X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pppd%2Fpppd.8;h=e468994d3dc746ecaa9196f13f32046b4011a67c;hb=3371dbae2932c2f3035587d05962240d95b1f63b;hp=023352cd4a0fc18b936192a202ceb606a90601ad;hpb=27ae3caf2ad87ea804a97cbde12f79ab084d74f7;p=ppp.git

diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8
index 023352c..e468994 100644
--- a/pppd/pppd.8
+++ b/pppd/pppd.8
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" manual page [] for pppd 2.4
-.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.54 2000/12/27 23:24:13 paulus Exp $
+.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.59 2002/01/11 18:04:37 etbe Exp $
 .\" SH section heading
 .\" SS subsection heading
 .\" LP paragraph
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ Request that the peer compress packets that it sends, using the
 Deflate scheme, with a maximum window size of \fI2**nr\fR bytes, and
 agree to compress packets sent to the peer with a maximum window size
 of \fI2**nt\fR bytes.  If \fInt\fR is not specified, it defaults to
-the value given for \fInr\fR.  Values in the range 8 to 15 may be used
+the value given for \fInr\fR.  Values in the range 9 to 15 may be used
 for \fInr\fR and \fInt\fR; larger values give better compression but
 consume more kernel memory for compression dictionaries.
 Alternatively, a value of 0 for \fInr\fR or \fInt\fR disables
@@ -298,6 +298,19 @@ specify \fIdomain Quotron.COM\fR.  Pppd would then use the name
 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
@@ -444,7 +457,11 @@ default value is 3.
 .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
@@ -773,11 +790,15 @@ the kernel and pppd were compiled with PPP_FILTER defined.
 .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