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diff --git a/hacks/sonar.man b/hacks/sonar.man
index 1db5982abd20a6bf760a5f3e1a1f1214621119ce..36dd7911a471e69add8111d680c662608681b99a 100644 (file)
--- a/hacks/sonar.man
+++ b/hacks/sonar.man
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ sonar - display a sonar scope
 [\-team-b-name \fIstring\fP]
 [\-team-a-count \fIint\fP]
 [\-team-b-count \fIint\fP]
+[\-no\-dns] 
 [\-debug] 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The \fIsonar\fP program displays a sonar scope on the computer's screen.
@@ -103,6 +104,9 @@ names as the first element on each line.  If you use ssh, try this:
   sonar -ping $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
 .RE
 .TP 8
+.B \-no\-dns
+Do not attempt to resolve IP addresses to hostnames.
+.TP 8
 .B \-team-a-name \fIstring\fP
 In simulation mode, the name of team A.
 .TP 8
@@ -160,13 +164,22 @@ See option \-teamACount, above.  Default value is 4.
 See option \-teamBCount, above.  Default value is 4.
 .SH NOTES
 In order to use the ping sensor, this program must be installed as 
-setuid root, so that it can create an ICMP socket.
+setuid root, so that it can create an ICMP socket.  Root privileges
+are disavowed shortly after startup (just after connecting to the
+X server and reading the resource database) so this is \fIbelieved\fP
+to be a safe thing to do, but it is usually recommended that you 
+have as few setuid programs around as possible, on general principles.
+.EX
+chown root.root sonar
+chmod u+s sonar
+.EE
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR X (1),
 .BR xscreensaver (1),
 .BR ping (8)
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 1998 by Stephen Martin. (smartin@canada.com)
+Copyright \(co 1998 by Stephen Martin. <smartin@canada.com>
+Copyright \(co 2000-2004 by Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>
 
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