.\" manual page [] for pppd 2.3
-.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.23 1996/09/26 06:23:07 paulus Exp $
+.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.24 1996/10/08 04:36:16 paulus Exp $
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to \fIn\fR seconds (default 3).
.TP
.B debug
-Increase debugging level.
+Enables connection debugging facilities.
If this option is given, pppd will log the contents of all
control packets sent or received in a readable form. The packets are
logged through syslog with facility \fIdaemon\fR and level
.IP
and with its standard input, output and error redirected to
/dev/null. This program or script is executed with the real and
-effective user-IDs set to root, and with an empty environment.
+effective user-IDs set to root, and with an empty environment. (Note
+that this script is not executed if the peer doesn't authenticate
+itself, for example when the \fInoauth\fR option is used.)
.TP
.B /etc/ppp/auth-down
A program or script which is executed when the link goes down, if