.\" manual page [] for pppd 2.4
-.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.77 2004/04/27 18:22:58 fcusack Exp $
+.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.81 2004/11/13 12:02:22 paulus Exp $
.\" SH section heading
.\" SS subsection heading
.\" LP paragraph
Set the CHAP restart interval (retransmission timeout for challenges)
to \fIn\fR seconds (default 3).
.TP
+.B child-timeout \fIn
+When exiting, wait for up to \fIn\fR seconds for any child processes
+(such as the command specified with the \fBpty\fR command) to exit
+before exiting. At the end of the timeout, pppd will send a SIGTERM
+signal to any remaining child processes and exit. A value of 0 means
+no timeout, that is, pppd will wait until all child processes have
+exited.
+.TP
.B connect-delay \fIn
-Wait for up \fIn\fR milliseconds after the connect script finishes for
+Wait for up to \fIn\fR milliseconds after the connect script finishes for
a valid PPP packet from the peer. At the end of this time, or when a
valid PPP packet is received from the peer, pppd will commence
negotiation by sending its first LCP packet. The default value is
Process-ID for pppd process for logical link \fIname\fR (see the
\fIlinkname\fR option).
.TP
+.B /var/run/pppd2.tdb
+Database containing information about pppd processes, interfaces and
+links, used for matching links to bundles in multilink operation. May
+be examined by external programs to obtain information about running
+pppd instances, the interfaces and devices they are using, IP address
+assignments, etc.
.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
indicate a bug in one or other implementation.)
.SH AUTHORS
-Paul Mackerras (Paul.Mackerras@samba.org), based on earlier work by
+Paul Mackerras (paulus@samba.org), based on earlier work by
Drew Perkins,
Brad Clements,
Karl Fox,
Greg Christy,
and
Brad Parker.
+
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Pppd is copyrighted and made available under conditions which provide
+that it may be copied and used in source or binary forms provided that
+the conditions listed below are met. Portions of pppd are covered by
+the following copyright notices:
+.LP
+Copyright (c) 1984-2000 Carnegie Mellon University. All rights
+reserved.
+.br
+Copyright (c) 1993-2004 Paul Mackerras. All rights reserved.
+.br
+Copyright (c) 1995 Pedro Roque Marques. All rights reserved.
+.br
+Copyright (c) 1995 Eric Rosenquist. All rights reserved.
+.br
+Copyright (c) 1999 Tommi Komulainen. All rights reserved.
+.br
+Copyright (C) Andrew Tridgell 1999
+.br
+Copyright (c) 2000 by Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
+.br
+Copyright (c) 2001 by Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
+.br
+Copyright (c) 2002 Google, Inc. All rights reserved.
+.LP
+The copyright notices contain the following statements.
+.LP
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+are met:
+.LP
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.LP
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ distribution.
+.LP
+3. The name "Carnegie Mellon University" must not be used to
+ endorse or promote products derived from this software without
+ prior written permission. For permission or any legal
+ details, please contact
+.br
+ Office of Technology Transfer
+.br
+ Carnegie Mellon University
+.br
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+.br
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+.br
+ (412) 268-4387, fax: (412) 268-7395
+.br
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+.LP
+3b. The name(s) of the authors of this software must not be used to
+ endorse or promote products derived from this software without
+ prior written permission.
+.LP
+4. Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following
+ acknowledgments:
+.br
+ "This product includes software developed by Computing Services
+ at Carnegie Mellon University (http://www.cmu.edu/computing/)."
+.br
+ "This product includes software developed by Paul Mackerras
+ <paulus@samba.org>".
+.br
+ "This product includes software developed by Pedro Roque Marques
+ <pedro_m@yahoo.com>".
+.br
+ "This product includes software developed by Tommi Komulainen
+ <Tommi.Komulainen@iki.fi>".
+.LP
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+.LP
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