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+.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.30 1998/11/07 06:59:29 paulus Exp $
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is given, the hardware flow control setting for the serial port is
left unchanged.
Some serial ports (such as Macintosh serial ports) lack a true
-RTS output. Such serial ports use this mode to impliment
+RTS output. Such serial ports use this mode to implement
unidirectional flow control. The serial port will
suspend transmission when requested by the modem (via CTS)
but will be unable to request the modem stop sending to the
option is given, the hardware flow control setting for the serial
port is left unchanged.
Some serial ports (such as Macintosh serial ports) lack a true
-RTS output. Such serial ports use this mode to impliment true
-bi-directional flow control. The sacrafice is that this flow
+RTS output. Such serial ports use this mode to implement true
+bi-directional flow control. The sacrifice is that this flow
control mode does not permit using DTR as a modem control line.
.TP
.B defaultroute
.B SPEED
The baud rate of the tty device.
.TP
-.B UID
+.B ORIG_UID
The real user-id of the user who invoked pppd.
.P
Pppd invokes the following scripts, if they exist. It is not an error