Fix the rcsid's for non-ansi compilers

[ppp.git] / pppd / pppd.8

diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8
index 664e932f722d6462d44ed22afe88d9a5548f79d8..301879c3a8a5bed9ce85072740a2eea270b6b0c0 100644 (file)
--- a/pppd/pppd.8
+++ b/pppd/pppd.8
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" manual page [] for pppd 2.3
 .\" manual page [] for pppd 2.3

-.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.42 1999/08/04 15:53:13 johnsonm Exp $
+.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.44 1999/08/13 01:57:36 paulus Exp $

 .\" SH section heading
 .\" SS subsection heading
 .\" LP paragraph
 .\" SH section heading
 .\" SS subsection heading
 .\" LP paragraph


@@ -426,6 +426,13 @@ Set the maximum number of LCP terminate-request transmissions to
 Set the LCP restart interval (retransmission timeout) to \fIn\fR
 seconds (default 3).
 .TP
 Set the LCP restart interval (retransmission timeout) to \fIn\fR
 seconds (default 3).
 .TP

+.B linkname \fIname\fR
+Sets the logical name of the link to \fIname\fR.  Pppd will create a
+file named \fBppp-\fIname\fB.pid\fR in /var/run (or /etc/ppp on some
+systems) containing its process ID.  This can be useful in determining
+which instance of pppd is responsible for the link to a given peer
+system.  This is a privileged option.
+.TP

 .B local
 Don't use the modem control lines.  With this option, pppd will ignore
 the state of the CD (Carrier Detect) signal from the modem and will
 .B local
 Don't use the modem control lines.  With this option, pppd will ignore
 the state of the CD (Carrier Detect) signal from the modem and will


@@ -455,6 +462,10 @@ Terminate the connection when it has been available for network
 traffic for \fIn\fR seconds (i.e. \fIn\fR seconds after the first
 network control protocol comes up).
 .TP
 traffic for \fIn\fR seconds (i.e. \fIn\fR seconds after the first
 network control protocol comes up).
 .TP

+.B maxfail \fIn
+Terminate after \fIn\fR consecutive failed connection attempts.  A
+value of 0 means no limit.  The default value is 10.
+.TP

 .B modem
 Use the modem control lines.  This option is the default.  With this
 option, pppd will wait for the CD (Carrier Detect) signal from the
 .B modem
 Use the modem control lines.  This option is the default.  With this
 option, pppd will wait for the CD (Carrier Detect) signal from the


@@ -1152,6 +1163,9 @@ The PPP negotiation failed because serial loopback was detected.
 .TP
 .B 18
 The init script failed (returned a non-zero exit status).
 .TP
 .B 18
 The init script failed (returned a non-zero exit status).

+.TP
+.B 19
+We failed to authenticate ourselves to the peer.

 .SH SCRIPTS
 Pppd invokes scripts at various stages in its processing which can be
 used to perform site-specific ancillary processing.  These scripts are
 .SH SCRIPTS
 Pppd invokes scripts at various stages in its processing which can be
 used to perform site-specific ancillary processing.  These scripts are


@@ -1207,6 +1221,9 @@ connection.
 .B BYTES_RCVD
 The number of bytes received (at the level of the serial port) during
 the connection.
 .B BYTES_RCVD
 The number of bytes received (at the level of the serial port) during
 the connection.

+.TP
+.B LINKNAME
+The logical name of the link, set with the \fIlinkname\fR option.

 .P
 Pppd invokes the following scripts, if they exist.  It is not an error
 if they don't exist.
 .P
 Pppd invokes the following scripts, if they exist.  It is not an error
 if they don't exist.


@@ -1271,6 +1288,10 @@ script.
 .B /var/run/ppp\fIn\fB.pid \fR(BSD or Linux), \fB/etc/ppp/ppp\fIn\fB.pid \fR(others)
 Process-ID for pppd process on ppp interface unit \fIn\fR.
 .TP
 .B /var/run/ppp\fIn\fB.pid \fR(BSD or Linux), \fB/etc/ppp/ppp\fIn\fB.pid \fR(others)
 Process-ID for pppd process on ppp interface unit \fIn\fR.
 .TP

+.B /var/run/ppp-\fIname\fB.pid \fR(BSD or Linux), \fB/etc/ppp/ppp-\fIname\fB.pid \fR(others)
+Process-ID for pppd process for logical link \fIname\fR (see the
+\fIlinkname\fR option).
+.TP

 .B /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
 Usernames, passwords and IP addresses for PAP authentication.  This
 file should be owned by root and not readable or writable by any other
 .B /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
 Usernames, passwords and IP addresses for PAP authentication.  This
 file should be owned by root and not readable or writable by any other