Make notes about how Controls are affected by ServerType.

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diff --git a/README.controls b/README.controls
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ communicate directly with a running proftpd daemon, making it possible to do
 on-the-fly configuration changes and other capabilities.  This feature
 includes a program called `ftpdctl', for communicating with the daemon from
 the command line, and an API that third-party modules can use to extend the
-Control commands available to `ftpdctl'.
+Control commands available to `ftpdctl'.  Note, however, that this
+functionality is only available if proftpd is run in standalone mode
+(i.e. "ServerType standalone"); proftpd daemons run via inetd/xinetd cannot
+support this feature.
 
 To enable support for Controls, use the --enable-ctrls configure option:
 

diff --git a/doc/howto/Controls.html b/doc/howto/Controls.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Id: Controls.html,v 1.2 2004-11-17 17:58:19 castaglia Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: Controls.html,v 1.3 2006-03-16 18:06:15 castaglia Exp $ -->
 <!-- $Source: /home/proftpd-core/backup/proftp-cvsroot/proftpd/doc/howto/Controls.html,v $ -->
 
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@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@
 <code>ftpdctl</code>, is distributed with ProFTPD; <code>ftpdctl</code> is a
 Controls client.  The server side of the Controls functionality is the
 <a href="http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/modules/mod_ctrls.html"><code>mod_ctrls</code></a> module, which is compiled into a <code>proftpd</code> daemon when
-the <em>--enable-ctrls</em> configure option is used.
+the <em>--enable-ctrls</em> configure option is used.  Note, however, that
+the Controls functionality only works for <code>proftpd</code> daemons
+whose <code>ServerType</code> is <code>standalone</code>; <code>proftpd</code>
+daemons run via inetd/xinetd cannot support Controls and the
+<code>ftpdctl</code> program.
 
 <p>
 <b>Configuring <code>mod_ctrls</code></b><br>
@@ -304,7 +308,7 @@
 
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-Last Updated: <i>$Date: 2004-11-17 17:58:19 $</i><br>
+Last Updated: <i>$Date: 2006-03-16 18:06:15 $</i><br>
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