=== modified file 'debian/mandos-client.README.Debian' --- debian/mandos-client.README.Debian 2012-06-01 21:48:12 +0000 +++ debian/mandos-client.README.Debian 2012-06-16 19:30:08 +0000 @@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ * Specifying a Client Network Interface - At boot time the network interface to use will by default be - automatically detected. If this should result in an incorrect - interface, edit the DEVICE setting in the + At boot time the network interfaces to use will by default be + automatically detected. If this should result in incorrect + interfaces, edit the DEVICE setting in the "/etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf" file. (The default setting is empty, meaning it will autodetect the interface.) *If* the DEVICE setting is changed, it will be necessary to update the initrd image @@ -42,18 +42,18 @@ update-initramfs -k all -u - The device can be overridden at boot time on the Linux kernel + The device can also be overridden at boot time on the Linux kernel command line using the sixth colon-separated field of the "ip=" option; for exact syntax, read the documentation in the file "/usr/share/doc/linux-doc-*/Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt", available in the "linux-doc-*" package. - Note that since this network interface is used in the initial RAM - disk environment, the network interface *must* exist at that stage. - Thus, the interface can *not* be a pseudo-interface such as "br0" or - "tun0"; instead, only real interface (such as "eth0") can be used. + Note that since the network interfaces are used in the initial RAM + disk environment, the network interfaces *must* exist at that stage. + Thus, an interface can *not* be a pseudo-interface such as "br0" or + "tun0"; instead, only real interfaces (such as "eth0") can be used. This can be overcome by writing a "network hook" program to create - the interface (see mandos-client(8mandos)) and placing it in + an interface (see mandos-client(8mandos)) and placing it in "/etc/mandos/network-hooks.d", from where it will be copied into the initial RAM disk. Example network hook scripts can be found in "/usr/share/doc/mandos-client/examples/network-hooks.d". @@ -90,4 +90,4 @@ work, "--options-for=mandos-client:--connect=
:" needs to be manually added to the file "/etc/mandos/plugin-runner.conf". - -- Teddy Hogeborn , Fri, 1 Jun 2012 23:46:13 +0200 + -- Teddy Hogeborn , Sat, 16 Jun 2012 13:09:58 +0200