.\" manual page [] for pppd 2.4
-.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.83 2004/11/13 12:22:49 paulus Exp $
+.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.85 2005/08/25 12:10:18 paulus Exp $
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.TP
.I ttyname
Use the serial port called \fIttyname\fR to communicate with the
-peer. The string "/dev/" is prepended to \fIttyname\fR to form the
+peer. If \fIttyname\fR does not begin with a slash (/),
+the string "/dev/" is prepended to \fIttyname\fR to form the
name of the device to open. If no device name is given, or if the
name of the terminal
connected to the standard input is given, pppd will use that terminal,
IP addresses to which the system does not already have a route.
.TP
.B call \fIname
-Read options from the file /etc/ppp/peers/\fIname\fR. This file may
-contain privileged options, such as \fInoauth\fR, even if pppd
+Read additional options from the file /etc/ppp/peers/\fIname\fR. This
+file may contain privileged options, such as \fInoauth\fR, even if pppd
is not being run by root. The \fIname\fR string may not begin with /
or include .. as a pathname component. The format of the options file
is described below.
.B local
Don't use the modem control lines. With this option, 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.
+not change the state of the DTR (Data Terminal Ready) signal. This is
+the opposite of the \fBmodem\fR option.
.TP
.B logfd \fIn
Send log messages to file descriptor \fIn\fR. Pppd will send log
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 \fIcrtscts\fR option.
+control, as for the \fIcrtscts\fR option. This is the opposite of the
+\fBlocal\fR option.
.TP
.B mp
Enables the use of PPP multilink; this is an alias for the `multilink'
permit non-privileged users to dial out without requiring the peer to
authenticate, but only to certain trusted peers.
.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR chat (8),
+.BR pppstats (8)
.TP
.B RFC1144
Jacobson, V.