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authorDavid Sommerseth <dazo@users.sourceforge.net>2010-11-12 23:10:32 +0100
committerDavid Sommerseth <dazo@users.sourceforge.net>2010-11-12 23:14:40 +0100
commitbbea5bb30f8148546bee0a72e409c6089b84b757 (patch)
treeb2f83ad193097b8e2fdcd302f74d24ca92ab6c5e
parentImproved man page entry for script_type (diff)
downloadopenvpn-bbea5bb30f8148546bee0a72e409c6089b84b757.tar.xz
Clarified --explicit-exit-notify man page entry
Reformulated parts of this entry to clarify that the OpenVPN will not attempt notifying the server unless this option is used. This misunderstanding was reported anonymously to the old SF.net tracker. Signed-off-by: David Sommerseth <dazo@users.sourceforge.net> Trac-ticket: 40
-rw-r--r--openvpn.85
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/openvpn.8 b/openvpn.8
index 0d57518..4eaf0db 100644
--- a/openvpn.8
+++ b/openvpn.8
@@ -3338,8 +3338,9 @@ exit/restart, this
option will tell the server to immediately close its client instance object
rather than waiting for a timeout. The
.B n
-parameter (default=1) controls the maximum number of retries that the client
-will attempt to resend the exit notification message.
+parameter (default=1) controls the maximum number of attempts that the client
+will try to resend the exit notification message. OpenVPN will not send any exit
+notifications unless this option is enabled.
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.SS Data Channel Encryption Options:
These options are meaningful for both Static & TLS-negotiated key modes