Fixed uninitialized 'pw' variable in HAS_SHADOW logic in session.c due

[ppp.git] / pppd / pppd.8

diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8
index bcb3e669fd4dcabd26963ebc033d87477c2472e5..4a375640bb4ecbd477df1597633e74f205c8a8dd 100644 (file)
--- 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<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
@@ -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.