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Diffstat (limited to 'term-utils/agetty.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | term-utils/agetty.8 | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/term-utils/agetty.8 b/term-utils/agetty.8 index ad0bfa02b..5fd80858f 100644 --- a/term-utils/agetty.8 +++ b/term-utils/agetty.8 @@ -305,12 +305,13 @@ followed by one of the letters explained below. .TP 4 or 4{interface} -Insert the IPv4 address of the machine hostname or IPv4 address the configured -network interface if the interface argument is specified (e.g. \\4{eth0}). +Insert the IPv4 address the specified network interface (e.g. \\4{eth0}) +and if the interface argument is not specified then select the first fully +configured (UP, non-LOCALBACK, RUNNING) interface. If not found any +configured interface fall back to IP address of the machine hostname. .TP 6 or 6{interface} -Insert the IPv6 address of the machine hostname or IPv6 address the configured -network interface if the interface argument is specified (e.g. \\6{eth0}} +The same as \\4 but for IPv6. .TP b Insert the baudrate of the current line. |