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authorwiz <wiz@NetBSD.org>2002-09-29 14:05:52 +0000
committerwiz <wiz@NetBSD.org>2002-09-29 14:05:52 +0000
commitd6285bbf1da43763d943e2c3ab6c2ddc2d52fa74 (patch)
tree951cc50bf8af18970bc970f806e6a509f51ddab8 /libexec/telnetd
parentb6e0393610d0fad3d419b8cf63a55094804121a1 (diff)
Begin new sentences on new lines.
Patch from Robert Elz (kre at munnari oz au).
Diffstat (limited to 'libexec/telnetd')
-rw-r--r--libexec/telnetd/telnetd.854
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/telnetd/telnetd.8 b/libexec/telnetd/telnetd.8
index 8237a4e345e..8ae6272cd4f 100644
--- a/libexec/telnetd/telnetd.8
+++ b/libexec/telnetd/telnetd.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: telnetd.8,v 1.23 2002/01/15 02:28:22 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: telnetd.8,v 1.24 2002/09/29 14:05:55 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ option may be used to enable encryption debugging code.
Specifies which entry from
.Pa /etc/gettytab
should be used to get banner strings, login program and
-other information. The default entry is
+other information.
+The default entry is
.Dv default .
.It Fl h
Disables the printing of host-specific information before
@@ -190,18 +191,17 @@ login has been completed.
.It Fl k
This option is only useful if
.Nm
-has been compiled with both linemode and kludge linemode
-support. If the
+has been compiled with both linemode and kludge linemode support.
+If the
.Fl k
-option is specified, then if the remote client does not
-support the
+option is specified,
+then if the remote client does not support the
.Dv LINEMODE
option, then
.Nm
will operate in character at a time mode.
It will still support kludge linemode, but will only
-go into kludge linemode if the remote client requests
-it.
+go into kludge linemode if the remote client requests it.
(This is done by by the client sending
.Dv DONT SUPPRESS-GO-AHEAD
and
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ in response to a
.Dv DO TIMING-MARK )
for kludge linemode support.
.It Fl l
-Specifies line mode. Tries to force clients to use line-
-at-a-time mode.
+Specifies line mode.
+Tries to force clients to use line-at-a-time mode.
If the
.Dv LINEMODE
option is not supported, it will go
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ into kludge linemode.
.It Fl n
Disable
.Dv TCP
-keep-alives. Normally
+keep-alives.
+Normally
.Nm
enables the
.Tn TCP
@@ -239,17 +240,19 @@ This option is only enabled when
.Nm
is compiled for
.Dv UNICOS .
-It specifies an inclusive range of pseudo-terminal devices to
-use. If the system has sysconf variable
+It specifies an inclusive range of pseudo-terminal devices to use.
+If the system has sysconf variable
.Dv _SC_CRAY_NPTY
configured, the default pty search range is 0 to
.Dv _SC_CRAY_NPTY ;
-otherwise, the default range is 0 to 128. Either
+otherwise, the default range is 0 to 128.
+Either
.Ar lowpty
or
.Ar highpty
may be omitted to allow changing
-either end of the search range. If
+either end of the search range.
+If
.Ar lowpty
is omitted, the - character is still required so that
.Nm
@@ -269,8 +272,7 @@ and thus is only useful if
.Xr login 1
supports the
.Fl s
-flag to indicate that only
-Kerberos or S/Key
+flag to indicate that only Kerberos or S/Key
validated logins are allowed, and is
usually useful for controlling remote logins
from outside of a firewall.
@@ -308,8 +310,7 @@ file.
This option causes
.Nm
to refuse connections from addresses that
-cannot be mapped back into a symbolic name
-via the
+cannot be mapped back into a symbolic name via the
.Xr gethostbyaddr 3
routine.
.It Fl X Ar authtype
@@ -318,8 +319,7 @@ This option is only valid if
has been built with support for the authentication option.
It disables the use of
.Ar authtype
-authentication, and
-can be used to temporarily disable
+authentication, and can be used to temporarily disable
a specific authentication type without having to recompile
.Nm "" .
.It Fl 4
@@ -360,8 +360,7 @@ session is started up,
sends
.Tn TELNET
options to the client side indicating
-a willingness to do the
-following
+a willingness to do the following
.Tn TELNET
options, which are described in more detail below:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
@@ -445,8 +444,7 @@ session is shut down.
Only sent if
.Nm
is compiled with support for data encryption, and
-indicates a willingness to decrypt
-the data stream.
+indicates a willingness to decrypt the data stream.
.El
.Pp
.Nm
@@ -510,8 +508,7 @@ kludge linemode, and the client responded with
.Dv WONT LINEMODE .
If the client responds with
.Dv WILL TM ,
-the it is assumed that the client supports
-kludge linemode.
+the it is assumed that the client supports kludge linemode.
Note that the
.Op Fl k
option can be used to disable this.
@@ -525,8 +522,7 @@ information for automatic login.
Only sent if
.Nm
is compiled with support for data encryption, and
-indicates a willingness to decrypt
-the data stream.
+indicates a willingness to decrypt the data stream.
.El
.Pp
At the end of a login session,