X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=4096879ee0d255f49462df2007ac4b85960c7d8d;hp=5f9b0d568cb1e8823af9ffa4b375571a44dd37ed;hb=0375e3ce50b9e0bc4e559615039988e7834c7d01;hpb=8ef130a49773ca93ddedf3bbd254e601c7d157b1 diff --git a/README b/README index 5f9b0d5..4096879 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -67,9 +67,44 @@ use any IP address. (This only applies where the peer is authenticating itself to you, of course.) -What's new in ppp-2.3.5. +What's new in ppp-2.3.6. ************************ +* Pppd now opens the tty device as the user (rather than as root) if + the device name was given by the user, i.e. on the command line or + in the ~/.ppprc file. If the device name was given in + /etc/ppp/options or in a file loaded with the `call' option, the + device is opened as root. + +* The default behaviour of pppd is now to let a peer which has not + authenticated itself (e.g. your ISP) use any IP address to which the + system does not already have a route. (This is currently only + supported under Linux, Solaris and Digital Unix; on the other + systems, the peer must now authenticate itself unless the noauth + option is used.) + +* Added new option `usepeerdns', thanks to Nick Walker + . If the peer supplies DNS addresses, these + will be written to /etc/ppp/resolv.conf. The ip-up script can then + be used to add these addresses to /etc/resolv.conf if desired (see + the ip-up.local.add and ip-down.local.add files in the scripts + directory). + +* The Solaris ppp driver should now work correctly on SMP systems. + +* Minor corrections so that the code can compile under Solaris 7, + and under Linux with glibc-2.1. + +* The Linux kernel driver has been restructured for improved + performance. + +* Pppd now won't start the ip-down script until the ip-up script has + finished. + + +What was new in ppp-2.3.5. +************************** + * Minor corrections to the Digital UNIX and NetBSD ports. * A workaround to avoid tickling a bug in the `se' serial port driver @@ -255,13 +290,13 @@ questions like this that I get. If you find bugs in this package, please report them to the maintainer for the port for the operating system you are using: -Digital Unix (OSF/1) Farrell Woods -Linux Al Longyear -NetBSD Matthew Green +Linux Paul Mackerras +NetBSD Matthew Green FreeBSD Peter Wemm NeXTStep Steve Perkins Solaris 2 Paul Mackerras -SunOS 4.x Paul Mackerras +SunOS 4.x Paul Mackerras (for want of anybody better :-) System V Release 4 Matthias Apitz Ultrix 4.x Paul Mackerras (for want of anybody better :-) @@ -280,4 +315,4 @@ The primary site for releases of this software is: ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/ -($Id: README,v 1.13 1998/05/04 06:14:31 paulus Exp $) +($Id: README,v 1.15 1999/03/10 05:10:47 paulus Exp $)