From: Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:44:19 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Attempt to clarify the bit talking about network numbers w/o netmasks.
X-Git-Tag: SUDO_1_7_0~575
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0ea35c0d32ea4783173f7be0ac723c2e1220a66e;p=sudo

Attempt to clarify the bit talking about network numbers w/o netmasks.
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diff --git a/sudoers.pod b/sudoers.pod
index 807f76240..a2439c4bb 100644
--- a/sudoers.pod
+++ b/sudoers.pod
@@ -152,14 +152,16 @@ can use a uid instead (#0 in the example given).
 A C<Host_List> is made up of one or more hostnames, IP addresses,
 network numbers, netgroups (prefixed with '+') and other aliases.
 Again, the value of an item may be negated with the '!' operator.
-If you do not specify a netmask with a network number, the netmask
-of the host's ethernet interface(s) will be used when matching.
-The netmask may be specified either in dotted quad notation
-(e.g.E<nbsp>255.255.255.0) or CIDR notation (number of bits, e.g.E<nbsp>24). 
-A hostname may include shell-style wildcards (see the L<Wildcards> section
-below), but unless the C<hostname> command on your machine returns the fully
-qualified hostname, you'll need to use the I<fqdn> option for wildcards
-to be useful.
+If you do not specify a netmask along with the network number,
+B<sudo> will query each of the local host's network interfaces and,
+if the network number corresponds to one of the hosts's network
+interfaces, the corresponding netmask will be used.  The netmask
+may be specified either in dotted quad notation (e.g.E<nbsp>255.255.255.0)
+or CIDR notation (number of bits, e.g.E<nbsp>24).  A hostname may
+include shell-style wildcards (see the L<Wildcards> section below),
+but unless the C<hostname> command on your machine returns the fully
+qualified hostname, you'll need to use the I<fqdn> option for
+wildcards to be useful.
 
  Cmnd_List ::= Cmnd |
 	       Cmnd ',' Cmnd_List