.\" manual page [] for pppd 2.0
-.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.13 1995/08/11 02:35:43 paulus Exp $
+.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.18 1996/04/04 04:01:28 paulus Exp $
.\" SH section heading
.\" SS subsection heading
.\" LP paragraph
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pppd
[
-.I options
-] [
.I tty_name
] [
.I speed
+] [
+.I options
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
the background.
.TP
.I <speed>
-Set the baud rate to <speed>. On systems such as 4.4BSD and NetBSD,
-any speed can be specified. Other systems (e.g. SunOS) allow only a
-limited set of speeds.
+Set the baud rate to <speed> (a decimal number). On systems such as
+4.4BSD and NetBSD, any speed can be specified. Other systems
+(e.g. SunOS) allow only a limited set of speeds.
.TP
.B asyncmap \fI<map>
Set the async character map to <map>.
.TP
.B connect \fI<p>
Use the executable or shell command specified by \fI<p>\fR to set up the
-serial line. This script would typically use the "chat" program to
+serial line. This script would typically use the chat(8) program to
dial the modem and start the remote ppp session.
.TP
.B crtscts
-Use hardware flow control (i.e. RTS/CTS) to control the flow of data on
-the serial port.
-.TP
-.B -crtscts
-Disable hardware flow control (i.e. RTS/CTS) on the serial port. If
-neither the \fBcrtscts\fR nor the \fB\-crtscts\fR option is given,
-the hardware flow control setting for the serial port is left
-unchanged.
-.TP
-.B xonxoff
-Use software flow control (i.e. XON/XOFF) to control the flow of data on
-the serial port. This option is only implemented on Linux systems
-at present.
+Use hardware flow control (i.e. RTS/CTS) to control the flow of data
+on the serial port. If neither the \fBcrtscts\fR nor the
+\fB\-crtscts\fR option is given, the hardware flow control setting for
+the serial port is left unchanged.
.TP
.B defaultroute
Add a default route to the system routing tables, using the peer as
Read options from file <f> (the format is described below).
.TP
.B lock
-Specifies that \fIpppd\fR should use a UUCP-style lock on the serial
-device to ensure exclusive access to the device.
+Specifies that \fIpppd\fR should create a UUCP-style lock file for the
+serial device to ensure exclusive access to the device.
.TP
.B mru \fI<n>
Set the MRU [Maximum Receive Unit] value to <n> for negotiation.
.I pppd
-will ask the peer to send packets of no more than <n> bytes.
-The minimum MRU value is 128.
-The default MRU value is 1500. A value of 296 is recommended for slow
-links (40 bytes for TCP/IP header + 256 bytes of data).
+will ask the peer to send packets of no more than <n> bytes. The
+minimum MRU value is 128. The default MRU value is 1500. A value of
+296 is recommended for slow links (40 bytes for TCP/IP header + 256
+bytes of data).
.TP
-.B netmask \fI<n>
-Set the interface netmask to <n>, a 32 bit netmask in "decimal dot" notation
-(e.g. 255.255.255.0).
+.B mtu \fI<n>
+Set the MTU [Maximum Transmit Unit] value to \fI<n>\fR. Unless the
+peer requests a smaller value via MRU negotiation, \fIpppd\fR will
+request that the kernel networking code send data packets of no more
+than \fIn\fR bytes through the PPP network interface.
.TP
.B passive
Enables the "passive" option in the LCP. With this option,
.I pppd
will then just wait passively for a valid LCP packet from the peer
(instead of exiting, as it does without this option).
-.TP
-.B silent
-With this option,
-.I pppd
-will not transmit LCP packets to initiate a connection until a valid
-LCP packet is received from the peer (as for the `passive' option with
-old versions of \fIpppd\fR).
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.I <local_IP_address>\fB:\fI<remote_IP_address>
.B noipdefault
option is given). The remote address will be obtained from the peer
if not specified in any option. Thus, in simple cases, this option is
-not required.
-If a local and/or remote IP address is specified with this option,
+not required. If a local and/or remote IP address is specified with
+this option,
.I pppd
will not accept a different value from the peer in the IPCP
negotiation, unless the
.B ipcp-accept-remote
options are given, respectively.
