Fixing GCC unused result warning w.r.t. fchown() and fchmod() functions.

[ppp.git] / pppd / pppd.8

diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8
index 36156d6ea9d6da4c2380f719e731728c6311cccf..cd4b9eba3a49ceb5bd87eaea702500b864f9552f 100644 (file)
--- a/pppd/pppd.8
+++ b/pppd/pppd.8
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ non-privileged user.
 .I speed
 An option that is a decimal number is taken as the desired baud rate
 for the serial device.  On systems such as
 .I speed
 An option that is a decimal number is taken as the desired baud rate
 for the serial device.  On systems such as

-4.4BSD and NetBSD, any speed can be specified.  Other systems
-(e.g. Linux, SunOS) only support the commonly-used baud rates.
+Linux, 4.4BSD and NetBSD, any speed can be specified.  Other systems
+(e.g. SunOS) only support the commonly-used baud rates.

 .TP
 .B asyncmap \fImap
 This option sets the Async-Control-Character-Map (ACCM) for this end
 .TP
 .B asyncmap \fImap
 This option sets the Async-Control-Character-Map (ACCM) for this end


@@ -127,12 +127,6 @@ 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 replacedefaultroute
 This option is a flag to the defaultroute option. If defaultroute is
 set and this flag is also set, pppd replaces an existing default route
 .B replacedefaultroute
 This option is a flag to the defaultroute option. If defaultroute is
 set and this flag is also set, pppd replaces an existing default route


@@ -354,6 +348,17 @@ Disable MRU [Maximum Receive Unit] negotiation.  With this option,
 pppd will use the default MRU value of 1500 bytes for both the
 transmit and receive direction.
 .TP
 pppd will use the default MRU value of 1500 bytes for both the
 transmit and receive direction.
 .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.
+\fBWARNING: Do not enable this option by default\fR.  IPv6 routing tables
+are managed by kernel (as apposite to IPv4) and IPv6 default route is
+configured by kernel automatically too based on ICMPv6 Router Advertisement
+packets.  This option may conflict with kernel IPv6 route setup and should
+be used only for broken IPv6 networks.
+.TP

 .B deflate \fInr,nt
 Request that the peer compress packets that it sends, using the
 Deflate scheme, with a maximum window size of \fI2**nr\fR bytes, and
 .B deflate \fInr,nt
 Request that the peer compress packets that it sends, using the
 Deflate scheme, with a maximum window size of \fI2**nr\fR bytes, and


@@ -493,6 +498,18 @@ to send configure-Rejects instead to \fIn\fR (default 10).
 Set the maximum number of IPCP terminate-request transmissions to
 \fIn\fR (default 3).
 .TP
 Set the maximum number of IPCP terminate-request transmissions to
 \fIn\fR (default 3).
 .TP

+.B ipcp\-no\-address
+Disable negotiation of addresses via IP-Address IPCP option.
+.TP
+.B ipcp\-no\-addresses
+Disable negotiation of addresses via old-style deprecated IP-Addresses
+IPCP option. pppd by default try to use new-style IP-Address IPCP option.
+If new-style is not supported by peer or is disabled by \fBipcp\-no\-address\fR
+option then pppd fallbacks to old-style deprecated IP-Addresses IPCP option.
+When both new-style and old-style are disabled by both \fBipcp\-no\-address\fR
+and \fBipcp\-no\-addresses\fR options then negotiation of IP addresses
+is completely disabled.
+.TP

 .B ipcp\-restart \fIn
 Set the IPCP restart interval (retransmission timeout) to \fIn\fR
 seconds (default 3).
 .B ipcp\-restart \fIn
 Set the IPCP restart interval (retransmission timeout) to \fIn\fR
 seconds (default 3).


@@ -924,6 +941,9 @@ situation, the ppp interface can be used for routing by creating
 device routes, but the peer itself cannot be addressed directly for IP
 traffic.
 .TP
 device routes, but the peer itself cannot be addressed directly for IP
 traffic.
 .TP

+.B nosendip
+Don't send our local IP address to peer during IP address negotiation.
+.TP

 .B notty
 Normally, pppd requires a terminal device.  With this option, pppd
 will allocate itself a pseudo-tty master/slave pair and use the slave
 .B notty
 Normally, pppd requires a terminal device.  With this option, pppd
 will allocate itself a pseudo-tty master/slave pair and use the slave


@@ -1750,6 +1770,14 @@ IPCP has come up.
 The IP address for the remote end of the link.  This is only set when
 IPCP has come up.
 .TP
 The IP address for the remote end of the link.  This is only set when
 IPCP has come up.
 .TP

+.B LLLOCAL
+The Link-Local IPv6 address for the local end of the link.  This is only
+set when IPV6CP has come up.
+.TP
+.B LLREMOTE
+The Link-Local IPv6 address for the remote end of the link.  This is only
+set when IPV6CP has come up.
+.TP

 .B PEERNAME
 The authenticated name of the peer.  This is only set if the peer
 authenticates itself.
 .B PEERNAME
 The authenticated name of the peer.  This is only set if the peer
 authenticates itself.