Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/gburgessiv/ppp

[ppp.git] / pppd / pppd.8

diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8
index e2768b135273d1772e1241a322fe1116aa1587b8..06e945fce998080090da52837d1d3b69306c19a7 100644 (file)
--- a/pppd/pppd.8
+++ b/pppd/pppd.8
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ the gateway, when IPCP negotiation is successfully completed.
 This entry is removed when the PPP connection is broken.  This option
 is privileged if the \fInodefaultroute\fR option has been specified.
 .TP
+.B defaultroute-metric
+Define the metric of the \fIdefaultroute\fR and only add it if there
+is no other default route with the same metric.  With the default
+value of -1, the route is only added if there is no default route at
+all.
+.TP
 .B disconnect \fIscript
 Execute the command specified by \fIscript\fR, by passing it to a
 shell, after
@@ -1073,7 +1079,13 @@ under Linux and FreeBSD 2.2.8 and later.
 .TP
 .B unit \fInum
 Sets the ppp unit number (for a ppp0 or ppp1 etc interface name) for outbound
-connections.
+connections.  If the unit is already in use a dynamically allocated number will
+be used.
+.TP
+.B ifname \fIstring
+Set the ppp interface name for outbound connections.  If the interface name is
+already in use, or if the name cannot be used for any other reason, pppd will
+terminate.
 .TP
 .B unset \fIname
 Remove a variable from the environment variable for scripts that are