X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=pppd%2Fpppd.8;h=a7b4db8494660d4b9aed63d66117e075526f92d0;hp=4c83af808c0aa4a0a00874f41cfe576ee5533ddf;hb=a3e53f0632f8b502ca070e048f27c523a668a7dc;hpb=de7942371374241e49ab63439c35b142882f150c diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8 index 4c83af8..a7b4db8 100644 --- a/pppd/pppd.8 +++ b/pppd/pppd.8 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" manual page [] for pppd 2.3 -.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.40 1999/05/13 00:34:04 paulus Exp $ +.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.43 1999/08/12 04:22:53 paulus Exp $ .\" SH section heading .\" SS subsection heading .\" LP paragraph @@ -132,6 +132,13 @@ with hex values 0x20 - 0x3f or 0x5e. Read options from file \fIname\fR (the format is described below). The file must be readable by the user who has invoked pppd. .TP +.B init \fIscript +Run the executable or shell command specified by \fIscript\fR to +initialize the serial line. This script would typically use the +chat(8) program to configure the modem to enable auto answer. A value +for this option from a privileged source cannot be overridden by a +non-privileged user. +.TP .B lock Specifies that pppd should create a UUCP-style lock file for the serial device to ensure exclusive access to the device. @@ -424,6 +431,19 @@ 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 not change the state of the DTR (Data Terminal Ready) signal. .TP +.B logfd \fIn +Send log messages to file descriptor \fIn\fR. Pppd will send log +messages to at most one file or file descriptor (as well as sending +the log messages to syslog), so this option and the \fBlogfile\fR +option are mutually exclusive. The default is for pppd to send log +messages to stdout (file descriptor 1), unless the serial port is +already open on stdout. +.TP +.B logfile \fIfilename +Append log messages to the file \fIfilename\fR (as well as sending the +log messages to syslog). The file is opened with the privileges of +the user who invoked pppd, in append mode. +.TP .B login Use the system password database for authenticating the peer using PAP, and record the user in the system wtmp file. Note that the peer @@ -435,6 +455,10 @@ 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 @@ -538,6 +562,9 @@ Disable the IPXCP and IPX protocols. This option should only be required if the peer is buggy and gets confused by requests from pppd for IPXCP negotiation. .TP +.B nolog +Do not send log messages to a file or file descriptor. This option +cancels the \fBlogfd\fR and \fBlogfile\fR options. .B nomagic Disable magic number negotiation. With this option, pppd cannot detect a looped-back line. This option should only be needed if the @@ -696,12 +723,23 @@ The device used by pppd with this option must have sync support. Currently supports Microgate SyncLink adapters under Linux and FreeBSD 2.2.8 and later. .TP +.B updetach +With this option, pppd will detach from its controlling terminal once +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 usehostname Enforce the use of the hostname (with domain name appended, if given) as the name of the local system for authentication purposes (overrides the \fIname\fR option). This option is not normally needed since the \fIname\fR option is privileged. .TP +.B usepeerdns +Ask the peer for up to 2 DNS server addresses. The addresses supplied +by the peer (if any) are passed to the /etc/ppp/ip-up script in the +environment variables DNS1 and DNS2. +.TP .B user \fIname Sets the name used for authenticating the local system to the peer to \fIname\fR. @@ -1115,6 +1153,12 @@ The link was terminated by the modem hanging up. .TP .B 17 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