.TP
-.B -all
-Don't request or allow negotiation of any options for LCP and IPCP (use
-default values).
-.TP
-.B -ac
-Disable Address/Control compression negotiation (use default, i.e.
-address/control field disabled).
-.TP
-.B -am
-Disable asyncmap negotiation (use the default asyncmap, i.e. escape
-all control characters).
-.TP
-.B -as \fI<n>
-Same as
-.B asyncmap \fI<n>
-.TP
-.B -d
-Increase debugging level (same as the \fBdebug\fR option).
-.TP
-.B -detach
-Don't fork to become a background process (otherwise
-.I pppd
-will do so if a serial device is specified).
-.TP
-.B -ip
-Disable IP address negotiation (with this option, the remote IP
-address must be specified with an option on the command line or in an
-options file).
-.TP
-.B -mn
-Disable magic number negotiation. With this option,
-.I pppd
-cannot detect a looped-back line.
-.TP
-.B -mru
-Disable MRU [Maximum Receive Unit] negotiation (use default, i.e. 1500).
-.TP
-.B -p
-Same as the
-.B passive
-option.
-.TP
-.B -pc
-Disable protocol field compression negotiation (use default, i.e.
-protocol field compression disabled).
-.TP
-.B +ua \fI<p>
-Agree to authenticate using PAP [Password Authentication Protocol] if
-requested by the peer, and
-use the data in file <p> for the user and password to send to the
-peer. The file contains the remote user name, followed by a newline,
-followed by the remote password, followed by a newline. This option
-is obsolescent.
-.TP
-.B +pap
-Require the peer to authenticate itself using PAP.
-.TP
-.B -pap
-Don't agree to authenticate using PAP.
-.TP
-.B +chap
-Require the peer to authenticate itself using CHAP [Cryptographic
-Handshake Authentication Protocol] authentication.
-.TP
-.B -chap
-Don't agree to authenticate using CHAP.
-.TP
-.B -vj
-Disable negotiation of Van Jacobson style IP header compression (use
-default, i.e. no compression).
+.B active-filter \fIfilter-expression
+Specifies a packet filter to be applied to data packets to determine
+which packets are to be regarded as link activity, and therefore reset
+the idle timer, or cause the link to be brought up in demand-dialling
+mode. This option is useful in conjunction with the
+\fBidle\fR option if there are packets being sent or received
+regularly over the link (for example, routing information packets)
+which would otherwise prevent the link from ever appearing to be idle.
+The \fIfilter-expression\fR syntax is as described for tcpdump(1),
+except that qualifiers which are inappropriate for a PPP link, such as
+\fBether\fR and \fBarp\fR, are not permitted. Generally the filter
+expression should be enclosed in single-quotes to prevent whitespace
+in the expression from being interpreted by the shell.
.TP
.B bsdcomp \fInr,nt
Request that the peer compress packets that it sends, using the
Alternatively, a value of 0 for \fInr\fR or \fInt\fR disables
compression in the corresponding direction.
.TP
-.B \-bsdcomp
-Disables compression; \fBpppd\fR will not request or agree to compress
-packets using the BSD-Compress scheme.
+.B chap-interval \fI<n>
+If this option is given,
+.I pppd
+will rechallenge the peer every <n> seconds.
+.TP
+.B chap-max-challenge \fI<n>
+Set the maximum number of CHAP challenge transmissions to <n> (default
+10).
+.TP
+.B chap-restart \fI<n>
+Set the CHAP restart interval (retransmission timeout for challenges)
+to <n> seconds (default 3).
.TP
.B debug
-Increase debugging level (same as \fB\-d\fR).
-If this
-option is given, \fIpppd\fR will log the contents of all control
-packets sent or received in a readable form. The packets are logged
-through syslog with facility \fIdaemon\fR and level \fIdebug\fR. This
-information can be directed to a file by setting up /etc/syslog.conf
-appropriately (see syslog.conf(5)).
+Increase debugging level.
