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
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--- a/doc/tinc.conf.5.in
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.Dd 2010-01-16
+.Dd 2014-05-11
 .Dt TINC.CONF 5
 .\" Manual page created by:
 .\" Ivo Timmermans
@@ -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
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ and
 are available.
 .El
 .It Va ReplayWindow Li = Ar bytes Pq 16
-vhis is the size of the replay tracking window for each remote node, in bytes.
+This is the size of the replay tracking window for each remote node, in bytes.
 The window is a bitfield which tracks 1 packet per bit, so for example
 the default setting of 16 will track up to 128 packets in the window.  In high
 bandwidth scenarios, setting this to a higher value can reduce packet loss from
@@ -428,7 +428,8 @@ traffic.
 When this option is enabled tinc will only use Subnet statements which are
 present in the host config files in the local
 .Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /hosts/
-directory.
+directory. Subnets learned via connections to other nodes and which are not
+present in the local host config files are ignored.
 .It Va TunnelServer Li = yes | no Po no Pc Bq experimental
 When this option is enabled tinc will no longer forward information between other tinc daemons,
 and will only allow connections with nodes for which host config files are present in the local
@@ -485,12 +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
@@ -558,7 +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
@@ -566,6 +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.
@@ -631,6 +638,8 @@ The top directory for configuration files.
 .It Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /tinc.conf
 The default name of the server configuration file for net
 .Ar NETNAME .
+.It Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /conf.d/
+Optional directory from which any *.conf file will be loaded
 .It Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /hosts/
 Host configuration files are kept in this directory.
 .It Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /tinc-up