From ca1708925ba551ff35fc9dcaeb7706e366a16898 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mar <mar>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1989 10:50:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] added sms_motd

---
 man/moira.3 | 16 +++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/moira.3 b/man/moira.3
index 87944c29..f163d44f 100644
--- a/man/moira.3
+++ b/man/moira.3
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .FM mit
 .SH NAME
 sms_connect, sms_auth, sms_disconnect, sms_noop, sms_access,
-sms_query, sms_do_update, format_filesys_type, parse_filesys_type,
+sms_query, sms_do_update, sms_motd, format_filesys_type, parse_filesys_type,
 canonicalize_hostname, strsave, strtrim, sq_create, sq_destroy,
 sq_get_data, sq_save_args, sq_save_data, sq_save_unique_data,
 sq_save_unique_string, Start_paging, Stop_paging, Start_menu,
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ Protocol functions
 .B int sms_connect(server);
 .B	char *server;
 
+.B int sms_motd(motd);
+.B	char **motd;
+
 .B int sms_auth(prog);
 .B	char *prog;
 
@@ -110,8 +113,8 @@ routines are to be used.
 Protocol functions
 All protocol routines return 0 on success, or a value from 
 .I <sms_et.h>
-on failure.  An application should connect, authenticate, perform
-queries, then disconnect.
+on failure.  An application should connect, check the motd in case the
+server is closed, authenticate, perform queries, then disconnect.
 
 .I sending_version_no
 may be set to
@@ -129,6 +132,13 @@ specification is of the form hostname:portname, where the portname can
 be looked up in 
 .B /etc/services.
 
+.B sms_motd
+will check to see if the server is closed and if so, will retrieve an
+explanatory message (the so-called motd).  This routine will always
+return 0 if no error occurs.  *motd will be NULL if the server is
+functioning normally, or a pointer to a static string with the
+explanation if the server is down.
+
 .B sms_auth
 authenticates an established connection using Kerberos.
 .I prog
-- 
2.45.2