.TP
.B demand
Initiate the link only on demand, i.e. when data traffic is present.
-With this option, the remote IP address must be specified by the user
-on the command line or in an options file. Pppd will initially
+With this option, the remote IP address may be specified by the user
+on the command line or in an options file, or if not, pppd will use
+an arbitrary address in the 10.x.x.x range. Pppd will initially
configure the interface and enable it for IP traffic without
connecting to the peer. When traffic is available, pppd will
connect to the peer and perform negotiation, authentication, etc.
system password database to be allowed access. See also the
\fBenable\-session\fR option.
.TP
+.B master_detach
+If multilink is enabled and this pppd process is the multilink bundle
+master, and the link controlled by this pppd process terminates, this
+pppd process continues to run in order to maintain the bundle. If the
+\fBmaster_detach\fR option has been given, pppd will detach from its
+controlling terminal in this situation, even if the \fBnodetach\fR
+option has been given.
+.TP
.B maxconnect \fIn
Terminate the connection when it has been available for network
traffic for \fIn\fR seconds (i.e. \fIn\fR seconds after the first
.B noremoteip
Allow pppd to operate without having an IP address for the peer. This
option is only available under Linux. Normally, pppd will request the
-peer's IP address, and if the peer does not supply it, pppd will not
-bring up the link for IP traffic. With this option, if the peer does
+peer's IP address, and if the peer does not supply it, pppd will use
+an arbitrary address in the 10.x.x.x subnet.
+With this option, if the peer does
not supply its IP address, pppd will not ask the peer for it, and will
not set the destination address of the ppp interface. In this
situation, the ppp interface can be used for routing by creating
.PP
An options file is parsed into a series of words, delimited by
whitespace. Whitespace can be included in a word by enclosing the
-word in double-quotes ("). A backslash (\\) quotes the following character.
+word in double-quotes ("). A backslash (\e) quotes the following character.
A hash (#) starts a comment, which continues until the end of the
line. There is no restriction on using the \fIfile\fR or \fIcall\fR
options within an options file.
.br
"name:" "^Umyuserid"
.br
-"word:" "\\qmypassword"
+"word:" "\eqmypassword"
.br
-"ispts" "\\q^Uppp"
+"ispts" "\eq^Uppp"
.br
"~\-^Uppp\-~"
.LP