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
 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
 .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
 .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
 .TP
 .B unset \fIname
 Remove a variable from the environment variable for scripts that are