From: Andrew Deason Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:06:49 +0000 (-0500) Subject: doc: Consolidate NetRestrict format docmentation X-Git-Tag: openafs-stable-1_8_0pre1~2317 X-Git-Url: http://git.openafs.org/?p=openafs.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=d4bab02f023f53041c3ac58fd75cffd27ec92df0 doc: Consolidate NetRestrict format docmentation We were specifying exactly the same format in two different places; consolidate them into one place. In addition, explicitly say there are is no way to specify a range of addresses, in case some people are confused by the previous versions of this man page that erroneously said you could use 255 as a wildcard. Change-Id: I18d96ee9e6c43dfb62719323fa7eb8d9f254e273 Reviewed-on: http://gerrit.openafs.org/7565 Tested-by: BuildBot Reviewed-by: Derrick Brashear --- diff --git a/doc/man-pages/pod5/NetRestrict.pod b/doc/man-pages/pod5/NetRestrict.pod index 42086da..471b025 100644 --- a/doc/man-pages/pod5/NetRestrict.pod +++ b/doc/man-pages/pod5/NetRestrict.pod @@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ File Servers it connects to. The server F file specifies what interfaces should not be registered with AFS Database Servers or used to talk to other database servers. +=head2 FORMAT + +The F file is in ASCII format. One IP address appears on each +line, in dotted decimal format. The order of the addresses is not +significant. There is currently no mechanism to specify a range of +addresses or a wildcard; each IP address must be listed individually. + =head2 Client NetRestrict The F file, if present in a client machine's F @@ -26,10 +33,6 @@ Cache Manager then removes from the list any addresses that appear in the F file, if it exists. The Cache Manager records the resulting list in kernel memory. -The F file is in ASCII format. One IP address appears on each -line, in dotted decimal format. The order of the addresses is not -significant. - To display the addresses the Cache Manager is currently registering with File Servers, use the B command. @@ -64,10 +67,6 @@ the VLDB. The database server processes use a similar procedure when initializing, to determine which interfaces to use for communication with the peer processes on other database machines in the cell. -The F file is in ASCII format. One IP address appears on each -line, in dotted decimal format. The order of the addresses is not -significant. - To display the File Server interface addresses registered in the VLDB, use the B command.