From 5caac321dd63f7c663b26f29ccc8e9475475b4fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roy Marples Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:33:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fix various typos and grammatical errors. Thanks to Stephen Borrill. --- dhcpcd.8.in | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/dhcpcd.8.in b/dhcpcd.8.in index ebc242b3..b9697bca 100644 --- a/dhcpcd.8.in +++ b/dhcpcd.8.in @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd September 2, 2009 +.Dd September 16, 2009 .Dt DHCPCD 8 SMM .Os .Sh NAME @@ -81,14 +81,15 @@ then runs the configuration script which writes DNS information to .Xr resolvconf 8 , if available, otherwise directly to .Pa /etc/resolv.conf . -If the hostname is currenly blank, (null) or localhost, or +If the hostname is currently blank, (null) or localhost, or .Va force_hostname is YES or TRUE or 1 then .Nm sets the hostname to the one supplied by the DHCP server. .Nm then daemonises and waits for the lease renewal time to lapse. -Then it attempts to renew its lease and reconfigure if the new lease changes. +It will then attempt to renew its lease and reconfigure if the new lease +changes. .Pp .Nm is also an implementation of the BOOTP client specified in @@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ for details on how these scripts work. .Nm currently ignores the exit code of the script. .Ss Fine tuning -You can fine tune the behaviour of +You can fine-tune the behaviour of .Nm with the following options: .Bl -tag -width indent @@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ This causes an existing .Nm process running on the .Ar interface -to release its lease, deconfigure the +to release its lease, de-configure the .Ar interface and then exit. .Nm @@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ Request a specific lease time in .Ar seconds . By default .Nm -does not request any lease time and leaves the it in the hands of the +does not request any lease time and leaves it in the hands of the DHCP server. .It Fl m , -metric Ar metric Metrics are used to prefer an interface over another one, lowest wins. @@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ Notifies an existing .Nm process running on the .Ar interface -to rebind it's lease. +to rebind its lease. .Nm will not re-configure itself or use any other command line arguments. .Nm @@ -266,10 +267,11 @@ This option used to be renew, but rebind is more accurate as we need to broadcast the request instead of unicasting. .It Fl p , -persistent .Nm -normally deconfigures the +normally de-configures the .Ar interface and configuration when it exits. -Sometimes, this isn't desirable if for example you have root mounted over NFS. +Sometimes, this isn't desirable if, for example, you have root mounted over +NFS. You can use this option to stop this from happening. .It Fl r , -request Op Ar address .Nm @@ -297,7 +299,7 @@ This does not get a lease as such, just notifies the DHCP server of the in use. You should also include the optional .Ar cidr -network number in-case the address is not already configured on the interface. +network number in case the address is not already configured on the interface. .Nm remains running and pretends it has an infinite lease. .Nm @@ -318,7 +320,7 @@ to wait forever to get a lease. .It Fl u , -userclass Ar class Tags the DHCP message with the userclass .Ar class . -DHCP servers use this give members of the class DHCP options other than the +DHCP servers use this to give members of the class DHCP options other than the default, without having to know things like hardware address or hostname. .It Fl v , -vendor Ar code , Ns Ar value Add an enscapulated vendor option. @@ -342,7 +344,7 @@ This will signal an existing .Nm process running on the .Ar interface -to deconfigure the +to de-configure the .Ar interface and exit. .Nm @@ -352,17 +354,17 @@ Allow .Ar reboot seconds before moving to the discover phase if we have an old lease to use. The default is 10 seconds. -A setting if 0 seconds causes +A setting of 0 seconds causes .Nm to skip the reboot phase and go straight into discover. .It Fl D , -duid Generate an .Li RFC 4361 compliant clientid. -This requires persistent storage and not all DHCP servers work with it so it's -not enabled by default. +This requires persistent storage and not all DHCP servers work with it so it +is not enabled by default. .Nm -generates the DUID and stores in it +generates the DUID and stores it in .Pa @SYSCONFDIR@/dhcpcd.duid . This file should not be copied to other hosts. .It Fl E , -lastlease @@ -472,7 +474,7 @@ Here is an example which configures a static address, routes and dns. .It Fl T, -test On receipt of DHCP messages just call .Pa @SCRIPT@ -with the reason of TEST which echo's the DHCP variables found in the message +with the reason of TEST which echos the DHCP variables found in the message to the console. The interface configuration isn't touched and neither are any configuration files. @@ -509,7 +511,7 @@ is marked as STATIC or INFORM without an address then .Nm will monitor the interface until an address is added or removed from it and act accordingly. -For point to point interfaces (like PPP), a default route to it's +For point to point interfaces (like PPP), a default route to its destination is automatically added to the configuration. If the point to point interface if configured for INFORM, then .Nm @@ -526,7 +528,7 @@ If you always use the same options, put them here. .It Pa @SYSCONFDIR@/dhcpcd.duid Text file that holds the DUID used to identify the host. .It Pa @SCRIPT@ -Bourne shell script that is run to configure or deconfigure an interface. +Bourne shell script that is run to configure or de-configure an interface. .It Pa @HOOKDIR@ A directory containing bourne shell scripts that are run by the above script. Each script can be disabled by using the -- 2.47.2