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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<comref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2010</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2011</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -116,6 +116,16 @@
<p>These options are available when starting the actual name server. The name server is normally started automatically by the <c>erl</c> command (if not already available), but it can also be started at i.e. system start-up.</p>
<taglist>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[-address List]]></c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Let this instance of <c>epmd</c> listen only on the
+ comma-separated list of IP addresses and on the loopback address
+ (which is implicitely added to the list if it has not been
+ specified). This can also be set using the
+ <c><![CDATA[ERL_EPMD_ADDRESS]]></c> environment variable, see the
+ section <seealso marker="#environment_variables">Environment
+ variables</seealso> below.</p>
+ </item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[-port No]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Let this instance of epmd listen to another TCP port than
@@ -228,6 +238,15 @@
<marker id="environment_variables"></marker>
<title>Environment variables</title>
<taglist>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[ERL_EPMD_ADDRESS]]></c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>This environment variable may be set to a comma-separated
+ list of IP addresses, in which case the <c>epmd</c> daemon
+ will listen only on the specified address(es) and on the
+ loopback address (which is implicitely added to the list if it
+ has not been specified). The default behaviour is to listen on
+ all available IP addresses.</p>
+ </item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[ERL_EPMD_PORT]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>This environment variable can contain the port number epmd will use.