[svn] Clarify format of IPv6 addresses in SGML documentation.

[solanum.git] / doc / sgml / oper-guide / config.sgml

diff --git a/doc/sgml/oper-guide/config.sgml b/doc/sgml/oper-guide/config.sgml
index 0163a43517fe0761de9a3ba4e3175dd58f09161a..8de50d712c1777d2c097a0b2cb614bc8c80a07da 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/sgml/oper-guide/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/sgml/oper-guide/config.sgml
@@ -293,7 +293,13 @@ auth {
          <varlistentry>
             <term>user</term>
             <listitem>
-              <para>A hostmask (user@host) that the auth{} block is matched against. You can have multiple user entries.</para>
+              <para>
+                A hostmask (user@host) that the auth {} block applies to.
+                It is matched against the hostname and IP address (using ::
+                shortening for IPv6 and prepending a 0 if it starts with
+                a colon) and can also use CIDR masks.
+                You can have multiple user entries.
+              </para>
             </listitem>
           </varlistentry>
          <varlistentry>
@@ -555,6 +561,10 @@ connect "<replaceable>name</replaceable>" {
                Furthermore, if a hostname is used, it must have an A or AAAA
                record (no CNAME) and it must be the primary
                hostname for inbound connections to work.
+             </para><para>
+               IPv6 addresses must be in :: shortened form; addresses which
+               then start with a colon must be prepended with a zero,
+               for example 0::1.
              </para></note>
            </listitem>
          </varlistentry>