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PPP-Driver Options Template at SUNsite
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Thu Aug 17 19:26:15 1995
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 00:09:04 +0300
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
From: zephyr!jmknoble@uunet.uu.net (Jim Knoble)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Subject: PPP-Driver Options Template at SUNsite
Organization: Knoble's Fine Foods
Reply-To: jmknoble@mercury.interpath.net
Approved: linux-announce@news.ornl.gov (Lars Wirzenius)
Followup-to: comp.os.linux.networking
folks--
i have uploaded the following files to
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming; they should eventually find
their way to ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Network/serial.
657 Aug 16 02:39 ppp-opt-2.1.2d.lsm
4676 Aug 16 02:39 ppp-opt-2.1.2d.tar.gz
below i have included an excerpt from the `README' and the LSM entry.
peace.
--jim
########## jim knoble ### jmknoble@mercury.interpath.net ##########
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% README -- notes on pppd options template file
% created 16-Aug-1995 jmk
% autodate: 16-Aug-1995
% autotime: 02:09
Linux PPP-Driver Options Template
WHAT IS IT?
This package contains a template for the configuration options file
`/etc/ppp/options' for the Linux PPP-driver (pppd-2.1.2d, the part of
PPP that does not reside in the kernel). This template includes most,
if not all, of the configurable options, plus explanatory text for
each option, all taken directly from the manual pages and
documentation accompanying pppd-2.1.2d.
HOW DO I USE IT?
However you like. My intent was to provide something to copy from and
then edit to suit the installer's needs. To use this along those
lines, copy `options.tpl' (the template file) to `/etc/ppp/options'
(*after* making a backup copy of your original one!), then comment or
uncomment lines and edit as needed. You will obviously have to have
read and write permissions to both `/etc/ppp' and the original
`/etc/ppp/options'.
NOTES
I found that including the explanatory notes and option syntax in my
options file helped me immensely when installing and configuring pppd
for the first (and successive) times; with luck, this template will do
the same for others.
I intend to bring this template to the attention of Michael Callahan
and Al Longyear (pppd-for-Linux maintainers) so that it might be
included in future releases of pppd.
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Begin3
Title: ppp-opt
Version: 2.1.2d
Entered-date: 16-Aug-1995
Description: Template for `/etc/ppp/options' configuration file for
pppd. Contains all options plus explanatory text and
syntax gleaned from pppd manual pages.
Keywords: ppp, pppd, options, configuration, template
Author: Jim Knoble <jmknoble@mercury.interpath.net>
Maintained-by: Jim Knoble <jmknoble@mercury.interpath.net>
Primary-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/Network/serial
4kB ppp-opt-2.1.2d.tar.gz
Alternate-site:
Original-site:
Platform: Linux, pppd-2.1.2d
Copying-policy: same as for pppd
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