+If this option is given, \fIpppd\fR will log the contents of all
+control packets sent or received in a readable form. The packets are
+logged through syslog with facility \fIdaemon\fR and level
+\fIdebug\fR. This information can be directed to a file by setting up
+/etc/syslog.conf appropriately (see syslog.conf(5)).
+.TP
+.B default-asyncmap
+Disable asyncmap negotiation, forcing all control characters to be
+escaped for both the transmit and the receive direction.
+.TP
+.B default-mru
+Disable MRU [Maximum Receive Unit] negotiation. With this option,
+\fIpppd\fR will use the default MRU value of 1500 bytes for both the
+transmit and receive direction.
+.TP
+.B deflate \fInr,nt
+Request that the peer compress packets that it sends, using the
+Deflate scheme, with a maximum window size of \fI2**nr\fR bits, and
+agree to compress packets sent to the peer with a maximum window size of
+\fI2**nt\fR bits. 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 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
+compression in the corresponding direction. (Note: \fBpppd\fR
+requests Deflate compression in preference to BSD-Compress
+if the peer can do either.)
+.TP
+.B demand
+Initiate the link only on demand, i.e. when data traffic is present.
+With this option, the remote IP address must be specific by the user
+on the command line or in an options file. \fBpppd\fR will initially
+configure the interface and enable it for IP traffic without
+connecting to the peer. When traffic is available, \fBpppd\fR will
+connect to the peer and perform negotiation, authentication, etc.
+When this is completed, \fBpppd\fR will commence passing data packets
+(i.e., IP packets) across the link. The persist, idle and holdoff
+options are often useful in conjuction with this option.
.TP
.B domain \fI<d>
Append the domain name <d> to the local host name for authentication
fully qualified domain name is porsche.Quotron.COM, you would use the
domain option to set the domain name to Quotron.COM.
.TP
+.B holdoff \fI<n>
+Specifies how many seconds to wait before re-initiating the link after
+it terminates. This option only has effect if the persist option is
+used.
+.TP
+.B idle \fI<n>
+Specifies that \fBpppd\fR should disconnect if it is idle for
+\fI<n>\fR seconds. The link is idle when no data packets (i.e. IP
+packets) are being sent or received. If the \fBactive-filter\fR
+option is given, data packets which are rejected by the specified
+activity filter also count as the link being idle.
+.TP
+.B ipx
+Enable the IPXCP and IPX protocols. Under Linux, this is the default
+condition if your kernel supports IPX. This option is presently only
+supported under Linux.
+.TP
+.B ipcp-accept-local
+With this option,
+.I pppd
+will accept the peer's idea of our local IP address, even if the
+local IP address was specified in an option.
+.TP
+.B ipcp-accept-remote
+With this option,
+.I pppd
+will accept the peer's idea of its (remote) IP address, even if the
+remote IP address was specified in an option.
+.TP
+.B ipcp-max-configure \fI<n>
+Set the maximum number of IPCP configure-request transmissions to <n>
+(default 10).
+.TP
+.B ipcp-max-failure \fI<n>
+Set the maximum number of IPCP configure-NAKs returned before starting
+to send configure-Rejects instead to <n> (default 10).
+.TP
+.B ipcp-max-terminate \fI<n>
+Set the maximum number of IPCP terminate-request transmissions to <n>
+(default 3).
+.TP
+.B ipcp-restart \fI<n>
+Set the IPCP restart interval (retransmission timeout) to <n> seconds
+(default 3).
+.TP
.B ipparam \fIstring
Provides an extra parameter to the ip-up and ip-down scripts. If this
option is given, the \fIstring\fR supplied is given as the 6th
parameter to those scripts.
.TP
-.B modem
-Use the modem control lines. This option is the default. With this
-option,
-.B pppd
-will wait for the CD (Carrier Detect) signal from the modem to be asserted
-when opening the serial device
-(unless a connect script is specified), and it will drop the DTR (Data
-Terminal Ready) signal briefly when the connection is terminated and before
-executing the connect script.
-On Ultrix, this option implies hardware
-flow control, as for the \fBcrtscts\fR option.
