import of dnsmasq-2.29.tar.gz

[people/ms/dnsmasq.git] / man / dnsmasq.8

diff --git a/man/dnsmasq.8 b/man/dnsmasq.8
index 458bd8f2f488f0549d280639893772d4669e3230..5b7959acf450d952f748534a7767780f58358c01 100644 (file)
--- a/man/dnsmasq.8
+++ b/man/dnsmasq.8
@@ -102,14 +102,11 @@ or
 options are given dnsmasq listens on all available interfaces except any
 given in
 .B \--except-interface
-options. If IP alias interfaces (eg "eth1:0") are used with
+options. IP alias interfaces (eg "eth1:0") cannot be used with
 .B --interface
 or
 .B --except-interface
-options, then the 
-.B --bind-interfaces 
-option will be automatically set. This is required for deeply boring
-sockets-API reasons. 
+options, use --listen-address instead. 
 .TP
 .B \-I, --except-interface=<interface name>
 Do not listen on the specified interface. Note that the order of
@@ -148,9 +145,7 @@ working even when interfaces come and go and change address. This
 option forces dnsmasq to really bind only the interfaces it is
 listening on. About the only time when this is useful is when 
 running another nameserver (or another instance of dnsmasq) on the
-same machine or when using IP
-alias. Specifying interfaces with IP alias automatically turns this
-option on. Setting this option also enables multiple instances of
+same machine. Setting this option also enables multiple instances of
 dnsmasq which provide DHCP service to run in the same machine.
 .TP
 .B \-y, --localise-queries