X-Git-Url: http://tinc-vpn.org/git/browse?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Ftinc.texi;h=4a5270bc8864b475293e55d60d596ff62d0d5b9c;hb=5b88f5ba74fa9aa2cad82576308847e08cea88b1;hp=0e2b1ebb638496e8b99884b7450ee3b5ebc8b68d;hpb=5e3607b616538eac7bb70d78d4f20d847a1c3064;p=tinc diff --git a/doc/tinc.texi b/doc/tinc.texi index 0e2b1ebb..4a5270bc 100644 --- a/doc/tinc.texi +++ b/doc/tinc.texi @@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ This option selects the way packets are routed to other daemons. @item router In this mode Subnet variables in the host configuration files will be used to form a routing table. -Only unicast packets of routable protocols (IPv4 and IPv6) are supported in this mode. +Only packets of routable protocols (IPv4 and IPv6) are supported in this mode. This is the default mode, and unless you really know you need another mode, don't change it. @@ -1098,12 +1098,12 @@ This only has effect when Mode is set to "switch". @cindex Name @item Name = <@var{name}> [required] This is a symbolic name for this connection. -The name should consist only of alfanumeric and underscore characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and _). +The name should consist only of alfanumeric and underscore characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and _), and is case sensitive. If Name starts with a $, then the contents of the environment variable that follows will be used. In that case, invalid characters will be converted to underscores. If Name is $HOST, but no such environment variable exist, -the hostname will be read using the gethostnname() system call. +the hostname will be read using the gethostname() system call. @cindex PingInterval @item PingInterval = <@var{seconds}> (60) @@ -1242,11 +1242,9 @@ Furthermore, specifying "none" will turn off packet authentication. @cindex IndirectData @item IndirectData = (no) -This option specifies whether other tinc daemons besides the one you -specified with ConnectTo can make a direct connection to you. This is -especially useful if you are behind a firewall and it is impossible to -make a connection from the outside to your tinc daemon. Otherwise, it -is best to leave this option out or set it to no. +When set to yes, other nodes which do not already have a meta connection to you +will not try to establish direct communication with you. +It is best to leave this option out or set it to no. @cindex MACLength @item MACLength = <@var{bytes}> (4) @@ -2196,7 +2194,7 @@ Export the host configuration file of the local node to standard output. Export all host configuration files to standard output. @item import [--force] -Import host configuration file(s) from standard input. +Import host configuration file(s) generated by the tincctl export command from standard input. Already existing host configuration files are not overwritten unless the option --force is used. @item start [tincd options]