Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 23:41:26 GMT From: bvi@devco.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/25500: update to ip(4) manpage Message-ID: <200103022341.f22NfQb01252@beastie.prv.dev.itouchnet.net>
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>Number: 25500 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Update of ip(4) manpage to reflect current kernel capabilities >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Mar 02 15:50:01 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Barry Irwin >Release: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE i386 >Organization: Itouch Labs >Environment: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE as of 1 March 2001 >Description: THe current ip(4) manpage stats that one cannot set the low (Sub 1024 'secure' ) portrange to use. This is in fact possible using the sysctl variables : net.inet.ip.portrange.lowfirst and net.inet.ip.portrange.lowlast This changes the man page to indicate so. >How-To-Repeat: N/A >Fix: The following is a unified diff agains the uncompressed source of /usr/src/share/man/man4/ip.4.gz --- ip.4.orig Fri Mar 2 21:17:36 2001 +++ ip.4 Fri Mar 2 21:18:41 2001 @@ -168,7 +168,12 @@ .Dv IPPORT_RESERVED down to .Li 1 -in descending order. This range is not sysctl configurable. +in descending order . +This is adjustable through the sysctl settings: +.Sy net.inet.ip.portrange.lowfirst +and +.Sy net.inet.ip.portrange.lowlast . +.\" This works as of 01 March 2001 - bvi@devco.net .El .Ss "Multicast Options" .Pp >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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