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+.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.39 1999/04/16 11:34:45 paulus Exp $
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connection until a valid LCP packet is received from the peer (as for
the `passive' option with ancient versions of pppd).
.TP
+.B sync
+Use synchronous HDLC serial encoding instead of asynchronous.
+The device used by pppd with this option must support synchronous
+serial communications. Currently supports Microgate SyncLink adapters
+under Linux.
+.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 PEERNAME
The authenticated name of the peer. This is only set if the peer
authenticates itself.
-.TP
.B SPEED
The baud rate of the tty device.
.TP
.B ORIG_UID
The real user-id of the user who invoked pppd.
+.B PPPLOGNAME
+The username of the real user-id that invoked pppd. This is always set.
+.TP
.P
Pppd invokes the following scripts, if they exist. It is not an error
if they don't exist.