documentation: Fixes for previous fixes to --push-peer-info

- Clarify compression IV_ settings - Clarify which settings might come from --setenv Change-Id: Id8615515c8df6e38e931e357396811234faad796 Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <[email protected]> Acked-by: Arne Schwabe <[email protected]> Message-Id: <[email protected]> URL: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg28184.html Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <[email protected]> (cherry picked from commit c1e1d13)
OpenVPN · Feb 6, 2024 · 6bed72d · 6bed72d
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diff --git a/doc/man-sections/client-options.rst b/doc/man-sections/client-options.rst
@@ -374,10 +374,11 @@ configuration.
   :code:`IV_GUI_VER=<gui_id> <version>`
         The UI version of a UI if one is running, for example
         :code:`de.blinkt.openvpn 0.5.47` for the Android app.
+        This may be set by the client UI/GUI using ``--setenv``.
 
   :code:`IV_SSO=[crtext,][openurl,][proxy_url]`
         Additional authentication methods supported by the client.
-        This may be set by the client UI/GUI using ``--setenv``
+        This may be set by the client UI/GUI using ``--setenv``.
 
   The following flags depend on which compression formats are compiled in
   and whether compression is allowed by options. See `Protocol options`_
@@ -388,13 +389,15 @@ configuration.
 
     :code:`IV_LZO_STUB=1`
         If client was built with LZO stub capability. This is only sent if
-        ``IV_LZO=1`` is not sent.
+        ``IV_LZO=1`` is not sent. This means the client can talk to a server
+        configured with ``--comp-lzo no``.
 
     :code:`IV_LZ4=1` and :code:`IV_LZ4v2=1`
         If the client supports LZ4 compression.
 
     :code:`IV_COMP_STUB=1` and :code:`IV_COMP_STUBv2=1`
-        If the client supports stub compression.
+        If the client supports stub compression. This means the client can talk
+        to a server configured with ``--compress``.
 
   When ``--push-peer-info`` is enabled the additional information consists
   of the following data:
@@ -414,7 +417,9 @@ configuration.
 
   :code:`IV_PLAT_VER=x.y`
         The version of the operating system, e.g. 6.1 for Windows 7.
-        This is only sent on Windows operating systems.
+        This may be set by the client UI/GUI using ``--setenv``.
+        On Windows systems it is automatically determined by openvpn
+        itself.
 
   :code:`UV_<name>=<value>`
         Client environment variables whose names start with