+.B ipx-network \fI<n>
+Set the IPX network number in the IPXCP configure request frame to
+<n>. There is no valid default. If this option is not specified then
+the network number is obtained from the peer. If the peer does not
+have the network number, the IPX protocol will not be started. This is
+a hexadecimal number and is entered without any leading sequence such
+as 0x. It is related to the \fIipxcp-accept-network\fR option.
+.TP
+.B ipx-node \fI<n>:<m>
+Set the IPX node numbers. The two node numbers are separated from each
+other with a colon character. The first number <n> is the local node
+number. The second number <m> is the peer's node number. Each node number
+is a hexadecimal number, to the maximum of ten significant digits. The
+node numbers on the ipx-network must be unique. There is no valid
+default. If this option is not specified then the node number is
+obtained from the peer. This option is a related to the
+\fIipxcp-accept-local\fR and \fIipxcp-accept-remote\fR options.
+.TP
+.B ipx-router-name \fI<string>
+Set the name of the router. This is a string and is sent to the peer
+as information data.
+.TP
+.B ipx-routing \fI<n>
+Set the routing protocol to be received by this option. More than one
+instance of \fIipx-routing\fR may be specified. The '\fInone\fR'
+option (0) may be specified as the only instance of ipx-routing. The
+values may be \fI0\fR for \fINONE\fR, \fI2\fR for \fIRIP/SAP\fR, and
+\fI4\fR for \fINLSP\fR.
+.TP
+.B ipxcp-accept-local
+Accept the peer's NAK for the node number specified in the ipx-node
+option. If a node number was specified, and non-zero, the default is
+to insist that the value be used. If you include this option then you
+will permit the peer to override the entry of the node number.
+.TP
+.B ipxcp-accept-network
+Accept the peer's NAK for the network number specified in the
+ipx-network option. If a network number was specified, and non-zero, the
+default is to insist that the value be used. If you include this
+option then you will permit the peer to override the entry of the node
+number.
+.TP
+.B ipxcp-accept-remote
+Use the peer's network number specified in the configure request
+frame. If a node number was specified for the peer and this option was
+not specified, the peer will be forced to use the value which you have
+specified.
+.TP
+.B ipxcp-max-configure \fI<n>
+Set the maximum number of IPXCP configure request frames which the
+system will send to <n>. The default is 10.
+.TP
+.B ipxcp-max-failure \fI<n>
+Set the maximum number of IPXCP NAK frames which the local system will
+send before it rejects the options. The default value is 3.
+.TP
+.B ipxcp-max-terminate \fI<n>
+Set the maximum nuber of IPXCP terminate request frames before the
+local system considers that the peer is not listening to them. The
+default value is 3.
.TP
.B kdebug \fIn
Enable debugging code in the kernel-level PPP driver. The argument
received packets be printed, and 4 to request that the contents of
transmitted packets be printed.
.TP
+.B lcp-echo-failure \fI<n>
+If this option is given, \fIpppd\fR will presume the peer to be dead
+if \fIn\fR LCP echo-requests are sent without receiving a valid LCP
+echo-reply. If this happens, \fIpppd\fR will terminate the
+connection. Use of this option requires a non-zero value for the
+\fIlcp-echo-interval\fR parameter. This option can be used to enable
+\fIpppd\fR to terminate after the physical connection has been broken
+(e.g., the modem has hung up) in situations where no hardware modem
+control lines are available.
+.TP
+.B lcp-echo-interval \fI<n>
+If this option is given, \fIpppd\fR will send an LCP echo-request
+frame to the peer every \fIn\fR seconds. Under Linux, the
+echo-request is sent when no packets have been received from the peer
+for \fIn\fR seconds. Normally the peer should respond to the
+echo-request by sending an echo-reply. This option can be used with
+the \fIlcp-echo-failure\fR option to detect that the peer is no longer
+connected.
+.TP
+.B lcp-max-configure \fI<n>
+Set the maximum number of LCP configure-request transmissions to <n>
+(default 10).
+.TP
+.B lcp-max-failure \fI<n>
+Set the maximum number of LCP configure-NAKs returned before starting
+to send configure-Rejects instead to <n> (default 10).
