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Diffstat (limited to 'bus/dbus-daemon.1.in')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/bus/dbus-daemon.1.in b/bus/dbus-daemon.1.in index a657d285..ce623f8b 100644 --- a/bus/dbus-daemon.1.in +++ b/bus/dbus-daemon.1.in @@ -221,13 +221,22 @@ the last address given in <listen> first. That is, apps will try to connect to the last <listen> address first. .PP -A special case is using a port number of zero which means to -pick up a random free port. The real used port number could be retrieved -by using the --print-address command line parameter. +A special case is using a port number of zero (or omitting the port), +which means to choose an available port selected by the operating +system. The port number chosen can be with the --print-address command +line parameter and will be present in other cases where the server +reports its own address, such as when DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS is set. .PP Example: <listen>tcp:host=localhost,port=0</listen> +.PP +tcp addresses also allow an all_interfaces=true option, which will +cause the bus to listen on all local address (INADDR_ANY) and not only +the specified host. However, the specified host will still be used as +the reported address of the server. The specified host should be a +valid name of the local machine or weird stuff will happen. + .TP .I "<auth>" |