Merge pull request #162 from pali/ipv6-prefix

[ppp.git] / pppd / pppd.8

diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8
index 06e945fce998080090da52837d1d3b69306c19a7..1cf0f67db62b181f584903a52eafd8b3aafa45fe 100644 (file)
--- a/pppd/pppd.8
+++ b/pppd/pppd.8
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ is no other default route with the same metric.  With the default
 value of -1, the route is only added if there is no default route at
 all.
 .TP
 value of -1, the route is only added if there is no default route at
 all.
 .TP

+.B defaultroute6
+Add a default IPv6 route to the system routing tables, using the peer as
+the gateway, when IPv6CP negotiation is successfully completed.
+This entry is removed when the PPP connection is broken.  This option
+is privileged if the \fInodefaultroute6\fR option has been specified.
+.TP

 .B disconnect \fIscript
 Execute the command specified by \fIscript\fR, by passing it to a
 shell, after
 .B disconnect \fIscript
 Execute the command specified by \fIscript\fR, by passing it to a
 shell, after


@@ -464,6 +470,11 @@ With this option, pppd will accept the peer's idea of our local IPv6
 interface identifier, even if the local IPv6 interface identifier
 was specified in an option.
 .TP
 interface identifier, even if the local IPv6 interface identifier
 was specified in an option.
 .TP

+.B ipv6cp\-accept\-remote
+With this option, pppd will accept the peer's idea of its (remote)
+IPv6 interface identifier, even if the remote IPv6 interface
+identifier was specified in an option.
+.TP

 .B ipv6cp\-max\-configure \fIn
 Set the maximum number of IPv6CP configure-request transmissions to
 \fIn\fR (default 10).
 .B ipv6cp\-max\-configure \fIn
 Set the maximum number of IPv6CP configure-request transmissions to
 \fIn\fR (default 10).


@@ -564,6 +575,11 @@ to 1) if the \fIproxyarp\fR option is used, and will enable the
 dynamic IP address option (i.e. set /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr to
 1) in demand mode if the local address changes.
 .TP
 dynamic IP address option (i.e. set /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr to
 1) in demand mode if the local address changes.
 .TP

+.B lcp\-echo\-adaptive
+If this option is used with the \fIlcp\-echo\-failure\fR option then
+pppd will send LCP echo\-request frames only if no traffic was received
+from the peer since the last echo\-request was sent.
+.TP

 .B lcp\-echo\-failure \fIn
 If this option is given, pppd will presume the peer to be dead
 if \fIn\fR LCP echo\-requests are sent without receiving a valid LCP
 .B lcp\-echo\-failure \fIn
 If this option is given, pppd will presume the peer to be dead
 if \fIn\fR LCP echo\-requests are sent without receiving a valid LCP


@@ -743,6 +759,11 @@ Disable the \fIdefaultroute\fR option.  The system administrator who
 wishes to prevent users from creating default routes with pppd
 can do so by placing this option in the /etc/ppp/options file.
 .TP
 wishes to prevent users from creating default routes with pppd
 can do so by placing this option in the /etc/ppp/options file.
 .TP

+.B nodefaultroute6
+Disable the \fIdefaultroute6\fR option.  The system administrator who
+wishes to prevent users from adding a default route with pppd
+can do so by placing this option in the /etc/ppp/options file.
+.TP

 .B nodeflate
 Disables Deflate compression; pppd will not request or agree to
 compress packets using the Deflate scheme.
 .B nodeflate
 Disables Deflate compression; pppd will not request or agree to
 compress packets using the Deflate scheme.


@@ -1071,6 +1092,10 @@ When operating as an EAP SRP\-SHA1 client, attempt to use the pseudonym
 stored in ~/.ppp_pseudonym first as the identity, and save in this
 file any pseudonym offered by the peer during authentication.
 .TP
 stored in ~/.ppp_pseudonym first as the identity, and save in this
 file any pseudonym offered by the peer during authentication.
 .TP

+.B stop\-bits \fIn
+Set the number of stop bits for the serial port. Valid values are 1 or 2.
+The default value is 1.
+.TP

 .B sync
 Use synchronous HDLC serial encoding instead of asynchronous.
 The device used by pppd with this option must have sync support.
 .B sync
 Use synchronous HDLC serial encoding instead of asynchronous.
 The device used by pppd with this option must have sync support.


@@ -1100,6 +1125,15 @@ 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
 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
 .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


@@ -1834,6 +1868,11 @@ Simpson, W.A.
 .I PPP in HDLC-like Framing.
 July 1994.
 .TP
 .I PPP in HDLC-like Framing.
 July 1994.
 .TP

+.B RFC1990
+Sklower, K.; et al.,
+.I The PPP Multilink Protocol (MP).
+August 1996.
+.TP

 .B RFC2284
 Blunk, L.; Vollbrecht, J.,
 .I PPP Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP).
 .B RFC2284
 Blunk, L.; Vollbrecht, J.,
 .I PPP Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP).