From c90c431bc93c1478836149a8724fdc68d1ec455c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guus Sliepen Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:58:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Mention that the -L, -R and -U options are not supported on all platforms. --- doc/tinc.texi | 5 +++++ doc/tincd.8.in | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/tinc.texi b/doc/tinc.texi index 4a5270b..1959ea3 100644 --- a/doc/tinc.texi +++ b/doc/tinc.texi @@ -1847,6 +1847,8 @@ This option can be used more than once to specify multiple configuration variabl Lock tinc into main memory. This will prevent sensitive data like shared private keys to be written to the system swap files/partitions. +This option is not supported on all platforms. + @item --logfile[=@var{file}] Write log entries to a file instead of to the system logging facility. If @var{file} is omitted, the default is @file{@value{localstatedir}/log/tinc.@var{netname}.log}. @@ -1867,11 +1869,14 @@ Note that this option alone does not do any good without -U/--user, below. Note also that tinc can't run scripts anymore (such as tinc-down or host-up), unless it's setup to be runnable inside chroot environment. +This option is not supported on all platforms. @item -U, --user=@var{user} Switch to the given @var{user} after initialization, at the same time as chroot is performed (see --chroot above). With this option tinc drops privileges, for added security. +This option is not supported on all platforms. + @item --help Display a short reminder of these runtime options and terminate. diff --git a/doc/tincd.8.in b/doc/tincd.8.in index 9468120..8f4c620 100644 --- a/doc/tincd.8.in +++ b/doc/tincd.8.in @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ This option can be used more than once to specify multiple configuration variabl .It Fl L, -mlock Lock tinc into main memory. This will prevent sensitive data like shared private keys to be written to the system swap files/partitions. +This option is not supported on all platforms. .It Fl -logfile Ns Op = Ns Ar FILE Write log entries to a file instead of to the system logging facility. If @@ -104,10 +105,12 @@ Only useful for debugging. With this option tinc chroots into the directory where network config is located (@sysconfdir@/tinc/NETNAME if -n option is used, or to the directory specified with -c option) after initialization. +This option is not supported on all platforms. .It Fl U, -user Ns = Ns Ar USER setuid to the specified .Ar USER after initialization. +This option is not supported on all platforms. .It Fl -help Display short list of options. .It Fl -version -- 2.25.1