default to noauth if privileged

[ppp.git] / pppd / pppd.8

diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8
index 60c51c09ef3ad7dd0a85ce74c8b60784ae4696c2..94c5ca094c2fe9fecdeeadbae9c11d040b7be4fe 100644 (file)
--- a/pppd/pppd.8
+++ b/pppd/pppd.8
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" manual page [] for pppd 2.3
-.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.47 1999/09/17 05:20:38 paulus Exp $
+.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.49 1999/11/17 03:49:56 paulus Exp $
 .\" SH section heading
 .\" SS subsection heading
 .\" LP paragraph
@@ -184,7 +184,10 @@ omitted. The identifier must be specified in standard ascii notation of
 IPv6 addresses (e.g. ::dead:beef). If the
 \fIipv6cp-use-ipaddr\fR
 option is given, the local identifier is the local IPv4 address (see above).
-Otherwise the identifier is randomized.
+On systems which supports a unique persistent id, such as EUI-48 derived
+from the Ethernet MAC address, \fIipv6cp-use-persistent\fR option can be
+used to replace the \fIipv6 <local>,<remote>\fR option. Otherwise the 
+identifier is randomized.
 .TP
 .B active-filter \fIfilter-expression
 Specifies a packet filter to be applied to data packets to determine
@@ -796,7 +799,9 @@ the \fIname\fR option).  This option is not normally needed since the
 .B usepeerdns
 Ask the peer for up to 2 DNS server addresses.  The addresses supplied
 by the peer (if any) are passed to the /etc/ppp/ip-up script in the
-environment variables DNS1 and DNS2.
+environment variables DNS1 and DNS2.  In addition, pppd will create an
+/etc/ppp/resolv.conf file containing one or two nameserver lines with
+the address(es) supplied by the peer.
 .TP
 .B user \fIname
 Sets the name used for authenticating the local system to the peer to