cleanup and clarification

SCCS-vsn: usr.sbin/sendmail/doc/op/op.me 8.14

diff --git a/usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail/doc/op/op.me b/usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail/doc/op/op.me
index 48c93b0..bf2c88f 100644 (file)
--- a/usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail/doc/op/op.me
+++ b/usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail/doc/op/op.me
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" %sccs.include.redist.roff%
 .\"
 .\"
 .\" %sccs.include.redist.roff%
 .\"

-.\"    @(#)op.me       8.13 (Berkeley) %G%
+.\"    @(#)op.me       8.14 (Berkeley) %G%

 .\"
 .\" eqn op.me | pic | troff -me
 .eh 'SMM:08-%''Sendmail Installation and Operation Guide'
 .\"
 .\" eqn op.me | pic | troff -me
 .eh 'SMM:08-%''Sendmail Installation and Operation Guide'


@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ University of California, Berkeley
 Mammoth Project
 eric@CS.Berkeley.EDU
 .sp
 Mammoth Project
 eric@CS.Berkeley.EDU
 .sp

-Version 8.13
+Version 8.14

 .sp
 For Sendmail Version 8.6
 .)l
 .sp
 For Sendmail Version 8.6
 .)l


@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ if you do,
 old databases are read,
 but when a new database is created it will be in NEWDB format.
 As a nasty hack,
 old databases are read,
 but when a new database is created it will be in NEWDB format.
 As a nasty hack,

-if you have NEWDB, NDBM, and YPCOMPAT defined,
+if you have NEWDB, NDBM, and NIS defined,

 and if the file
 .i /var/yp/Makefile
 exists and is readable,
 and if the file
 .i /var/yp/Makefile
 exists and is readable,


@@ -1198,6 +1198,7 @@ it is in no sense perfect;
 a determined forger can easily spoof the IDENT protocol.
 The following description is excerpted from RFC 1413:
 .ba +5
 a determined forger can easily spoof the IDENT protocol.
 The following description is excerpted from RFC 1413:
 .ba +5

+.lp

 6.  Security Considerations
 .lp
 The information returned by this protocol is at most as trustworthy
 6.  Security Considerations
 .lp
 The information returned by this protocol is at most as trustworthy


@@ -4308,6 +4309,21 @@ Allow replacement of existing keys;
 normally, re-inserting an existing key is an error.
 .ip \-v
 Print what is happening.
 normally, re-inserting an existing key is an error.
 .ip \-v
 Print what is happening.

+.lp
+The
+.i sendmail
+daemon does not have to be restarted to read the new maps
+as long as you change them in place;
+file locking is used so that the maps won't be read
+while they are being updated.\**
+.(f
+\**That is, don't create new maps and then use
+.i mv (1)
+to move them into place.
+I consider this a shortfall (a.k.a. bug) in
+.i sendmail
+which should be fixed in a future release.
+.)f

 .pp
 There are also two builtin maps that are,
 strictly speaking,
 .pp
 There are also two builtin maps that are,
 strictly speaking,


@@ -5136,7 +5152,8 @@ If NEWDB and NDBM are both set,
 .i sendmail
 will read DBM files,
 but will create and use NEWDB files.
 .i sendmail
 will read DBM files,
 but will create and use NEWDB files.

-.ip YPCOMPAT
+.ip NIS
+Include support for NIS.

 If set together with
 .i both
 NEWDB and NDBM,
 If set together with
 .i both
 NEWDB and NDBM,


@@ -5147,9 +5164,6 @@ exists and is readable.
 This is intended for compatibility with Sun Microsystems'
 .i mkalias
 program used on YP masters.
 This is intended for compatibility with Sun Microsystems'
 .i mkalias
 program used on YP masters.

-.ip _AIX3
-Compile for IBM AIX 3.x.
-This has only been tested on 3.2.3.

 .ip SYSTEM5
 Set all of the compilation parameters appropriate for System V.
 .ip LOCKF
 .ip SYSTEM5
 Set all of the compilation parameters appropriate for System V.
 .ip LOCKF


@@ -5245,6 +5259,14 @@ usually
 .q _avenrun
 or
 .q avenrun ).
 .q _avenrun
 or
 .q avenrun ).

+.pp
+There are also several compilation flags to indicate the environment
+such as
+.q _AIX3
+and
+.q _SCO_unix_ .
+See the READ_ME
+file for the latest scoop on these flags.

 .sh 2 "Parameters in src/conf.h"
 .pp
 Parameters and compilation options
 .sh 2 "Parameters in src/conf.h"
 .pp
 Parameters and compilation options


@@ -6070,6 +6092,9 @@ User database spec.
 Fallback
 .q MX
 host.
 Fallback
 .q MX
 host.

+.ip w
+.q "Best MX"
+handling technique.

 .ip 7
 Do not run eight bit clean.
 .sh 2 "Extended Options"
 .ip 7
 Do not run eight bit clean.
 .sh 2 "Extended Options"


@@ -6168,6 +6193,7 @@ Previous versions of
 treated VRFY and EXPN the same.
 In this version,
 VRFY doesn't expand aliases or follow .forward files.
 treated VRFY and EXPN the same.
 In this version,
 VRFY doesn't expand aliases or follow .forward files.

+EXPN still does.

 .pp
 As an optimization, if you run with your default delivery mode being
 queue-only,
 .pp
 As an optimization, if you run with your default delivery mode being
 queue-only,


@@ -6676,7 +6702,7 @@ A transcript of the current session.
 .\"Eric Allman
 .\"Britton-Lee, Inc.
 .\".sp
 .\"Eric Allman
 .\"Britton-Lee, Inc.
 .\".sp

-.\"Version 8.13
+.\"Version 8.14

 .\".ce 0
 .bp 2
 .ce
 .\".ce 0
 .bp 2
 .ce