From: Selva Nair <se...@gaas2.nanotech.utoronto.ca>
- Stress that these are handled internally only on some platforms
- Correct the statement about wintun
- Document DOMAIN-SEARCH
Signed-off-by: Selva Nair <selva.n...@gmail.com>
---
v2: Rebase to master and reword to match the new rst version
Add doc for DOMAIN-SEARCH
doc/man-sections/vpn-network-options.rst | 23 +++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/man-sections/vpn-network-options.rst
b/doc/man-sections/vpn-network-options.rst
index 7100c1ae..825dd1ca 100644
--- a/doc/man-sections/vpn-network-options.rst
+++ b/doc/man-sections/vpn-network-options.rst
@@ -93,12 +93,18 @@ routing.
or :code:`tap`.
--dhcp-option args
- Set additional network settings via DHCP. On Windows, this is parsed by
- the ``tap-windows6`` or ``wintun`` driver. On other platforms these
- options can be picked up by an ``--up`` script or plug-in if it has been
- pushed by the OpenVPN server. The option will then be saved in the
- client's environment before the ``--up`` script is called, under the name
- :code:`foreign_option_{n}`.
+ Set additional network parameters on supported platforms. May be specified
+ on the client or pushed from the server. On Windows these options are
+ handled by the ``tap-windows6`` driver by default or directly by OpenVPN
+ if dhcp is disabled or the ``wintun`` driver is in use. The
+ ``OpenVPN for Android`` client also handles them internally.
+
+ On all other platforms these options are only saved in the client's
+ environment under the name :code:`foreign_options_{n}` before the
+ ``--up`` script is called. A plugin or an ``--up`` script must be used to
+ pick up and interpret these as required. Many Linux distributions include
+ such scripts and some third-party user interfaces such as tunnelblick also
+ come with scripts that process these options.
Valid syntax:
::
@@ -108,6 +114,11 @@ routing.
:code:`DOMAIN` ``name``
Set Connection-specific DNS Suffix to :code:`name`.
+ :code:`DOMAIN-SEARCH` ``name``
+ Add :code:`name` to the domain search list.
+ Repeat this option to add more entries. Up to
+ 10 domains are supported.
+
:code:`DNS` ``address``
Set primary domain name server IPv4 or IPv6 address.
Repeat this option to set secondary DNS server addresses.
--
2.17.1
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