From: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 15:25:05 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: doc: mention localhost exception in cmdallow description
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doc: mention localhost exception in cmdallow description
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diff --git a/doc/chrony.conf.adoc b/doc/chrony.conf.adoc
index b1dbbf79..f56f21e7 100644
--- a/doc/chrony.conf.adoc
+++ b/doc/chrony.conf.adoc
@@ -2102,6 +2102,9 @@ The syntax is identical to the *allow* directive.
 There is also a *cmdallow all* directive with similar behaviour to the *allow
 all* directive (but applying to monitoring access in this case, of course).
 +
+Addresses _127.0.0.1_ and _::1_ (i.e. the loopback interface) are always
+allowed.
++
 Note that *chronyd* has to be configured with the
 <<bindcmdaddress,*bindcmdaddress*>> directive to not listen only on the
 loopback interface to actually allow remote access.