update from debian maintainer

[ppp.git] / pppd / pppd.8

diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8
index 60c51c09ef3ad7dd0a85ce74c8b60784ae4696c2..582d071ae2588ac7becb1a62408721096efb388c 100644 (file)
--- a/pppd/pppd.8
+++ b/pppd/pppd.8
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" manual page [] for pppd 2.3
-.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.47 1999/09/17 05:20:38 paulus Exp $
+.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.50 1999/11/20 05:11:47 paulus Exp $
 .\" SH section heading
 .\" SS subsection heading
 .\" LP paragraph
@@ -184,7 +184,10 @@ omitted. The identifier must be specified in standard ascii notation of
 IPv6 addresses (e.g. ::dead:beef). If the
 \fIipv6cp-use-ipaddr\fR
 option is given, the local identifier is the local IPv4 address (see above).
-Otherwise the identifier is randomized.
+On systems which supports a unique persistent id, such as EUI-48 derived
+from the Ethernet MAC address, \fIipv6cp-use-persistent\fR option can be
+used to replace the \fIipv6 <local>,<remote>\fR option. Otherwise the 
+identifier is randomized.
 .TP
 .B active-filter \fIfilter-expression
 Specifies a packet filter to be applied to data packets to determine
@@ -289,7 +292,7 @@ to the peer.  This option is privileged.
 .TP
 .B hide-password
 When logging the contents of PAP packets, this option causes pppd to
-exclude the password string from the log.
+exclude the password string from the log.  This is the default.
 .TP
 .B holdoff \fIn
 Specifies how many seconds to wait before re-initiating the link after
@@ -732,7 +735,9 @@ rather than a specific terminal device.  Pppd will allocate itself a
 pseudo-tty master/slave pair and use the slave as its terminal
 device.  The \fIscript\fR will be run in a child process with the
 pseudo-tty master as its standard input and output.  An explicit
-device name may not be given if this option is used.
+device name may not be given if this option is used.  (Note: if the
+\fIrecord\fR option is used in conjuction with the \fIpty\fR option,
+the child process will have pipes on its standard input and output.)
 .TP
 .B receive-all
 With this option, pppd will accept all control characters from the
@@ -770,6 +775,10 @@ Handshake Authentication Protocol] authentication.
 Require the peer to authenticate itself using PAP [Password
 Authentication Protocol] authentication.
 .TP
+.B show-password
+When logging the contents of PAP packets, this option causes pppd to
+show the password string in the log message.
+.TP
 .B silent
 With this option, pppd will not transmit LCP packets to initiate a
 connection until a valid LCP packet is received from the peer (as for
@@ -796,7 +805,9 @@ the \fIname\fR option).  This option is not normally needed since the
 .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.
+environment variables DNS1 and DNS2.  In addition, pppd will create an
+/etc/ppp/resolv.conf file containing one or two nameserver lines with
+the address(es) supplied by the peer.
 .TP
 .B user \fIname
 Sets the name used for authenticating the local system to the peer to