+.TP
+.B lcp-max-terminate \fI<n>
+Set the maximum number of LCP terminate-request transmissions to <n>
+(default 3).
+.TP
+.B lcp-restart \fI<n>
+Set the LCP restart interval (retransmission timeout) to <n> seconds
+(default 3).
+.TP
.B local
Don't use the modem control lines. With this option,
.B pppd
will ignore the state of the CD (Carrier Detect) signal from the modem and
will not change the state of the DTR (Data Terminal Ready) signal.
.TP
-.B mtu \fI<n>
-Set the MTU [Maximum Transmit Unit] value to \fI<n>\fR. Unless the
-peer requests a smaller value via MRU negotiation, \fIpppd\fR will
-request that the kernel networking code send data packets of no more
-than \fIn\fR bytes through the PPP network interface.
+.B login
+Use the system password database for authenticating the peer using
+PAP, and record the user in the system wtmp file.
+.TP
+.B modem
+Use the modem control lines. This option is the default. With this
+option,
+.B pppd
+will wait for the CD (Carrier Detect) signal from the modem to be asserted
+when opening the serial device
+(unless a connect script is specified), and it will drop the DTR (Data
+Terminal Ready) signal briefly when the connection is terminated and before
+executing the connect script.
+On Ultrix, this option implies hardware
+flow control, as for the \fBcrtscts\fR option.
+.TP
+.B ms-dns \fI<addr>
+If
+.I pppd
+is acting as a server for Microsoft Windows clients, this option
+allows
+.I pppd
+to supply one or two DNS (Domain Name Server) addresses to the
+clients. The first instance of this option specifies the primary DNS
+address; the second instance (if given) specifies the secondary DNS
+address.
.TP
.B name \fI<n>
Set the name of the local system for authentication purposes to <n>.
.TP
-.B user \fI<u>
-Set the user name to use for authenticating this machine with the peer
-using PAP to <u>.
-.TP
-.B usehostname
-Enforce the use of the hostname as the name of the local system for
-authentication purposes (overrides the
-.B name
-option).
+.B netmask \fI<n>
+Set the interface netmask to <n>, a 32 bit netmask in "decimal dot"
+notation (e.g. 255.255.255.0). If this option is given, the value
+specified is ORed with the default netmask. The default netmask is
+chosen based on the negotiated remote IP address; it is the
+appropriate network mask for the class of the remote IP address, ORed
+with the netmasks for any non point-to-point network interfaces in the
+system which are on the same network.
+.TP
+.B noaccomp
+Disable Address/Control compression in both directions (send and
+receive).
+.TP
+.B nobsdcomp
+Disables BSD-Compress compression; \fBpppd\fR will not request or
+agree to compress packets using the BSD-Compress scheme.
+.TP
+.B noccp
+Disable CCP (Compression Control Protocol) negotiation. This option
+should only be required if the peer is buggy and gets confused by
+requests from
+.I pppd
+for CCP negotiation.
.TP
-.B remotename \fI<n>
-Set the assumed name of the remote system for authentication purposes
-to <n>.
+.B nocrtscts
+Disable hardware flow control (i.e. RTS/CTS) on the serial port. If
+neither the \fBcrtscts\fR nor the \fB\-crtscts\fR option is given,
+the hardware flow control setting for the serial port is left
+unchanged.
.TP
-.B papcrypt
-Indicates that all secrets in the /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file which
-are used for checking the identity of the peer are encrypted, and thus
-pppd should not accept a password which (before encryption) is
-identical to the secret from the /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file.
+.B nodefaultroute
+Disable the \fBdefaultroute\fR option. The system administrator who
+wishes to prevent users from creating default routes with \fIpppd\fR
+can do so by placing this option in the /etc/ppp/options file.
.TP
-.B proxyarp
-Add an entry to this system's ARP [Address Resolution Protocol] table
-with the IP address of the peer and the Ethernet address of this
-system.
+.B nodeflate
+Disables Deflate compression; \fBpppd\fR will not request or agree to
+compress packets using the Deflate scheme.
