.\" manual page [] for pppd 2.4
-.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.55 2001/02/22 03:10:05 paulus Exp $
+.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.59 2002/01/11 18:04:37 etbe Exp $
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and as the default name to send to the peer when authenticating itself
to the peer. This option is privileged.
.TP
+.B dryrun
+With the \fBdryrun\fR option, pppd will print out all the option
+values which have been set and then exit, after parsing the command
+line and options files and checking the option values, but before
+initiating the link. The option values are logged at level info, and
+also printed to standard output unless the device on standard output
+is the device that pppd would be using to communicate with the peer.
+.TP
+.B dump
+With the \fBdump\fR option, pppd will print out all the option values
+which have been set. This option is like the \fBdryrun\fR option
+except that pppd proceeds as normal rather than exiting.
+.TP
.B endpoint \fI<epdisc>
Sets the endpoint discriminator sent by the local machine to the peer
during multilink negotiation to \fI<epdisc>\fR. The default is to use
.TP
.B kdebug \fIn
Enable debugging code in the kernel-level PPP driver. The argument
-\fIn\fR is a number which is the sum of the following values: 1 to
+values depend on the specific kernel driver, but in general a value of
+1 will enable general kernel debug messages. (Note that these
+messages are usually only useful for debugging the kernel driver
+itself.) For the Linux 2.2.x kernel driver, the value is a sum of
+bits: 1 to
enable general debug messages, 2 to request that the contents of
received packets be printed, and 4 to request that the contents of
transmitted packets be printed. On most systems, messages printed by
.TP
.B persist
Do not exit after a connection is terminated; instead try to reopen
-the connection.
+the connection. The \fBmaxfail\fR option still has an effect on
+persistent connections.
.TP
.B plugin \fIfilename
Load the shared library object file \fIfilename\fR as a plugin. This
-is a privileged option.
+is a privileged option. If \fIfilename\fR does not contain a slash
+(/), pppd will look in the \fB/usr/lib/pppd/\fIversion\fR directory
+for the plugin, where
+\fIversion\fR is the version number of pppd (for example, 2.4.2).
.TP
.B predictor1
Request that the peer compress frames that it sends using Predictor-1