From: Arne Schwabe Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 17:31:42 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Document --management-client and --management-signal a bit better X-Git-Tag: v2.3_beta1~6 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c447b4265cd3fae308dd5798081d42f87ae89d91;p=thirdparty%2Fopenvpn.git Document --management-client and --management-signal a bit better Signed-off-by: Arne Schwabe Acked-by: Gert Doering Message-Id: 1344447102-22271-1-git-send-email-arne@rfc2549.org URL: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/6962 Signed-off-by: David Sommerseth --- diff --git a/doc/openvpn.8 b/doc/openvpn.8 index f40ef1f2d..f586744e6 100644 --- a/doc/openvpn.8 +++ b/doc/openvpn.8 @@ -2431,11 +2431,14 @@ be set to 127.0.0.1 server to local clients. .TP .B \-\-management-client -Management interface will connect as a TCP client to +Management interface will connect as a TCP/unix domain client to .B IP:port specified by .B \-\-management -rather than listen as a TCP server. +rather than listen as a TCP server or on a unix domain socket. + +If the client connection fails to connect or is disconnected, +a SIGTERM signal will be generated causing OpenVPN to quit. .\"********************************************************* .TP .B \-\-management-query-passwords @@ -2478,7 +2481,8 @@ command. .B \-\-management-signal Send SIGUSR1 signal to OpenVPN if management session disconnects. This is useful when you wish to disconnect an OpenVPN session on -user logoff. +user logoff. For --management-client this option is not needed since +a disconnect will always generate a SIGTERM. .\"********************************************************* .TP .B \-\-management-log-cache n