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| author | Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org> | 2012-08-08 19:31:42 +0200 |
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| committer | David Sommerseth <davids@redhat.com> | 2012-09-02 21:50:06 +0200 |
| commit | c447b4265cd3fae308dd5798081d42f87ae89d91 (patch) | |
| tree | 8185009ea121015f35fd3c03bdcf15ac6209d22c | |
| parent | f2d6f3bc06db4f9e0815fc25e35e393f794c193a (diff) | |
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Document --management-client and --management-signal a bit better
Signed-off-by: Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org>
Acked-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
Message-Id: 1344447102-22271-1-git-send-email-arne@rfc2549.org
URL: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/6962
Signed-off-by: David Sommerseth <davids@redhat.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/openvpn.8 | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/openvpn.8 b/doc/openvpn.8 index f40ef1f..f586744 100644 --- a/doc/openvpn.8 +++ b/doc/openvpn.8 @@ -2431,11 +2431,14 @@ be set to 127.0.0.1 server to local clients. .TP .B \-\-management-client -Management interface will connect as a TCP client to +Management interface will connect as a TCP/unix domain client to .B IP:port specified by .B \-\-management -rather than listen as a TCP server. +rather than listen as a TCP server or on a unix domain socket. + +If the client connection fails to connect or is disconnected, +a SIGTERM signal will be generated causing OpenVPN to quit. .\"********************************************************* .TP .B \-\-management-query-passwords @@ -2478,7 +2481,8 @@ command. .B \-\-management-signal Send SIGUSR1 signal to OpenVPN if management session disconnects. This is useful when you wish to disconnect an OpenVPN session on -user logoff. +user logoff. For --management-client this option is not needed since +a disconnect will always generate a SIGTERM. .\"********************************************************* .TP .B \-\-management-log-cache n |