.\" manual page [] for pppd 2.4
-.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.69 2003/01/16 10:22:35 fcusack Exp $
+.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.71 2003/04/25 08:57:58 fcusack Exp $
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option is currently only available under NetBSD or Linux, and then
only if both the kernel and pppd were compiled with PPP_FILTER defined.
.TP
+.B password \fIpassword-string
+Specifies the password to use for authenticating to the peer. Use
+of this option is discouraged, as the password is likely to be visible
+to other users on the system (for example, by using ps(1)).
+.TP
.B persist
Do not exit after a connection is terminated; instead try to reopen
the connection. The \fBmaxfail\fR option still has an effect on
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
.LP
Messages are sent to the syslog daemon using facility LOG_DAEMON.
-(This can be overriden by recompiling pppd with the macro
+(This can be overridden by recompiling pppd with the macro
LOG_PPP defined as the desired facility.) In order to see the error
and debug messages, you will need to edit your /etc/syslog.conf file
to direct the messages to the desired output device or file.