From 0dd4c6e7953f74b7bcd0060d720e77302fdd8895 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Brolley Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:16:42 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] PR 11441 - Additional update to stap.1 and NEWS entry for new integrated client features. --- NEWS | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ stap.1 | 8 +++++++- 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 33d02279e..8f5f4838e 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,28 @@ * What's new in version 1.4 +- The implementation of the integrated compile-server client has been + extended. + + o --use-server now accepts an argument representing a particular server and + may be specified more than once. + o --list-servers now accepts an expanded range of arguments. + o a new --trust-servers option has been added to stap which replaces + stap-authorize-server-cert and stap-authorize-signing-cert. --trust-servers + improves on these tools by obtaining a server's certificate directly from + the server, removing the need to manually obtain the server's certificate + file. + + See 'man stap' for complete details. + + With these changes, the integrated client provides more functionality than + the old client. The old client and tools will be deprecated shortly and + will no longer be available beginning in release 1.5: + stap-client + stap-find-servers + stap-find-or-start-server + stap-authorize-server-cert + stap-authorize-signing-cert. + - Starting in release 1.5, these old variables/functions will be deprecated and will only be available when the '--compatible=1.4' flag is used: diff --git a/stap.1 b/stap.1 index fd4ab0a33..6201f8cfd 100644 --- a/stap.1 +++ b/stap.1 @@ -287,7 +287,13 @@ and currently online. .I \-\-use\-servers may be specified more than once, in which case a list of servers is accumulated -in the order specified. +in the order specified. Servers may be specified by host name, ip address, or +by certificate serial number (obtained using +.IR \-\-list\-servers ). +The latter is most commonly used when revoking +trust in a server (see +.I \-\-trust-servers +below). .TP .BI \-\-list\-servers " [SERVERS]" -- 2.43.5