were a local filesystem.</para>
<para><command>&dhpackage;</command> implements some security
- through a file called "nbd_server.allow" in the current directory (by default; a different file can be chosen with the '-l' option).
- This file must list the IP-addresses of clients that are allowed
- to connect. If it does not exist, all clients are able to connect.
- If the file is empty, no clients can connect.</para>
+ through a file called "@sysconfdir@/nbd-server/allow" (by default; a
+ different file can be chosen with the '-l' option or through a
+ config file specification). This file must list the IP-addresses or
+ network masks of clients that are allowed to connect. If it does not
+ exist, all clients are able to connect. If the file is empty, no
+ clients can connect.</para>
<para>Note that while the command line allows for specifying an
export, the use of this option is deprecated. It is preferred to
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>port</option>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The port the server should listen to. A valid port is
+ <term><option>port</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The port the server should listen to. A valid port is
any number between 1 and 65536; if 0 is used, nbd-server
will listen on stdin (so that nbd-server can be ran from
inetd)</para>
- </listitem>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>filename</option></term>
<term><option>size</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>The size of the block device at the client side. This
- is especially usefull in conjunction with the -m
+ is especially useful in conjunction with the -m
option</para>
<para>Can optionally be followed by one of K,k,M or
m, in which case the size will be multiplied by 1024 (K
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>-C</option></term>
+ <term><option>-C</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Specify configuration file. The default configuration
file, if this parameter is not specified, is
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>section name</option></term>
+ <term><option>section name</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>If the <option>-o</option> argument is given on the
command line, then &dhpackage; will output a configuration
</refsect1>
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