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+.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.73 2003/06/29 10:04:50 paulus Exp $
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Pppd will ask the peer to send these characters as a 2-byte
escape sequence.
If multiple \fIasyncmap\fR options are given, the values are ORed
-together. If no \fIasyncmap\fR option is given, no async character
-map will be negotiated for the receive direction; the peer should then
-escape \fIall\fR control characters. To escape transmitted
-characters, use the \fIescape\fR option.
+together. If no \fIasyncmap\fR option is given, the default is zero,
+so pppd will ask the peer not to escape any control characters.
+To escape transmitted characters, use the \fIescape\fR option.
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.B auth
Require the peer to authenticate itself before allowing network
.B usepeerdns
Ask the peer for up to 2 DNS server addresses. The addresses supplied
by the peer (if any) are passed to the /etc/ppp/ip-up script in the
-environment variables DNS1 and DNS2. In addition, pppd will create an
+environment variables DNS1 and DNS2, and the environment variable
+USEPEERDNS will be set to 1. In addition, pppd will create an
/etc/ppp/resolv.conf file containing one or two nameserver lines with
the address(es) supplied by the peer.
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