Small fixes for the documentation.

[tinc] / doc / tinc.conf.5.in

diff --git a/doc/tinc.conf.5.in b/doc/tinc.conf.5.in
index 0548628..8e5ce49 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/tinc.conf.5.in
+++ b/doc/tinc.conf.5.in
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ But it is highly recommended that you use this feature of
 because it will be so much clearer whom your daemon talks to.
 Hence, we will assume that you use it.
 .Sh NAMES
-Each tinc daemon should have a name that is unique in the network which it will be part of.
+Each tinc daemon must have a name that is unique in the network which it will be part of.
 The name will be used by other tinc daemons for identification.
 The name has to be declared in the
 .Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /tinc.conf
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ If
 .Va Name
 is
 .Li $HOST ,
-but no such environment variable exist, the hostname will be read using the gethostnname() system call.
+but no such environment variable exist, the hostname will be read using the gethostname() system call.
 .It Va PingInterval Li = Ar seconds Pq 60
 The number of seconds of inactivity that
 .Nm tinc
@@ -486,12 +486,9 @@ Furthermore, specifying
 .Qq none
 will turn off packet authentication.
 .It Va IndirectData Li = yes | no Pq no
-This option specifies whether other tinc daemons besides the one you specified with
-.Va 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, only nodes which already have a meta connection to you
+will try to establish direct communication with you.
+It is best to leave this option out or set it to no.
 .It Va MACLength Li = Ar length Pq 4
 The length of the message authentication code used to authenticate UDP packets.
 Can be anything from
@@ -559,7 +556,15 @@ UDP is possible or not.
 .Sh SCRIPTS
 Apart from reading the server and host configuration files,
 tinc can also run scripts at certain moments.
-Under Windows (not Cygwin), the scripts should have the extension
+Below is a list of filenames of scripts and a description of when they are run.
+A script is only run if it exists and if it is executable.
+.Pp
+Scripts are run synchronously;
+this means that tinc will temporarily stop processing packets until the called script finishes executing.
+This guarantees that scripts will execute in the exact same order as the events that trigger them.
+If you need to run commands asynchronously, you have to ensure yourself that they are being run in the background.
+.Pp
+Under Windows (not Cygwin), the scripts must have the extension
 .Pa .bat .
 .Bl -tag -width indent
 .It Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /tinc-up
@@ -567,6 +572,7 @@ This is the most important script.
 If it is present it will be executed right after the tinc daemon has been started and has connected to the virtual network device.
 It should be used to set up the corresponding network interface,
 but can also be used to start other things.
+.Pp
 Under Windows you can use the Network Connections control panel instead of creating this script.
 .It Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /tinc-down
 This script is started right before the tinc daemon quits.