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diff --git a/doc/tipideed.html b/doc/tipideed.html index 2fa626a..8f080bc 100644 --- a/doc/tipideed.html +++ b/doc/tipideed.html @@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ uses them to get more information. <dt> TCPLOCALHOST </dt> <dd> The default domain name associated to the local IP address. It will be passed as <tt>SERVER_NAME</tt> to CGI scripts when the requested URI does -not mention a Host, i.e. in HTTP/1.0 requests. If this variable is absent, -the default will be set to the local IP address itself (between square -brackets if IPv6). </dd> +not mention a Host, i.e. in HTTP/1.0 requests without a full request URL. +If this variable is absent, the default will be set to the local IP address +itself (between square brackets if IPv6). </dd> <dt> TCPLOCALPORT </dt> <dd> The port the server is bound to. It will be passed as <tt>SERVER_PORT</tt> @@ -322,9 +322,17 @@ your <tt>/etc/passwd</tt> file, tipideed will keep it safe. <p> HTTP/1.0 does not have the concepts of virtual hosts. For HTTP/1.0 -requests that do not provide a full URL, tipideed will use a default -host name of <tt>@</tt> (at), so documents will likely be looked for -under <tt>@:80</tt> or <tt>@:443</tt>. +requests that do not provide a full URL, tipideed will use the value +it reads from the TCPLOCALHOST variable, which is normally the result +of a reverse DNS lookup on the server's address. You can override the +lookup and provide your own value by giving the <tt>-l</tt> option to +<a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-networking/s6-tcpserver-access.html">s6-tcpserver-access</a> or +<a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-networking/s6-tlsserver.html">s6-tlsserver</a>. +If TCPLOCALHOST does not exist or is empty, a fallback value of +<tt>@</tt> (at), will be used. So if you aren't calling +<a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-networking/s6-tcpserver-access.html">s6-tcpserver-access</a> +at all, your documents will most likely be accessible for HTTP/1.0 clients under +<tt>@:80</tt> or <tt>@:443</tt>. </p> <div id="details"> |