .Pc . Once obtained it will restart the process of looking for a DHCP server to get a proper address. .Pp When using IPv4LL, .Nm -will always succeed and return a 0 exit code. To disable this behaviour, you -can use the +will nearly always succeed and return a 0 exit code. +In the rare case it fails, it normally means that there is a reverse ARP proxy +installed which always defeats IPv4LL probing. +To disable this behaviour, you can use the .Fl L , -noipv4ll option. .Ss Hooking into DHCP events @@ -274,9 +274,7 @@ to deconfigure the and exit. .It Fl D , -duid Generate an -.Rs -.%T "RFC 4361" -.Re +.Li RFC 4361 compliant clientid. This requires persistent storage and not all DHCP servers work with it so it's not enabled by default. |
