From a138b5dd104b51f65b1a7f917a17adb7e6568cb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ted Lemon Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 07:58:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document -q. Fix typos/pastos. Reword some bad stuff. Fix SEE ALSO --- relay/dhcrelay.8 | 19 +++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/relay/dhcrelay.8 b/relay/dhcrelay.8 index cbf54c6db..c2d53533d 100644 --- a/relay/dhcrelay.8 +++ b/relay/dhcrelay.8 @@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ dhcrelay - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Relay Agent .B -d ] [ +.B -q +] +[ .B -i .I if0 [ @@ -68,10 +71,12 @@ subnets. .SH OPERATION .PP The DHCP Relay Agent listens for DHCP requests on all interfaces -attached to a host, or only on those interfaces specified on the +attached to a host, unless one or more interfaces are specified on the command line with the .I -i -flag. When a query is received, it forwards it to the list of DHCP +flag. +.PP +When a query is received, dhcrelay forwards it to the list of DHCP servers specified on the command line. When a reply is received, it is broadcast or unicast on the network from whence the original request came. @@ -98,18 +103,24 @@ standard (port 67), the flag may used. It should be followed by the udp port number that dhcrelay should use. This is mostly useful for debugging purposes. .PP -Dhclient will normally run in the foreground until it has configured +Dhcrelay will normally run in the foreground until it has configured an interface, and then will revert to running in the background. To run force dhcrelay to always run as a foreground process, the .B -d flag should be specified. This is useful when running dhcrelay under a debugger, or when running it out of inittab on System V systems. .PP +Dhcrelay will normally print its network configuration on startup. +This can be annoying in a system startup script - to disable this +behaviour, specify the +.I -q +flag. +.PP The name of at least one DHCP server to which DHCP and BOOTP requests should be relayed must be specified on the command line. .PP .SH SEE ALSO -dhclient(8), dhcpd(8), dhcrelay.conf(5), dhcrelay.leases(5) +dhclient(8), dhcpd(8), RFC2132, RFC2131. .SH AUTHOR .B dhcrelay(8) has been written for the Internet Software Consortium -- 2.47.2