X-Git-Url: https://git.ozlabs.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pppd%2Fpppd.8;h=359403df549f0d1919e4e4086efda47107aa9838;hb=c6661604e98d82acf3d3ae00927fabf704fb7f58;hp=94c5ca094c2fe9fecdeeadbae9c11d040b7be4fe;hpb=76189970b651967f272501e8634de73443ee1a60;p=ppp.git diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8 index 94c5ca0..359403d 100644 --- a/pppd/pppd.8 +++ b/pppd/pppd.8 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" manual page [] for pppd 2.3 -.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.49 1999/11/17 03:49:56 paulus Exp $ +.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.51 1999/12/23 01:29:11 paulus Exp $ .\" SH section heading .\" SS subsection heading .\" LP paragraph @@ -93,17 +93,6 @@ but will be unable to request the modem stop sending to the computer. This mode retains the ability to use DTR as a modem control line. .TP -.B cdtrcts -Use a non-standard hardware flow control (i.e. DTR/CTS) to control -the flow of data on the serial port. If neither the \fIcrtscts\fR, -the \fInocrtscts\fR, the \fIcdtrcts\fR nor the \fInocdtrcts\fR -option is given, the hardware flow control setting for the serial -port is left unchanged. -Some serial ports (such as Macintosh serial ports) lack a true -RTS output. Such serial ports use this mode to implement true -bi-directional flow control. The sacrifice is that this flow -control mode does not permit using DTR as a modem control line. -.TP .B defaultroute Add a default route to the system routing tables, using the peer as the gateway, when IPCP negotiation is successfully completed. @@ -223,6 +212,17 @@ Alternatively, a value of 0 for \fInr\fR or \fInt\fR disables compression in the corresponding direction. Use \fInobsdcomp\fR or \fIbsdcomp 0\fR to disable BSD-Compress compression entirely. .TP +.B cdtrcts +Use a non-standard hardware flow control (i.e. DTR/CTS) to control +the flow of data on the serial port. If neither the \fIcrtscts\fR, +the \fInocrtscts\fR, the \fIcdtrcts\fR nor the \fInocdtrcts\fR +option is given, the hardware flow control setting for the serial +port is left unchanged. +Some serial ports (such as Macintosh serial ports) lack a true +RTS output. Such serial ports use this mode to implement true +bi-directional flow control. The sacrifice is that this flow +control mode does not permit using DTR as a modem control line. +.TP .B chap-interval \fIn If this option is given, pppd will rechallenge the peer every \fIn\fR seconds. @@ -235,6 +235,14 @@ Set the maximum number of CHAP challenge transmissions to \fIn\fR Set the CHAP restart interval (retransmission timeout for challenges) to \fIn\fR seconds (default 3). .TP +.B connect-delay \fIn +Wait for up \fIn\fR milliseconds after the connect script finishes for +a valid PPP packet from the peer. At the end of this time, or when a +valid PPP packet is received from the peer, pppd will commence +negotiation by sending its first LCP packet. The default value is +1000 (1 second). This wait period only applies if the \fBconnect\fR +or \fBpty\fR option is used. +.TP .B debug Enables connection debugging facilities. If this option is given, pppd will log the contents of all @@ -292,7 +300,7 @@ 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 @@ -735,7 +743,9 @@ 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 @@ -773,6 +783,10 @@ 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