Improved --logfile option.

[tinc] / doc / tincd.8.in

diff --git a/doc/tincd.8.in b/doc/tincd.8.in
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.Dd 2009-05-18
+.Dd 2011-01-02
 .Dt TINCD 8
 .\" Manual page created by:
 .\" Ivo Timmermans
@@ -64,11 +64,19 @@ the service will always be stopped and removed.
 .It Fl n, -net Ns = Ns Ar NETNAME
 Connect to net
 .Ar NETNAME .
+This will let tinc read all configuration files from
+.Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ Ar NETNAME .
+Specifying
+.Li .
+for
+.Ar NETNAME
+is the same as not specifying any
+.Ar NETNAME .
 .It Fl K, -generate-keys Ns Op = Ns Ar BITS
 Generate public/private RSA keypair and exit.
 If
 .Ar BITS
-is omitted, the default length will be 1024 bits.
+is omitted, the default length will be 2048 bits.
 When saving keys to existing files, tinc will not delete the old keys,
 you have to remove them manually.
 .It Fl L, -mlock
@@ -89,11 +97,11 @@ Under Windows this option will be ignored.
 .It Fl -bypass-security
 Disables encryption and authentication of the meta protocol.
 Only useful for debugging.
-.It Fl -chroot
+.It Fl R, -chroot
 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.
-.It Fl -user Ns = Ns Ar USER
+.It Fl U, -user Ns = Ns Ar USER
 setuid to the specified
 .Ar USER
 after initialization.
@@ -122,6 +130,10 @@ Connections to hosts whose host config file are removed are closed.
 New outgoing connections specified in
 .Pa tinc.conf
 will be made.
+If the
+.Fl -logfile
+option is used, this will also close and reopen the log file,
+useful when log rotation is used.
 .It INT
 Temporarily increases debug level to 5.
 Send this signal again to revert to the original level.