.TP
-.B persist
-Do not exit after a connection is terminated; instead try to reopen
-the connection.
+.B nodetach
+Don't detach from the controlling terminal. Without this option,
+if a serial device other than its controlling terminal is specified,
+.I pppd
+will fork to become a background process.
.TP
-.B login
-Use the system password database for authenticating the peer using
-PAP.
+.B noip
+Disable IPCP negotiation and IP communication. This option should
+only be required if the peer is buggy and gets confused by requests
+from
+.I pppd
+for IPCP negotiation.
.TP
.B noipdefault
Disables the default behaviour when no local IP address is specified,
address during IPCP negotiation (unless it specified explicitly on the
command line or in an options file).
.TP
-.B lcp-echo-interval \fI<n>
-If this option is given, \fIpppd\fR will send an LCP echo-request
-frame to the peer every \fIn\fR seconds. Under Linux, the
-echo-request is sent when no packets have been received from the peer
-for \fIn\fR seconds. Normally the peer should respond to the
-echo-request by sending an echo-reply. This option can be used with
-the \fIlcp-echo-failure\fR option to detect that the peer is no longer
-connected.
-.TP
-.B lcp-echo-failure \fI<n>
-If this option is given, \fIpppd\fR will presume the peer to be dead
-if \fIn\fR LCP echo-requests are sent without receiving a valid LCP
-echo-reply. If this happens, \fIpppd\fR will terminate the
-connection. Use of this option requires a non-zero value for the
-\fIlcp-echo-interval\fR parameter. This option can be used to enable
-\fIpppd\fR to terminate after the physical connection has been broken
-(e.g., the modem has hung up) in situations where no hardware modem
-control lines are available.
+.B noipx
+Disable the IPXCP and IPX protocols. This option should only be
+required if the peer is buggy and gets confused by requests from
+.I pppd
+for IPXCP negotiation.
.TP
-.B lcp-restart \fI<n>
-Set the LCP restart interval (retransmission timeout) to <n> seconds
-(default 3).
+.B nomagic
+Disable magic number negotiation. With this option,
+.I pppd
+cannot detect a looped-back line. This option should only be needed
+if the peer is buggy.
.TP
-.B lcp-max-terminate \fI<n>
-Set the maximum number of LCP terminate-request transmissions to <n>
-(default 3).
+.B nopcomp
+Disable protocol field compression negotiation in both the receive and
+the transmit direction.
.TP
-.B lcp-max-configure \fI<n>
-Set the maximum number of LCP configure-request transmissions to <n>
-(default 10).
+.B nopredictor1
+Do not accept or agree to Predictor-1 comprssion.
.TP
-.B lcp-max-failure \fI<n>
-Set the maximum number of LCP configure-NAKs returned before starting
-to send configure-Rejects instead to <n> (default 10).
+.B noproxyarp
+Disable the \fBproxyarp\fR option. The system administrator who
+wishes to prevent users from creating proxy ARP entries with
+\fIpppd\fR can do so by placing this option in the /etc/ppp/options
+file.
.TP
-.B ipcp-restart \fI<n>
-Set the IPCP restart interval (retransmission timeout) to <n> seconds
-(default 3).
+.B novj
+Disable Van Jacobson style TCP/IP header compression in both the
+transmit and the receive direction.
.TP
-.B ipcp-max-terminate \fI<n>
-Set the maximum number of IPCP terminate-request transmissions to <n>
-(default 3).
+.B novjccomp
+Disable the connection-ID compression option in Van Jacobson style
+TCP/IP header compression. With this option, \fIpppd\fR will not omit
+the connection-ID byte from Van Jacobson compressed TCP/IP headers,
+nor ask the peer to do so.
.TP
-.B ipcp-max-configure \fI<n>
-Set the maximum number of IPCP configure-request transmissions to <n>
-(default 10).
+.B papcrypt
+Indicates that all secrets in the /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file which
+are used for checking the identity of the peer are encrypted, and thus
+pppd should not accept a password which (before encryption) is
+identical to the secret from the /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file.
