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| author | Dan McDonald <danmcd@mnx.io> | 2022-09-20 09:48:24 -0400 |
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| committer | Dan McDonald <danmcd@mnx.io> | 2022-09-20 09:48:24 -0400 |
| commit | f231403a1619536a2003db8da7ce5d1cea5522ae (patch) | |
| tree | 4d1e58b12a4d085b4d1b2747748f9e83e156cfd7 /usr/src/man | |
| parent | b1e3d6426be2af3322b74415a397c96ed93d8960 (diff) | |
| parent | 4f9241761deff31c4840b1283ffc458661ee7dca (diff) | |
| download | illumos-joyent-f231403a1619536a2003db8da7ce5d1cea5522ae.tar.gz | |
[illumos-gate merge]
commit 4f9241761deff31c4840b1283ffc458661ee7dca
14923 svccfg native build confused adjuncts
commit 625b8b2ac3f4d9aee6c88dfdf2b99a6423a9b5b5
14921 ipadm(8) could be clearer about addrobj requirements
Diffstat (limited to 'usr/src/man')
| -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 , |