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Diffstat (limited to 'networking/Config.in')
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1 files changed, 26 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/networking/Config.in b/networking/Config.in index fb6988b41..5f38062c6 100644 --- a/networking/Config.in +++ b/networking/Config.in @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ config FEATURE_HTTPD_ENCODE_URL_STR depends on HTTPD help This option allows html encoding of arbitrary strings for display - by the browser. Output goes to stdout. + by the browser. Output goes to stdout. For example, httpd -e "<Hello World>" produces "<Hello World>". @@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ config FEATURE_IFCONFIG_SLIP default n depends on IFCONFIG help - Allow "keepalive" and "outfill" support for SLIP. If you're not + Allow "keepalive" and "outfill" support for SLIP. If you're not planning on using serial lines, leave this unchecked. config FEATURE_IFCONFIG_MEMSTART_IOADDR_IRQ @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ config FEATURE_IFCONFIG_HW depends on IFCONFIG help Set the hardware address of this interface, if the device driver - supports this operation. Currently, we only support the 'ether' + supports this operation. Currently, we only support the 'ether' class. config FEATURE_IFCONFIG_BROADCAST_PLUS @@ -303,15 +303,15 @@ config IFUPDOWN bool "ifupdown" default n help - Activate or deactivate the specified interfaces. This applet makes + Activate or deactivate the specified interfaces. This applet makes use of either "ifconfig" and "route" or the "ip" command to actually - configure network interfaces. Therefore, you will probably also want + configure network interfaces. Therefore, you will probably also want to enable either IFCONFIG and ROUTE, or enable - FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IP and the various IP options. Of + FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IP and the various IP options. Of course you could use non-busybox versions of these programs, so against my better judgement (since this will surely result in plenty of support questions on the mailing list), I do not force you to - enable these additional options. It is up to you to supply either + enable these additional options. It is up to you to supply either "ifconfig", "route" and "run-parts" or the "ip" command, either via busybox or via standalone utilities. @@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ config IP default n help The "ip" applet is a TCP/IP interface configuration and routing - utility. You generally don't need "ip" to use busybox with + utility. You generally don't need "ip" to use busybox with TCP/IP. config FEATURE_IP_ADDRESS @@ -558,7 +558,8 @@ config FEATURE_IPCALC_FANCY default y depends on IPCALC help - Adds the options hostname, prefix and silent to the output of "ipcalc". + Adds the options hostname, prefix and silent to the output of + "ipcalc". config FEATURE_IPCALC_LONG_OPTIONS bool "Enable long options" @@ -688,7 +689,8 @@ config SLATTACH bool "slattach" default n help - slattach is a small utility to attach network interfaces to serial lines. + slattach is a small utility to attach network interfaces to serial + lines. config TELNET bool "telnet" @@ -703,7 +705,7 @@ config FEATURE_TELNET_TTYPE depends on TELNET help Setting this option will forward the TERM environment variable to the - remote host you are connecting to. This is useful to make sure that + remote host you are connecting to. This is useful to make sure that things like ANSI colors and other control sequences behave. config FEATURE_TELNET_AUTOLOGIN @@ -722,9 +724,9 @@ config TELNETD select FEATURE_SYSLOG help A daemon for the TELNET protocol, allowing you to log onto the host - running the daemon. Please keep in mind that the TELNET protocol - sends passwords in plain text. If you can't afford the space for an - SSH daemon and you trust your network, you may say 'y' here. As a + running the daemon. Please keep in mind that the TELNET protocol + sends passwords in plain text. If you can't afford the space for an + SSH daemon and you trust your network, you may say 'y' here. As a more secure alternative, you should seriously consider installing the very small Dropbear SSH daemon instead: http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html @@ -750,7 +752,7 @@ config TELNETD mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts You need to be sure that Busybox has LOGIN and - FEATURE_SUID enabled. And finally, you should make + FEATURE_SUID enabled. And finally, you should make certain that Busybox has been installed setuid root: chown root.root /bin/busybox @@ -770,7 +772,7 @@ config TFTP bool "tftp" default n help - This enables the Trivial File Transfer Protocol client program. TFTP + This enables the Trivial File Transfer Protocol client program. TFTP is usually used for simple, small transfers such as a root image for a network-enabled bootloader. @@ -789,7 +791,7 @@ config FEATURE_TFTP_GET default y depends on TFTP || TFTPD help - Add support for the GET command within the TFTP client. This allows + Add support for the GET command within the TFTP client. This allows a client to retrieve a file from a TFTP server. Also enable upload support in tftpd, if tftpd is selected. @@ -798,7 +800,7 @@ config FEATURE_TFTP_PUT default y depends on TFTP || TFTPD help - Add support for the PUT command within the TFTP client. This allows + Add support for the PUT command within the TFTP client. This allows a client to transfer a file to a TFTP server. Also enable download support in tftpd, if tftpd is selected. @@ -815,7 +817,7 @@ config DEBUG_TFTP default n depends on TFTP help - Enable debug settings for tftp. This is useful if you're running + Enable debug settings for tftp. This is useful if you're running into problems with tftp as the protocol doesn't help you much when you run into problems. @@ -830,7 +832,7 @@ config FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_VERBOSE default n depends on TRACEROUTE help - Add some verbosity to traceroute. This includes amongst other things + Add some verbosity to traceroute. This includes amongst other things hostnames and ICMP response types. config FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_SOURCE_ROUTE @@ -900,12 +902,14 @@ config TCPSVD bool "tcpsvd" default n help - tcpsvd listens on a TCP port and runs a program for each new connection + tcpsvd listens on a TCP port and runs a program for each new + connection. config UDPSVD bool "udpsvd" default n help - udpsvd listens on an UDP port and runs a program for each new connection + udpsvd listens on an UDP port and runs a program for each new + connection. endmenu |