.TP
-.B ipcp-max-failure \fI<n>
-Set the maximum number of IPCP configure-NAKs returned before starting
-to send configure-Rejects instead to <n> (default 10).
+.B pap-max-authreq \fI<n>
+Set the maximum number of PAP authenticate-request transmissions to
+<n> (default 10).
.TP
.B pap-restart \fI<n>
Set the PAP restart interval (retransmission timeout) to <n> seconds
(default 3).
.TP
-.B pap-max-authreq \fI<n>
-Set the maximum number of PAP authenticate-request transmissions to
-<n> (default 10).
-.TP
.B pap-timeout \fI<n>
Set the maximum time that
.I pppd
will wait for the peer to authenticate itself with PAP to
<n> seconds (0 means no limit).
.TP
-.B chap-restart \fI<n>
-Set the CHAP restart interval (retransmission timeout for challenges)
-to <n> seconds (default 3).
+.B pass-filter \fIfilter-expression
+Specifies a packet filter to applied to data packets being sent or
+received to determine which packets should be allowed to pass.
+Packets which are rejected by the filter are silently discarded. This
+option can be used to provide protection against IP address spoofing
+and other attacks.
+The \fIfilter-expression\fR syntax is as described for tcpdump(1),
+except that qualifiers which are inappropriate for a PPP link, such as
+\fBether\fR and \fBarp\fR, are not permitted. Generally the filter
+expression should be enclosed in single-quotes to prevent whitespace
+in the expression from being interpreted by the shell. Note that it
+is possible to apply different constraints to incoming and outgoing
+packets using the \fBinbound\fR and \fBoutbound\fR qualifiers.
.TP
-.B chap-max-challenge \fI<n>
-Set the maximum number of CHAP challenge transmissions to <n> (default
-10).
+.B persist
+Do not exit after a connection is terminated; instead try to reopen
+the connection.
.TP
-.B chap-interval \fI<n>
-If this option is given,
-.I pppd
-will rechallenge the peer every <n> seconds.
+.B predictor1
+Attempt to request that the peer send frames which
+have been compressed using Predictor-1 compression. This option will
+be ignored unless Predictor-1 code has been loaded into the kernel.
.TP
-.B ipcp-accept-local
-With this option,
-.I pppd
-will accept the peer's idea of our local IP address, even if the
-local IP address was specified in an option.
+.B proxyarp
+Add an entry to this system's ARP [Address Resolution Protocol] table
+with the IP address of the peer and the Ethernet address of this
+system.
.TP
-.B ipcp-accept-remote
+.B remotename \fI<n>
+Set the assumed name of the remote system for authentication purposes
+to <n>.
+.TP
+.B refuse-chap
+With this option, \fIpppd\fR will not agree to authenticate itself
+to the peer using CHAP.
+.TP
+.B refuse-pap
+With this option, \fIpppd\fR will not agree to authenticate itself
+to the peer using PAP.
+.TP
+.B require-chap
+Require the peer to authenticate itself using CHAP [Cryptographic
+Handshake Authentication Protocol] authentication.
+.TP
+.B require-pap
+Require the peer to authenticate itself using PAP [Password
+Authentication Protocol] authentication.
+.TP
+.B silent
With this option,
.I pppd
-will accept the peer's idea of its (remote) IP address, even if the
-remote IP address was specified in an option.
+will not transmit LCP packets to initiate a connection until a valid
+LCP packet is received from the peer (as for the `passive' option with
+ancient versions of \fIpppd\fR).
+.TP
+.B usehostname
+Enforce the use of the hostname as the name of the local system for
+authentication purposes (overrides the
+.B name
+option).
+.TP
+.B user \fI<u>
+Set the user name to use for authenticating this machine with the peer
+using PAP to <u>.
+.TP
+.B vj-max-slots \fIn
+Sets the number of connection slots to be used by the Van Jacobson
+TCP/IP header compression and decompression code to \fIn\fR, which
+must be between 2 and 16 (inclusive).
+.TP
+.B xonxoff
+Use software flow control (i.e. XON/XOFF) to control the flow of data on
+the serial port. This option is only implemented on Linux systems
+at present.
