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diff --git a/doc/plpnfsd.man.in b/doc/plpnfsd.man.in index 9bbb1bd..714f171 100644 --- a/doc/plpnfsd.man.in +++ b/doc/plpnfsd.man.in @@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ .\" .\" Process this file with .\" groff -man -Tascii plpnfsd.8 for ASCII output, or -.\" groff -man -Tps plpnfsd.8 for PostScript output +.\" groff -man -Tps plpnfsd.8 for Postscripts output .\" -.TH plpnfsd 8 "@MANDATE@" "plptools @VERSION@" "System Administration" +.TH plpnfsd 8 "@MANDATE@" "plptools @VERSION@" "System administration commands" .SH NAME -plpnfsd \- Daemon to mount a Psion an nfs like filesystem +plpnfsd \- Daemon to mount a Psion like an NFS file-system .SH SYNOPSIS .B plpnfsd .B [-V] @@ -16,27 +16,27 @@ plpnfsd \- Daemon to mount a Psion an nfs like filesystem .B [-D] .B [-h] .BI "[-p [" host :] port ] -.BI "[-d " mountdir ] +.BI "[-d " mount-dir ] .BI "[-u " user ] .BI [ long-options ] .SH DESCRIPTION plpnfsd is a daemon, which provides NFS-like access to your Psion. -It automatically makes the psion's filesystems available below -an NFS-mounted directory (default /mnt/psion). +It automatically makes the Psion's file-systems available below +an NFS-mounted directory (default @DMOUNTPOINT@). By default, plpnfsd is installed suid-root, so any normal user -can start it and get's the mounted directory owned by himself. +can start it and gets the mounted directory owned by himself. As this program is usually used on single-user machines, this -does not hurt security. Like the others, this program +does not hurt security. Like the other front-ends, this program auto-reconnects after a link-failure, so you can keep the psion mounted all the time, even when it is not connected. Due to Rudolf Koenig's clever error-handling, you don't need to worry about blocked io-processes if the psion isn't available. You simply will get an "device not configured" error, when accessing a file on a previously connected psion which has been -disconnected. After that, the mount-point will appear empty. -As soon as the psion is connected again, the subdirectories -will reappear. (possibly with a few secs delay) +disconnected. After that, the mount-point will appear with the +drives missing. As soon as the psion is connected again, the +subdirectories will reappear (possibly with a few seconds delay). .SH OPTIONS @@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ debug level (up to 3 times) .BI "\-p, --port=[" host :] port Specify the host and port to connect to (e.g. the port where ncpd is listening on) - by default the host is 127.0.0.1 and the port is looked up in -/etc/services. If it is not found there, a fallback builtin of +/etc/services. If it is not found there, a fall-back builtin of .I @DPORT@. .TP -.BI "\-d, --mountpoint=" mountdir +.BI "\-d, --mountpoint=" mount-dir Specify the directory to mount the psion file system on. This defaults to .I @DMOUNTPOINT@ @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ shows the Psion's owner information. .TP @DMOUNTPOINT@/proc/unixowner The superuser (root) can set the owner of the mounted directory-tree -during runtime by writing the desired username into this file. +during runtime by writing the desired user-name into this file. .TP @DMOUNTPOINT@/proc/debuglevel Reading/writing from/to this file shows resp. sets the debug level. |