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authorDavid Hankins <dhankins@isc.org>2005-03-17 20:15:29 +0000
committerDavid Hankins <dhankins@isc.org>2005-03-17 20:15:29 +0000
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MASSIVE merge from V3-RELEASE-BRANCH into HEAD. HEAD and V3-RELEASE are
now synced as of tag V3-0-3-BETA-1.
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--- a/server/dhcpd.8
+++ b/server/dhcpd.8
@@ -1,41 +1,34 @@
.\" dhcpd.8
.\"
-.\" Copyright (c) 1996-2001 Internet Software Consortium.
-.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
-.\" are met:
+.\" Copyright (c) 2004 by Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+.\" Copyright (c) 1996-2003 by Internet Software Consortium
.\"
-.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
-.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
-.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
-.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-.\" 3. Neither the name of The Internet Software Consortium nor the names
-.\" of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
-.\" from this software without specific prior written permission.
+.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
+.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
.\"
-.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE INTERNET SOFTWARE CONSORTIUM AND
-.\" CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
-.\" INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
-.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
-.\" DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE INTERNET SOFTWARE CONSORTIUM OR
-.\" CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
-.\" SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
-.\" LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
-.\" USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
-.\" ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
-.\" OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
-.\" OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
-.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ISC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL ISC BE LIABLE FOR
+.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
+.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT
+.\" OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.\" This software has been written for the Internet Software Consortium
+.\" Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.
+.\" 950 Charter Street
+.\" Redwood City, CA 94063
+.\" <info@isc.org>
+.\" http://www.isc.org/
+.\"
+.\" This software has been written for Internet Systems Consortium
.\" by Ted Lemon in cooperation with Vixie Enterprises and Nominum, Inc.
-.\" To learn more about the Internet Software Consortium, see
+.\" To learn more about Internet Systems Consortium, see
.\" ``http://www.isc.org/''. To learn more about Vixie Enterprises,
.\" see ``http://www.vix.com''. To learn more about Nominum, Inc., see
.\" ``http://www.nominum.com''.
.\"
-.\" $Id: dhcpd.8,v 1.21 2002/05/27 03:53:16 murray Exp $
+.\" $Id: dhcpd.8,v 1.22 2005/03/17 20:15:27 dhankins Exp $
.\"
.TH dhcpd 8
.SH NAME
@@ -83,7 +76,7 @@ dhcpd - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Server
]
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
-The Internet Software Consortium DHCP Server, dhcpd, implements the
+The Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server, dhcpd, implements the
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and the Internet Bootstrap
Protocol (BOOTP). DHCP allows hosts on a TCP/IP network to request
and be assigned IP addresses, and also to discover information about
@@ -175,7 +168,7 @@ broadcasts may be specified on the command line. This should be done
on systems where dhcpd is unable to identify non-broadcast interfaces,
but should not be required on other systems. If no interface names
are specified on the command line dhcpd will identify all network
-interfaces which are up, elimininating non-broadcast interfaces if
+interfaces which are up, eliminating non-broadcast interfaces if
possible, and listen for DHCP broadcasts on each interface.
.PP
If dhcpd should listen on a port other than the standard (port 67),
@@ -240,7 +233,7 @@ your existing lease file with its test data. The DHCP server will
refuse to operate in playback mode unless you specify an alternate
lease file.
.SH CONFIGURATION
-The syntax of the dhcpd.conf(5) file is discussed seperately. This
+The syntax of the dhcpd.conf(5) file is discussed separately. This
section should be used as an overview of the configuration process,
and the dhcpd.conf(5) documentation should be consulted for detailed
reference information.
@@ -256,7 +249,7 @@ support might look like this:
.sp 1
subnet 239.252.197.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 239.252.197.10 239.252.197.250;
- }
+ }
.fi
.PP
Multiple address ranges may be specified like this:
@@ -296,7 +289,7 @@ to the subnet command:
range 239.252.197.10 239.252.197.107;
default-lease-time 600;
max-lease-time 7200;
- |
+ }
.fi
.PP
This particular subnet declaration specifies a default lease time of
@@ -334,7 +327,7 @@ These options can be specified on a per-subnet basis, and, for BOOTP
clients, also on a per-client basis. In the event that a BOOTP
client declaration specifies options that are also specified in its
subnet declaration, the options specified in the client declaration
-take precedence. An reasonably complete DHCP configuration might
+take precedence. A reasonably complete DHCP configuration might
look something like this:
.nf
.sp 1
@@ -734,9 +727,8 @@ dhclient(8), dhcrelay(8), dhcpd.conf(5), dhcpd.leases(5)
.SH AUTHOR
.B dhcpd(8)
was originally written by Ted Lemon under a contract with Vixie Labs.
-Funding for this project was provided by the Internet Software
+Funding for this project was provided by Internet Systems
Consortium. Version 3 of the DHCP server was funded by Nominum, Inc.
-Information about the Internet Software Consortium is available at
-.B http://www.isc.org/isc\fR.
-Information about Nominum and support contracts for DHCP and BIND can
-be found at \fBhttp://www.nominum.com\fR.
+Information about Internet Systems Consortium is available at
+.B http://www.isc.org/\fR.
+Information about Nominum can be found at \fBhttp://www.nominum.com/\fR.