.SH OPTIONS FILES
Options can be taken from files as well as the command line.
.I pppd
\fBsendmail\fR), etc. Be careful that the contents of the
/etc/ppp/ip-up and /etc/ppp/ip-down scripts do not compromise your
system's security.
+.IP
+This program or script is executed without an environment, so you
+must either specify a PATH or use full pathnames (e.g. \fI/sbin/route\fR,
+as opposed to \fIroute\fR).
.TP
.B /etc/ppp/ip-down
A program or script which is executed when the link is no longer
security considerations apply, since it is executed with the same
effective and real user-IDs as \fIpppd\fR.
.TP
+.B /etc/ppp/ipx-up
+A program or script which is executed when the link is available for
+sending and receiving IPX packets (that is, IPXCP has come up). It is
+executed with the parameters
+.IP
+\fIinterface-name tty-device speed network-number local-IPX-node-address
+remote-IPX-node-address local-IPX-routing-protocol remote-IPX-routing-protocol
+local-IPX-router-name remote-IPX-router-name ipparam pppd-pid\fR
+.IP
+and with its standard input,
+output and error streams redirected to \fB/dev/null\fR.
+.br
+.IP
+The local-IPX-routing-protocol and remote-IPX-routing-protocol field
+may be one of the following:
+.IP
+NONE to indicate that there is no routing protocol
+.br
+RIP to indicate that RIP/SAP should be used
+.br
+NLSP to indicate that Novell NLSP should be used
+.br
+RIP NLSP to indicate that both RIP/SAP and NLSP should be used
+.br
+.IP
+This program or script is executed with the same real and effective
+user-ID as \fIpppd\fR, that is, at least the effective user-ID and
+possibly the real user-ID will be \fBroot\fR. This is so that it can
+be used to manipulate routes, run privileged daemons (e.g.
+\fBripd\fR), etc. Be careful that the contents of the
+/etc/ppp/ipx-up and /etc/ppp/ipx-down scripts do not compromise your
+system's security.
+.TP
+.B /etc/ppp/ipx-down
+A program or script which is executed when the link is no longer
+available for sending and receiving IPX packets. This script can be
+used for undoing the effects of the /etc/ppp/ipx-up script. It is
+invoked with the same parameters as the ipx-up script, and the same
+security considerations apply, since it is executed with the same
+effective and real user-IDs as \fIpppd\fR.
+.TP
.B /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
Usernames, passwords and IP addresses for PAP authentication.
.TP
.TP
.B /etc/ppp/options.\fIttyname
System default options for the serial port being used, read after
-command-line options.
+command-line options. In forming the \fIttyname\fR part of this
+filename, an initial /dev/ is stripped from the port name (if
+present), and any slashes in the remaining part are converted to
+dots.
.SH SEE ALSO
.TP
.B RFC1144
Jacobson, V.
.I Compressing TCP/IP headers for low-speed serial links.
-1990 February.
+February 1990.
.TP
.B RFC1321
Rivest, R.
.I The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm.
-1992 April.
+April 1992.
.TP
.B RFC1332
McGregor, G.
.I PPP Internet Protocol Control Protocol (IPCP).
-1992 May.
+May 1992.
.TP
.B RFC1334
Lloyd, B.; Simpson, W.A.
.I PPP authentication protocols.
-1992 October.
+October 1992.
.TP
-.B RFC1548
+.B RFC1661
Simpson, W.A.
.I The Point\-to\-Point Protocol (PPP).
-1993 December.
+July 1994.
.TP
-.B RFC1549
+.B RFC1662
Simpson, W.A.
-.I PPP in HDLC Framing.
-1993 December
+.I PPP in HDLC-like Framing.
+July 1994.
.SH NOTES
The following signals have the specified effect when sent to the
.I pppd
implementation.
.SH AUTHORS
+Paul Mackerras (paulus@cs.anu.edu.au), based on earlier work by
Drew Perkins,
Brad Clements,
Karl Fox,
Greg Christy,
-Brad Parker,
-Paul Mackerras (paulus@cs.anu.edu.au).
+and
+Brad Parker.
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