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Fix various typos and grammatical errors

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sborrill 2009-09-16 19:04:01 +00:00
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external/bsd/dhcpcd/dist/dhcpcd.8.in vendored
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@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd July 26, 2009
.Dd September 16, 2009
.Dt DHCPCD 8 SMM
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -81,14 +81,15 @@ then runs the configuration script which writes DNS information to
.Xr resolvconf 8 ,
if available, otherwise directly to
.Pa /etc/resolv.conf .
If the hostname is currenly blank, (null) or localhost, or
If the hostname is currently blank, (null) or localhost, or
.Va force_hostname
is YES or TRUE or 1 then
.Nm
sets the hostname to the one supplied by the DHCP server.
.Nm
then daemonises and waits for the lease renewal time to lapse.
Then it attempts to renew its lease and reconfigure if the new lease changes.
It will then attempts to renew its lease and reconfigure if the new lease
changes.
.Pp
.Nm
is also an implementation of the BOOTP client specified in
@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ for details on how these scripts work.
.Nm
currently ignores the exit code of the script.
.Ss Fine tuning
You can fine tune the behaviour of
You can fine-tune the behaviour of
.Nm
with the following options:
.Bl -tag -width indent
@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ This causes an existing
.Nm
process running on the
.Ar interface
to release its lease, deconfigure the
to release its lease, de-configure the
.Ar interface
and then exit.
.Nm
@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ Request a specific lease time in
.Ar seconds .
By default
.Nm
does not request any lease time and leaves the it in the hands of the
does not request any lease time and leaves it in the hands of the
DHCP server.
.It Fl m , -metric Ar metric
Metrics are used to prefer an interface over another one, lowest wins.
@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ Notifies an existing
.Nm
process running on the
.Ar interface
to rebind it's lease.
to rebind its lease.
.Nm
will not re-configure itself or use any other command line arguments.
.Nm
@ -266,10 +267,11 @@ This option used to be renew, but rebind is more accurate as we need to
broadcast the request instead of unicasting.
.It Fl p , -persistent
.Nm
normally deconfigures the
normally de-configures the
.Ar interface
and configuration when it exits.
Sometimes, this isn't desirable if for example you have root mounted over NFS.
Sometimes, this isn't desirable if, for example, you have root mounted over
NFS.
You can use this option to stop this from happening.
.It Fl r , -request Op Ar address
.Nm
@ -297,7 +299,7 @@ This does not get a lease as such, just notifies the DHCP server of the
in use.
You should also include the optional
.Ar cidr
network number in-case the address is not already configured on the interface.
network number in case the address is not already configured on the interface.
.Nm
remains running and pretends it has an infinite lease.
.Nm
@ -318,7 +320,7 @@ to wait forever to get a lease.
.It Fl u , -userclass Ar class
Tags the DHCP message with the userclass
.Ar class .
DHCP servers use this give members of the class DHCP options other than the
DHCP servers use this to give members of the class DHCP options other than the
default, without having to know things like hardware address or hostname.
.It Fl v , -vendor Ar code , Ns Ar value
Add an enscapulated vendor option.
@ -337,7 +339,7 @@ This will signal an existing
.Nm
process running on the
.Ar interface
to deconfigure the
to de-configure the
.Ar interface
and exit.
.Nm
@ -347,17 +349,17 @@ Allow
.Ar reboot
seconds before moving to the discover phase if we have an old lease to use.
The default is 10 seconds.
A setting if 0 seconds causes
A setting of 0 seconds causes
.Nm
to skip the reboot phase and go straight into discover.
.It Fl D , -duid
Generate an
.Li RFC 4361
compliant clientid.
This requires persistent storage and not all DHCP servers work with it so it's
not enabled by default.
This requires persistent storage and not all DHCP servers work with it so it
is not enabled by default.
.Nm
generates the DUID and stores in it
generates the DUID and stores it in
.Pa @SYSCONFDIR@/dhcpcd.duid .
This file should not be copied to other hosts.
.It Fl E , -lastlease
@ -467,7 +469,7 @@ Here is an example which configures a static address, routes and dns.
.It Fl T, -test
On receipt of DHCP messages just call
.Pa @SCRIPT@
with the reason of TEST which echo's the DHCP variables found in the message
with the reason of TEST which echos the DHCP variables found in the message
to the console.
The interface configuration isn't touched and neither are any configuration
files.
@ -504,7 +506,7 @@ is marked as STATIC or INFORM without an address then
.Nm
will monitor the interface until an address is added or removed from it and
act accordingly.
For point to point interfaces (like PPP), a default route to it's
For point to point interfaces (like PPP), a default route to its
destination is automatically added to the configuration.
If the point to point interface if configured for INFORM, then
.Nm
@ -521,7 +523,7 @@ If you always use the same options, put them here.
.It Pa @SYSCONFDIR@/dhcpcd.duid
Text file that holds the DUID used to identify the host.
.It Pa @SCRIPT@
Bourne shell script that is run to configure or deconfigure an interface.
Bourne shell script that is run to configure or de-configure an interface.
.It Pa @HOOKDIR@
A directory containing bourne shell scripts that are run by the above script.
Each script can be disabled by using the