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| author | Guy Harris <gharris@sonic.net> | 2023-01-20 12:31:35 -0800 |
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| committer | Guy Harris <gharris@sonic.net> | 2023-01-20 12:45:30 -0800 |
| commit | 1ec09ec31a5cb69d5abe55dbe2b3f67e8dbabfc4 (patch) | |
| tree | 861d487d610ef6a60275be29cad498fe177fd44f | |
| parent | e240fb26720c7cf1dea49fcd76de25f4042240c9 (diff) | |
| download | libpcap-1ec09ec31a5cb69d5abe55dbe2b3f67e8dbabfc4.tar.gz | |
rpcapd: add more service-launcher documentation to the man page.
Refer to the systemd man page.
Add notes about launchd, inetd, and xinetd.
(cherry picked from commit 9c5beecd59f40ce17be0db503f8a5becc293daa5)
| -rw-r--r-- | rpcapd/rpcapd.manadmin.in | 43 |
1 files changed, 40 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/rpcapd/rpcapd.manadmin.in b/rpcapd/rpcapd.manadmin.in index 099fb25b..a14b2d83 100644 --- a/rpcapd/rpcapd.manadmin.in +++ b/rpcapd/rpcapd.manadmin.in @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE .\" OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.TH RPCAPD @MAN_ADMIN_COMMANDS@ "13 January 2019" +.TH RPCAPD @MAN_ADMIN_COMMANDS@ "20 January 2023" .SH NAME rpcapd \- capture daemon to be controlled by a remote libpcap application .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -174,8 +174,45 @@ run as root or be owned by root and have suid set. Most operating systems provide more elegant solutions when run as user than the above solutions, all of them different. .LP -If your system supports systemd and the corresponding service files have been -installed, the rpcapd service can be enabled by enabling the rpcap.socket unit. +If your system supports +.BR systemd (1) +and the corresponding +.B rpcapd.socket +and +.B rpcapd@.service +service files have been +installed, the rpcapd service can be enabled by enabling the +.B rpcapd.socket +unit. +.LP +If your system supports +.BR launchd (@MAN_ADMIN_COMMANDS@) +and the +.B org.tcpdump.rpcapd.plist +file has been installed, the rpcapd service can be enabled by loading +the +.B com.tcpdump.rpcapd +service. +.LP +If your system supports +.BR inetd (@MAN_ADMIN_COMMANDS@) +and the +.B rpcapd.inetd.conf +entry has been added to +.BR inetd.conf (@MAN_FILE_FORMATS@), +the rpcapd service can be enabled by telling +.B inetd +to reread its configuration file. +.LP +If your system supports +.BR xinetd (@MAN_ADMIN_COMMANDS@) +and the +.B rpcapd.xinetd.conf +entry has been added to +.BR xinetd.conf (@MAN_FILE_FORMATS@), +the rpcapd service can be enabled by telling +.B xinetd +to reread its configuration file. .SH OPTIONS .TP .BI \-b " address" |