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authorTom Yu <tlyu@mit.edu>2013-12-10 22:26:17 -0500
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "KPROPD" "8" " " "1.12" "MIT Kerberos"
+.TH "KPROPD" "8" " " "1.13" "MIT Kerberos"
.SH NAME
kpropd \- Kerberos V5 slave KDC update server
.
@@ -69,9 +69,14 @@ kprop stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/sbin/kpropd kpropd
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.sp
-kpropd can also run as a standalone daemon. This is required for
-incremental propagation. But this is also useful for debugging
-purposes.
+kpropd can also run as a standalone daemon, backgrounding itself and
+waiting for connections on port 754 (or the port specified with the
+\fB\-P\fP option if given). Standalone mode is required for incremental
+propagation. Starting in release 1.11, kpropd automatically detects
+whether it was run from inetd and runs in standalone mode if it is
+not. Prior to release 1.11, the \fB\-S\fP option is required to run
+kpropd in standalone mode; this option is now accepted for backward
+compatibility but does nothing.
.sp
Incremental propagation may be enabled with the \fBiprop_enable\fP
variable in \fIkdc.conf(5)\fP. If incremental propagation is
@@ -101,19 +106,11 @@ to be stored; by default the dumped database file is \fB@LOCALSTATEDIR@\fP\fB/kr
Allows the user to specify the pathname to the \fIkdb5_util(8)\fP
program; by default the pathname used is \fB@SBINDIR@\fP\fB/kdb5_util\fP.
.TP
-.B \fB\-S\fP
-[DEPRECATED] Enable standalone mode. Normally kpropd is invoked by
-inetd(8) so it expects a network connection to be passed to it
-from inetd(8). If the \fB\-S\fP option is specified, or if standard
-input is not a socket, kpropd will put itself into the background,
-and wait for connections on port 754 (or the port specified with the
-\fB\-P\fP option if given).
-.TP
.B \fB\-d\fP
-Turn on debug mode. In this mode, if the \fB\-S\fP option is
-selected, kpropd will not detach itself from the current job and
-run in the background. Instead, it will run in the foreground and
-print out debugging messages during the database propagation.
+Turn on debug mode. In this mode, kpropd will not detach
+itself from the current job and run in the background. Instead,
+it will run in the foreground and print out debugging messages
+during the database propagation.
.TP
.B \fB\-P\fP
Allow for an alternate port number for kpropd to listen on. This