[cpp-sp] 12/40: Update the shibd man page for new upstream options

Scott Cantor cantor.2 at osu.edu
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commit e1b76e37aae33a54cf5463caab41421684d88221
Author: Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org>
AuthorDate: Fri Aug 21 11:14:36 2009 -0700

    Update the shibd man page for new upstream options
    
    Also alphabetize the options, clarify the options with arguments in
    the SYNOPSIS, and add a bit more of a summary of what shibd is for.
---
 debian/man-pages/shibd.pod | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/man-pages/shibd.pod b/debian/man-pages/shibd.pod
index 955e634..3769121 100644
--- a/debian/man-pages/shibd.pod
+++ b/debian/man-pages/shibd.pod
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ shibd - Shibboleth daemon
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-shibd [B<-dcxtfpvh>]
+shibd [B<-tfFvh>] [B<-c> I<config>] [B<-d> I<prefix>] [B<-p> I<pidfile>]
+[B<-w> I<seconds>] [B<-x> I<catalog>]
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-B<shibd> is the Shibboleth daemon.
+B<shibd> is the Shibboleth daemon.  It handles attribute requests from the
+Apache Shibboleth module and should run in conjunction with it.
 
 =head1 OPTIONS
 
@@ -16,42 +18,53 @@ B<shibd> takes the following command-line options.
 
 =over 4
 
-=item B<-d> I<pathname>
-
-Installation prefix. Defaults to /usr.
-
 =item B<-c> I<pathname>
 
-Specifies the pathname of shibd's configuration file. Defaults to 
+Specifies the pathname of B<shibd>'s configuration file. Defaults to
 /etc/shibboleth/shibboleth2.xml or the value of the SHIBSP_CONFIG
 environment variable, if it is set.
 
-=item B<-x> I<pathname>
+=item B<-d> I<pathname>
 
-Specifies the XML schema catalog to use. Defaults to
-/usr/share/xml/shibboleth/catalog.xml.
+Installation prefix. Defaults to /usr.
 
-=item B<-t>
+=item B<-F>
 
-Validates the general correctness of the configuration. Not all problems
-can be detected this way, but the chance of successful startup is high if
-the checking process does not log any errors.
+Stay in the foreground.  Normally, B<shibd> backgrounds itself after
+starting up.
 
 =item B<-f>
 
 Force removal of listener socket.
 
+=item B<-h>
+
+Prints out a brief summary of the shibboleth options.
+
 =item B<-p> I<pathname>
 
 Specifies the pathname to use to write out the shibboleth PID file.
 
+=item B<-w> I<seconds>
+
+Seconds to wait for the background B<shibd> to start up before the
+foreground process returns.  If not set, the default value is three
+seconds.
+
+=item B<-t>
+
+Validates the general correctness of the configuration. Not all problems
+can be detected this way, but the chance of successful startup is high if
+the checking process does not log any errors.
+
 =item B<-v>
 
 Prints out the version string.
 
-=item B<-h>
+=item B<-x> I<pathname>
 
-Prints out a brief summary of the shibboleth options.
+Specifies the XML schema catalog to use. Defaults to
+/usr/share/xml/shibboleth/catalog.xml.
 
 =back
 

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