X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pppd%2Fpppd.8;h=4a375640bb4ecbd477df1597633e74f205c8a8dd;hb=1c8af01fd1c14975b6ea9d757578ccbcafd97abb;hp=bcb3e669fd4dcabd26963ebc033d87477c2472e5;hpb=ec4108acfc11f02151d49bbf20d62988dc2586c2;p=ppp.git diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8 index bcb3e66..4a37564 100644 --- a/pppd/pppd.8 +++ b/pppd/pppd.8 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" manual page [] for pppd 2.4 -.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.86 2005/08/26 00:06:35 paulus Exp $ +.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.89 2007/06/19 02:08:35 carlsonj Exp $ .\" SH section heading .\" SS subsection heading .\" LP paragraph @@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ non-privileged user. .TP .B lock Specifies that pppd should create a UUCP-style lock file for the -serial device to ensure exclusive access to the device. +serial device to ensure exclusive access to the device. By default, +pppd will not create a lock file. .TP .B mru \fIn Set the MRU [Maximum Receive Unit] value to \fIn\fR. Pppd @@ -351,6 +352,16 @@ 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 enable-session +Enables session accounting via PAM or wtwp/wtmpx, as appropriate. +When PAM is enabled, the PAM "account" and "session" module stacks +determine behavior, and are enabled for all PPP authentication +protocols. When PAM is disabled, wtmp/wtmpx entries are recorded +regardless of whether the peer name identifies a valid user on the +local system, making peers visible in the last(1) log. This feature +is automatically enabled when the pppd \fBlogin\fR option is used. +Session accounting is disabled by default. +.TP .B endpoint \fI Sets the endpoint discriminator sent by the local machine to the peer during multilink negotiation to \fI\fR. The default is to use @@ -601,7 +612,8 @@ the user who invoked pppd, in append mode. Use the system password database for authenticating the peer using PAP, and record the user in the system wtmp file. Note that the peer must have an entry in the /etc/ppp/pap\-secrets file as well as the -system password database to be allowed access. +system password database to be allowed access. See also the +\fBenable\-session\fR option. .TP .B maxconnect \fIn Terminate the connection when it has been available for network @@ -748,6 +760,11 @@ for IPXCP negotiation. Opposite of the \fIktune\fR option; disables pppd from changing system settings. .TP +.B nolock +Opposite of the \fIlock\fR option; specifies that pppd should not +create a UUCP-style lock file for the serial device. This option is +privileged. +.TP .B nolog Do not send log messages to a file or file descriptor. This option cancels the \fBlogfd\fR and \fBlogfile\fR options. @@ -1785,7 +1802,10 @@ process by sending it a signal from the list below. .TP .B SIGINT, SIGTERM These signals cause pppd to terminate the link (by closing LCP), -restore the serial device settings, and exit. +restore the serial device settings, and exit. If a connector or +disconnector process is currently running, pppd will send the same +signal to its process group, so as to terminate the connector or +disconnector process. .TP .B SIGHUP This signal causes pppd to terminate the link, restore the serial @@ -1794,6 +1814,8 @@ device settings, and close the serial device. If the \fIpersist\fR or serial device and start another connection (after the holdoff period). Otherwise pppd will exit. If this signal is received during the holdoff period, it causes pppd to end the holdoff period immediately. +If a connector or disconnector process is running, pppd will send the +same signal to its process group. .TP .B SIGUSR1 This signal toggles the state of the \fIdebug\fR option.