maxfail option, exit code for when when we fail to auth

[ppp.git] / pppd / pppd.8

diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8
index 664e932f722d6462d44ed22afe88d9a5548f79d8..a7b4db8494660d4b9aed63d66117e075526f92d0 100644 (file)
--- a/pppd/pppd.8
+++ b/pppd/pppd.8
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" manual page [] for pppd 2.3
 .\" manual page [] for pppd 2.3

-.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.42 1999/08/04 15:53:13 johnsonm Exp $
+.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.43 1999/08/12 04:22:53 paulus Exp $

 .\" SH section heading
 .\" SS subsection heading
 .\" LP paragraph
 .\" SH section heading
 .\" SS subsection heading
 .\" LP paragraph


@@ -455,6 +455,10 @@ Terminate the connection when it has been available for network
 traffic for \fIn\fR seconds (i.e. \fIn\fR seconds after the first
 network control protocol comes up).
 .TP
 traffic for \fIn\fR seconds (i.e. \fIn\fR seconds after the first
 network control protocol comes up).
 .TP

+.B maxfail \fIn
+Terminate after \fIn\fR consecutive failed connection attempts.  A
+value of 0 means no limit.  The default value is 10.
+.TP

 .B modem
 Use the modem control lines.  This option is the default.  With this
 option, pppd will wait for the CD (Carrier Detect) signal from the
 .B modem
 Use the modem control lines.  This option is the default.  With this
 option, pppd will wait for the CD (Carrier Detect) signal from the


@@ -1152,6 +1156,9 @@ The PPP negotiation failed because serial loopback was detected.
 .TP
 .B 18
 The init script failed (returned a non-zero exit status).
 .TP
 .B 18
 The init script failed (returned a non-zero exit status).

+.TP
+.B 19
+We failed to authenticate ourselves to the peer.

 .SH SCRIPTS
 Pppd invokes scripts at various stages in its processing which can be
 used to perform site-specific ancillary processing.  These scripts are
 .SH SCRIPTS
 Pppd invokes scripts at various stages in its processing which can be
 used to perform site-specific ancillary processing.  These scripts are