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Diffstat (limited to 'ares_set_local_dev.3')
-rw-r--r-- | ares_set_local_dev.3 | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ares_set_local_dev.3 b/ares_set_local_dev.3 index cf2b7a6..f446888 100644 --- a/ares_set_local_dev.3 +++ b/ares_set_local_dev.3 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ares_set_local_dev \- Bind to a specific network device when creating sockets. The \fBares_set_local_dev\fP function causes all future sockets to be bound to this device with SO_BINDTODEVICE. This forces communications to go over a certain interface, which can be useful on multi-homed machines. -This option is only supported on Linux, and root priviledges are required +This option is only supported on Linux, and root privileges are required for the option to work. If SO_BINDTODEVICE is not supported or the setsocktop call fails (probably because of permissions), the error is silently ignored. |