Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 23:33:08 +0900 (JST) From: Masahiro Sekiguchi <seki@sysrap.cs.fujitsu.co.jp> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: docs/5216: manual page for xntpd.8 includes some (minor) errors Message-ID: <199712041433.XAA13307@nile.sysrap.cs.fujitsu.co.jp> Resent-Message-ID: <199712041440.GAA25601@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 5216 >Category: docs >Synopsis: manual page for xntpd.8 includes some (minor) errors >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Dec 4 06:40:01 PST 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Masahiro Sekiguchi >Organization: Fujitsu Limited >Release: FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE i386 >Environment: FreeBSD 2.2.2 systems with man installed >Description: xntpd.8 manual page has some bugs. most of them are only editorial and has only minor problems. See the following patch for more detail. (The "error" on the first chunk is about English wording, and I am not so sure it is more appropriate than original... Must be reviewed by native English speaker before the patch is applied.) >How-To-Repeat: man xntpd >Fix: --- xntpd.8.old Fri Oct 3 21:00:34 1997 +++ xntpd.8 Tue Oct 28 14:08:18 1997 @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ in which it listens for and synchronizes to succeeding broadcast messages. Note that, in order to avoid accidental or malicious disruption in this mode, both the local and remote servers must operate -using authentication and the same trusted key and key identifier. +using authentication with the same trusted key and key identifier. .PP .B multicastclient [ @@ -381,7 +381,9 @@ .I xntpdc program are specific to this particular implementation of xntpd and can be expected to work only with this and previous versions of the daemon. -Requests from a remote xntpdc program which affect the state of the +Requests from a remote +.I xntpdc +program which affect the state of the local server must be authenticated, which requires bot the remote program and local server share a common key and key identifier. The argument to this command is a 32 bit unsigned integer. If no @@ -406,7 +408,7 @@ authenticated, which requires bot the remote program and local server share a common key and key identifier. The argument to this command is a 32 bit unsigned integer. If no -.B requestkey +.B controlkey command is included in the configuration file, or if the keys don't match, such requests will be ignored. .PP @@ -806,7 +808,7 @@ .PP This command adds an additional system variable. These variables can be used to distribute additional information such as the access policy. If -the variable of the from <name>=<value> is followed by the +the variable of the form <name>=<value> is followed by the .I default keyword the variable will be listed as part of the default system variables ( @@ -1064,7 +1066,8 @@ be set in the .B leapwarning variable (up to one month ahead). Both, the -.B leapwarning and in the +.B leapwarning +and in the .B leapindication variable, have a slightly different encoding than the usual .B leap >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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