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| author | Andrew J. Stone <andrew.j.stone.1@gmail.com> | 2022-08-20 21:58:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Patrick Mooney <pmooney@oxide.computer> | 2022-09-19 18:41:56 +0000 |
| commit | 625b8b2ac3f4d9aee6c88dfdf2b99a6423a9b5b5 (patch) | |
| tree | b26a527f742d5b747859ecfdf5782cdbe75946fb /usr | |
| parent | c585f97b10d318e825698eb51d4671fef5b4d21f (diff) | |
| download | illumos-gate-625b8b2ac3f4d9aee6c88dfdf2b99a6423a9b5b5.tar.gz | |
14921 ipadm(8) could be clearer about addrobj requirements
Reviewed by: Robert Mustacchi <rm@fingolfin.org>
Approved by: Patrick Mooney <pmooney@pfmooney.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'usr')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr/src/man/man8/ipadm.8 | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/usr/src/man/man8/ipadm.8 b/usr/src/man/man8/ipadm.8 index a308a240a8..770ce52762 100644 --- a/usr/src/man/man8/ipadm.8 +++ b/usr/src/man/man8/ipadm.8 @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .\" Copyright 2021 OmniOS Community Edition (OmniOSce) Association. .\" Copyright 2021 Tintri by DDN, Inc. All rights reserved. .\" -.Dd November 15, 2021 +.Dd August 20, 2022 .Dt IPADM 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -192,16 +192,20 @@ For subcommands that take an .Em addrobj , the .Em addrobj -specifies a unique address on the system. +specifies a unique address on the system, and must be unique itself. It is made up of two parts, delimited by a .Sq / . -The first part is the name of the interface and the second part is a string up -to 32 characters long. +The first part is the name of the interface and the second part is an arbitrary +string up to 32 alphanumeric characters long, where the first character must be +alphabetic +.Pq e.g. a-z,A-Z . For example, .Qq lo0/v4 is a loopback interface .Em addrobj -name. +name, which could also be called +.Qq lo0/ipv4loopback . +Consumers should note that this length limit may be lifted in the future. .Pp For subcommands that take a .Em protocol , |