pppd: Add defaultroute6 and related options

[ppp.git] / pppd / pppd.8

diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8
index c508d277df3aa5539dd3c0d94787d97f71709956..ef6046e5b945492a8e73b2e36cda8591ba7c4d0a 100644 (file)
--- a/pppd/pppd.8
+++ b/pppd/pppd.8
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ is no other default route with the same metric.  With the default
 value of -1, the route is only added if there is no default route at
 all.
 .TP
 value of -1, the route is only added if there is no default route at
 all.
 .TP

+.B defaultroute6
+Add a default IPv6 route to the system routing tables, using the peer as
+the gateway, when IPv6CP negotiation is successfully completed.
+This entry is removed when the PPP connection is broken.  This option
+is privileged if the \fInodefaultroute6\fR option has been specified.
+.TP

 .B disconnect \fIscript
 Execute the command specified by \fIscript\fR, by passing it to a
 shell, after
 .B disconnect \fIscript
 Execute the command specified by \fIscript\fR, by passing it to a
 shell, after


@@ -743,6 +749,11 @@ Disable the \fIdefaultroute\fR option.  The system administrator who
 wishes to prevent users from creating default routes with pppd
 can do so by placing this option in the /etc/ppp/options file.
 .TP
 wishes to prevent users from creating default routes with pppd
 can do so by placing this option in the /etc/ppp/options file.
 .TP

+.B nodefaultroute6
+Disable the \fIdefaultroute6\fR option.  The system administrator who
+wishes to prevent users from adding a default route with pppd
+can do so by placing this option in the /etc/ppp/options file.
+.TP

 .B nodeflate
 Disables Deflate compression; pppd will not request or agree to
 compress packets using the Deflate scheme.
 .B nodeflate
 Disables Deflate compression; pppd will not request or agree to
 compress packets using the Deflate scheme.


@@ -1079,7 +1090,13 @@ under Linux and FreeBSD 2.2.8 and later.
 .TP
 .B unit \fInum
 Sets the ppp unit number (for a ppp0 or ppp1 etc interface name) for outbound
 .TP
 .B unit \fInum
 Sets the ppp unit number (for a ppp0 or ppp1 etc interface name) for outbound

-connections.
+connections.  If the unit is already in use a dynamically allocated number will
+be used.
+.TP
+.B ifname \fIstring
+Set the ppp interface name for outbound connections.  If the interface name is
+already in use, or if the name cannot be used for any other reason, pppd will
+terminate.

 .TP
 .B unset \fIname
 Remove a variable from the environment variable for scripts that are
 .TP
 .B unset \fIname
 Remove a variable from the environment variable for scripts that are


@@ -1094,6 +1111,15 @@ it has successfully established the ppp connection (to the point where
 the first network control protocol, usually the IP control protocol,
 has come up).
 .TP
 the first network control protocol, usually the IP control protocol,
 has come up).
 .TP

+.B up_sdnotify
+Use this option to run pppd in systemd service units of Type=notify
+(\fBup_sdnotify\fR implies \fBnodetach\fR).
+When \fBup_sdnotify\fR is enabled, pppd will notify systemd once
+it has successfully established the ppp connection (to the point where
+the first network control protocl, usually the IP control protocol,
+has come up). This option is only availble when pppd is compiled with
+systemd support.
+.TP

 .B usehostname
 Enforce the use of the hostname (with domain name appended, if given)
 as the name of the local system for authentication purposes (overrides
 .B usehostname
 Enforce the use of the hostname (with domain name appended, if given)
 as the name of the local system for authentication purposes (overrides