document the child-timeout option

[ppp.git] / pppd / pppd.8

diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8
index bbe43a1c456a4874f0e6b8781cc46782fa680e87..753fb9827ad4be541d04e59717138bbf6edca0c9 100644 (file)
--- a/pppd/pppd.8
+++ b/pppd/pppd.8
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" manual page [] for pppd 2.4
-.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.76 2004/01/15 05:09:00 paulus Exp $
+.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.78 2004/11/04 09:57:42 paulus Exp $
 .\" SH section heading
 .\" SS subsection heading
 .\" LP paragraph
@@ -266,8 +266,16 @@ Set the maximum number of CHAP challenge transmissions to \fIn\fR
 Set the CHAP restart interval (retransmission timeout for challenges)
 to \fIn\fR seconds (default 3).
 .TP
+.B child-timeout \fIn
+When exiting, wait for up to \fIn\fR seconds for any child processes
+(such as the command specified with the \fBpty\fR command) to exit
+before exiting.  At the end of the timeout, pppd will send a SIGTERM
+signal to any remaining child processes and exit.  A value of 0 means
+no timeout, that is, pppd will wait until all child processes have
+exited.
+.TP
 .B connect-delay \fIn
-Wait for up \fIn\fR milliseconds after the connect script finishes for
+Wait for up to \fIn\fR milliseconds after the connect script finishes for
 a valid PPP packet from the peer.  At the end of this time, or when a
 valid PPP packet is received from the peer, pppd will commence
 negotiation by sending its first LCP packet.  The default value is
@@ -955,11 +963,11 @@ Require the use of MPPE, with 40\-bit encryption.
 Require the use of MPPE, with 128\-bit encryption.
 .TP
 .B require-mschap
-Require the peer to authenticate itself using MS-CHAP [Microsft Challenge
+Require the peer to authenticate itself using MS-CHAP [Microsoft Challenge
 Handshake Authentication Protocol] authentication.
 .TP
 .B require-mschap-v2
-Require the peer to authenticate itself using MS-CHAPv2 [Microsft Challenge
+Require the peer to authenticate itself using MS-CHAPv2 [Microsoft Challenge
 Handshake Authentication Protocol, Version 2] authentication.
 .TP
 .B require-eap