From 8f5e8232e81ad9733cb2e9b2030b0931b037259c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Smithurst Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 01:00:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Correct the description of the "low" (< 1024) port range. PR: 25500 Submitted by: Barry Irwin --- share/man/man4/ip.4 | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/man/man4/ip.4 b/share/man/man4/ip.4 index 331b1e306c2e..c194034f7a13 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/ip.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/ip.4 @@ -165,10 +165,14 @@ use a low range of ports, which are normally restricted to privileged processes on .Ux systems. The range is normally from -.Dv IPPORT_RESERVED +.Dv IPPORT_RESERVED - 1 down to -.Li 1 -in descending order. This range is not sysctl configurable. +.Li IPPORT_RESERVEDSTART +in descending order. +This is adjustable through the sysctl setting: +.Sy net.inet.ip.portrange.lowfirst +and +.Sy net.inet.ip.portrange.lowlast . .El .Ss "Multicast Options" .Pp