network: amend SendOption= to take a c-escaped string

No need to punish users by forcing them to do base64 encodings.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml
index 3ef6ff592c..538f4b8e7b 100644
--- a/man/systemd.network.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.network.xml
@@ -1642,10 +1642,14 @@
         <varlistentry>
           <term><varname>SendOption=</varname></term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>Send a raw option with value via DHCPv4 client. Takes a DHCP option and base64 encoded
-            data separated with a colon (option:value). The option ranges [1-254]. This option can be
-            specified multiple times. If an empty string is specified, then all options specified earlier
-            are cleared. Defaults to unset.</para>
+            <para>Send an arbitrary option in the DHCPv4 request. Takes a DHCP option number and an arbitrary
+            data string separated with a colon
+            (<literal><replaceable>option</replaceable>:<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>). The
+            option number must be an interger in the range 1..254. Special characters in the data string may
+            be escaped using
+            <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C#Table_of_escape_sequences">C-style
+            escapes</ulink>.  This option can be specified multiple times. If an empty string is specified,
+            then all options specified earlier are cleared. Defaults to unset.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>