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[src/netbsd-8]: src/share/man/man8 Pull up following revision(s) (requested b...



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/0200ac32aaef
branches:  netbsd-8
changeset: 851029:0200ac32aaef
user:      snj <snj%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Sat Sep 23 17:18:44 2017 +0000

description:
Pull up following revision(s) (requested by maya in ticket #279):
        share/man/man8/afterboot.8: 1.59-1.60
Update packages link. suggest https. bump date
Update wifi guide to reflect dhcpcd no longer invoking wpa_supplicant

diffstat:

 share/man/man8/afterboot.8 |  27 ++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diffs (66 lines):

diff -r 4631bef394b4 -r 0200ac32aaef share/man/man8/afterboot.8
--- a/share/man/man8/afterboot.8        Sat Sep 23 17:13:10 2017 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man8/afterboot.8        Sat Sep 23 17:18:44 2017 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: afterboot.8,v 1.57 2017/03/15 11:22:15 wiz Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: afterboot.8,v 1.57.4.1 2017/09/23 17:18:44 snj Exp $
 .\"    $OpenBSD: afterboot.8,v 1.72 2002/02/22 02:02:33 miod Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Originally created by Marshall M. Midden -- 1997-10-20, m4%umn.edu@localhost
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd March 14, 2017
+.Dd September 10, 2017
 .Dt AFTERBOOT 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -403,21 +403,26 @@
 nameserver 127.0.0.1
 .Ed
 .Ss Wireless networking
-You may scan for nearby wireless networks using:
+You can scan for nearby wireless networks using:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 .Ic ifconfig iwm0 up list scan
 .Ic ifconfig iwm0 down
 .Ed
 .Pp
-To connect to a network using WPA, you may use:
+To connect to a wireless network using WPA and DHCP:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
-.Ic echo ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
-.Ic wpa_passphrase networkname password >> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
+.Ic wpa_passphrase networkname password > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
+.Ic wpa_supplicant -i iwm0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf &
+.Ic dhcpcd iwm0
 .Ed
 .Pp
-After creating /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf, using
-.Xr dhcpcd 8
-on the wireless interface will connect to the network.
+To automatically connect at boot, add the following flags to
+.Pa /etc/rc.conf :
+.Pp
+.Dl dhcpcd=YES
+.Dl dhcpcd_flags="-b"
+.Dl wpa_supplicant=YES
+.Dl wpa_supplicant_flags="-i iwm0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf"
 .Ss RPC-based network services
 Several services depend on the RPC portmapper
 .Xr rpcbind 8
@@ -861,11 +866,11 @@
 .Nx
 packages collection, pkgsrc, includes a large set of third-party software.
 A lot of it is available as binary packages that you can download from
-.Lk ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/
+.Lk https://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/
 or a mirror, and install using
 .Xr pkg_add 1 .
 See
-.Lk http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/pkgsrc/
+.Lk https://www.NetBSD.org/docs/pkgsrc/
 and
 .Pa pkgsrc/doc/pkgsrc.txt
 for more details.



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