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[ppp.git] / pppd / pppd.8

diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8
index 664e932f722d6462d44ed22afe88d9a5548f79d8..be3fcab908cdb46ff5a6866434b567b17b5994d9 100644 (file)
--- a/pppd/pppd.8
+++ b/pppd/pppd.8
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" manual page [] for pppd 2.3
-.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.42 1999/08/04 15:53:13 johnsonm Exp $
+.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.45 1999/08/13 13:42:35 johnsonm Exp $
 .\" SH section heading
 .\" SS subsection heading
 .\" LP paragraph
@@ -426,6 +426,13 @@ Set the maximum number of LCP terminate-request transmissions to
 Set the LCP restart interval (retransmission timeout) to \fIn\fR
 seconds (default 3).
 .TP
+.B linkname \fIname\fR
+Sets the logical name of the link to \fIname\fR.  Pppd will create a
+file named \fBppp-\fIname\fB.pid\fR in /var/run (or /etc/ppp on some
+systems) containing its process ID.  This can be useful in determining
+which instance of pppd is responsible for the link to a given peer
+system.  This is a privileged option.
+.TP
 .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
@@ -455,6 +462,10 @@ 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
+.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
@@ -576,7 +587,7 @@ default unless the \fIpersist\fR or \fIdemand\fR option has been
 specified.
 .TP
 .B nopredictor1
-Do not accept or agree to Predictor-1 comprssion.
+Do not accept or agree to Predictor-1 compression.
 .TP
 .B noproxyarp
 Disable the \fIproxyarp\fR option.  The system administrator who
@@ -1152,6 +1163,9 @@ The PPP negotiation failed because serial loopback was detected.
 .TP
 .B 18
 The init script failed (returned a non-zero exit status).
+.TP
+.B 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
@@ -1207,6 +1221,9 @@ connection.
 .B BYTES_RCVD
 The number of bytes received (at the level of the serial port) during
 the connection.
+.TP
+.B LINKNAME
+The logical name of the link, set with the \fIlinkname\fR option.
 .P
 Pppd invokes the following scripts, if they exist.  It is not an error
 if they don't exist.
@@ -1271,6 +1288,10 @@ script.
 .B /var/run/ppp\fIn\fB.pid \fR(BSD or Linux), \fB/etc/ppp/ppp\fIn\fB.pid \fR(others)
 Process-ID for pppd process on ppp interface unit \fIn\fR.
 .TP
+.B /var/run/ppp-\fIname\fB.pid \fR(BSD or Linux), \fB/etc/ppp/ppp-\fIname\fB.pid \fR(others)
+Process-ID for pppd process for logical link \fIname\fR (see the
+\fIlinkname\fR option).
+.TP
 .B /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
 Usernames, passwords and IP addresses for PAP authentication.  This
 file should be owned by root and not readable or writable by any other