X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=pppd%2Fpppd.8;h=76a209766f2afc89b8e43187d87c05271f740ae5;hp=c508d277df3aa5539dd3c0d94787d97f71709956;hb=d34159f417620eb7c481bf53f29fe04c86ccd223;hpb=84684243d651f55f6df69d2a6707b52fbbe62bb9 diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8 index c508d27..76a2097 100644 --- a/pppd/pppd.8 +++ b/pppd/pppd.8 @@ -1079,7 +1079,13 @@ 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 +1100,15 @@ 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