From: David Sommerseth Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:10:32 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Clarified --explicit-exit-notify man page entry X-Git-Tag: v2.2-beta4~7^2~1 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bbea5bb30f8148546bee0a72e409c6089b84b757;p=thirdparty%2Fopenvpn.git Clarified --explicit-exit-notify man page entry Reformulated parts of this entry to clarify that the OpenVPN will not attempt notifying the server unless this option is used. This misunderstanding was reported anonymously to the old SF.net tracker. Signed-off-by: David Sommerseth Trac-ticket: 40 --- diff --git a/openvpn.8 b/openvpn.8 index 0d57518d9..4eaf0db28 100644 --- a/openvpn.8 +++ b/openvpn.8 @@ -3338,8 +3338,9 @@ exit/restart, this option will tell the server to immediately close its client instance object rather than waiting for a timeout. The .B n -parameter (default=1) controls the maximum number of retries that the client -will attempt to resend the exit notification message. +parameter (default=1) controls the maximum number of attempts that the client +will try to resend the exit notification message. OpenVPN will not send any exit +notifications unless this option is enabled. .\"********************************************************* .SS Data Channel Encryption Options: These options are meaningful for both Static & TLS-negotiated key modes