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authorPetr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>2020-06-09 09:44:35 -0400
committerSteve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>2020-06-09 09:44:35 -0400
commit4bedceec49c804911770561fb09a4d2641f7d28d (patch)
tree6e278547ed132af1812c21f602ca9910345c5230
parent3f4259b629ddd6ed3872a2bd2408711b789614da (diff)
downloadrpcbind-4bedceec49c804911770561fb09a4d2641f7d28d.tar.gz
man/rpcbind: Mention systemd socket in -hrpcbind-1_2_6-rc6
and reformat doc a bit. Based on Olaf Kirch's patch for openSUSE. Signed-off-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--man/rpcbind.832
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/man/rpcbind.8 b/man/rpcbind.8
index af6200f..fbf0ace 100644
--- a/man/rpcbind.8
+++ b/man/rpcbind.8
@@ -86,9 +86,16 @@ checks are shown in detail.
Do not fork and become a background process.
.It Fl h
Specify specific IP addresses to bind to for UDP requests.
-This option
-may be specified multiple times and is typically necessary when running
-on a multi-homed host.
+This option may be specified multiple times and can be used to
+restrict the interfaces rpcbind will respond to.
+When specifying IP addresses with
+.Fl h ,
+.Nm
+will automatically add
+.Li 127.0.0.1
+and if IPv6 is enabled,
+.Li ::1
+to the list.
If no
.Fl h
option is specified,
@@ -99,14 +106,19 @@ which could lead to problems on a multi-homed host due to
.Nm
returning a UDP packet from a different IP address than it was
sent to.
-Note that when specifying IP addresses with
-.Fl h ,
+Note that when
.Nm
-will automatically add
-.Li 127.0.0.1
-and if IPv6 is enabled,
-.Li ::1
-to the list.
+is controlled via systemd's socket activation,
+the
+.Fl h
+option is ignored. In this case, you need to edit
+the
+.Nm ListenStream
+and
+.Nm ListenDgram
+definitions in
+.Nm /usr/lib/systemd/system/rpcbind.socket
+instead.
.It Fl i
.Dq Insecure
mode.