pppd: Add defaultroute6 and related options

[ppp.git] / pppd / pppd.8

diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8
index c508d277df3aa5539dd3c0d94787d97f71709956..ef6046e5b945492a8e73b2e36cda8591ba7c4d0a 100644 (file)
--- a/pppd/pppd.8
+++ b/pppd/pppd.8
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ is no other default route with the same metric.  With the default
 value of -1, the route is only added if there is no default route at
 all.
 .TP
+.B defaultroute6
+Add a default IPv6 route to the system routing tables, using the peer as
+the gateway, when IPv6CP negotiation is successfully completed.
+This entry is removed when the PPP connection is broken.  This option
+is privileged if the \fInodefaultroute6\fR option has been specified.
+.TP
 .B disconnect \fIscript
 Execute the command specified by \fIscript\fR, by passing it to a
 shell, after
@@ -743,6 +749,11 @@ Disable the \fIdefaultroute\fR option.  The system administrator who
 wishes to prevent users from creating default routes with pppd
 can do so by placing this option in the /etc/ppp/options file.
 .TP
+.B nodefaultroute6
+Disable the \fIdefaultroute6\fR option.  The system administrator who
+wishes to prevent users from adding a default route with pppd
+can do so by placing this option in the /etc/ppp/options file.
+.TP
 .B nodeflate
 Disables Deflate compression; pppd will not request or agree to
 compress packets using the Deflate scheme.
@@ -1079,7 +1090,13 @@ under Linux and FreeBSD 2.2.8 and later.
 .TP
 .B unit \fInum
 Sets the ppp unit number (for a ppp0 or ppp1 etc interface name) for outbound
-connections.
+connections.  If the unit is already in use a dynamically allocated number will
+be used.
+.TP
+.B ifname \fIstring
+Set the ppp interface name for outbound connections.  If the interface name is
+already in use, or if the name cannot be used for any other reason, pppd will
+terminate.
 .TP
 .B unset \fIname
 Remove a variable from the environment variable for scripts that are
@@ -1094,6 +1111,15 @@ it has successfully established the ppp connection (to the point where
 the first network control protocol, usually the IP control protocol,
 has come up).
 .TP
+.B up_sdnotify
+Use this option to run pppd in systemd service units of Type=notify
+(\fBup_sdnotify\fR implies \fBnodetach\fR).
+When \fBup_sdnotify\fR is enabled, pppd will notify systemd once
+it has successfully established the ppp connection (to the point where
+the first network control protocl, usually the IP control protocol,
+has come up). This option is only availble when pppd is compiled with
+systemd support.
+.TP
 .B usehostname
 Enforce the use of the hostname (with domain name appended, if given)
 as the name of the local system for authentication purposes (overrides