pppd: Add master_detach option

[ppp.git] / pppd / pppd.8

diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8
index 77be9801d1024f1f1468970ce24ff15440f2441a..f7954fa74e0f811c7331d0b2efa4a02a569413e0 100644 (file)
--- a/pppd/pppd.8
+++ b/pppd/pppd.8
@@ -624,6 +624,14 @@ must have an entry in the /etc/ppp/pap\-secrets file as well as the
 system password database to be allowed access.  See also the
 \fBenable\-session\fR option.
 .TP
+.B master_detach
+If multilink is enabled and this pppd process is the multilink bundle
+master, and the link controlled by this pppd process terminates, this
+pppd process continues to run in order to maintain the bundle.  If the
+\fBmaster_detach\fR option has been given, pppd will detach from its
+controlling terminal in this situation, even if the \fBnodetach\fR
+option has been given.
+.TP
 .B maxconnect \fIn
 Terminate the connection when it has been available for network
 traffic for \fIn\fR seconds (i.e. \fIn\fR seconds after the first