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author | Igor Marnat <marny@rambler.ru> | 2007-03-21 09:55:01 +0300 |
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committer | Ben Warren <bwarren@qstreams.com> | 2007-04-04 18:12:28 -0400 |
commit | 443feb740584e406efa203af909fe2926608e8d5 (patch) | |
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Update usage of 'nc' in README.NetConsole
Added information about usage of NetConsole on systems where the -l and -p
switches are mutually exclusive.
Signed-off-by: Igor Marnat <marny@rambler.ru>
Signed-off-by: Ben Warren <bwarren@qstreams.com>
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diff --git a/doc/README.NetConsole b/doc/README.NetConsole index cc35a0a..fea8e33 100644 --- a/doc/README.NetConsole +++ b/doc/README.NetConsole @@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ The script expects exactly one argument, which is interpreted as the target IP address (or host name, assuming DNS is working). The script can be interrupted by pressing ^T (CTRL-T). +Be aware that in some distributives (Fedora Core 5 at least) +usage of nc has been changed and -l and -p options are considered +as mutually exclusive. If nc complains about options provided, +you can just remove the -p option from the script. + It turns out that 'netcat' cannot be used to listen to broadcast packets. We developed our own tool 'ncb' (see tools directory) that listens to broadcast packets on a given port and dumps them to the |