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-rw-r--r--src/appl/bsd/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--src/appl/bsd/rcp.M11
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/appl/bsd/ChangeLog b/src/appl/bsd/ChangeLog
index e3c4146e0..81cc8c395 100644
--- a/src/appl/bsd/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/appl/bsd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-03-08 Ken Raeburn <raeburn@mit.edu>
+
+ * rcp.M: Document -f and -t options as internal use only.
+
2002-03-07 Ken Raeburn <raeburn@mit.edu>
* kcmd.c: Revert 2002-02-10 changes except those related to
diff --git a/src/appl/bsd/rcp.M b/src/appl/bsd/rcp.M
index e047db5d6..e63963e25 100644
--- a/src/appl/bsd/rcp.M
+++ b/src/appl/bsd/rcp.M
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ rcp \- remote file copy
\fIport\fP] [\fB\-N\fP]
[\fB\-PN | \-PO\fP]
.I file ... directory
+.sp
+.B rcp
+[\fB\-f | \-t\fP]
+.I ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Rcp
copies files between machines. Each
@@ -113,6 +117,13 @@ on the remote machine.
.B \-N
use a network connection, even when copying files on the local machine
(used for testing purposes).
+.TP
+.B \-f \-t
+These options are for internal use only. They tell the
+remotely-running rcp process (started via the Kerberos remote shell
+daemon) which direction files are being sent. These options should
+not be used by the user. In particular, \fB-f\fP does \fBnot\fP mean
+that the user's Kerberos ticket should be forwarded!
.PP
.B Rcp
handles third party copies, where neither source nor target files are on