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author | brian <brian@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-12-21 02:37:49 +0000 |
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committer | brian <brian@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-12-21 02:37:49 +0000 |
commit | 46576b04532539828a8a3e90edfd21f370bb6fdb (patch) | |
tree | 7cc616ed9da5f902f946f560dc9ed4f8765d1d18 | |
parent | b93dfdb2295123248033acf689ee5285432ccf6d (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-46576b04532539828a8a3e90edfd21f370bb6fdb.zip FreeBSD-src-46576b04532539828a8a3e90edfd21f370bb6fdb.tar.gz |
Cosmetic: Tidy up.
Submitted by: Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/pppctl/pppctl.8 | 31 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pppctl/pppctl.8 b/usr.sbin/pppctl/pppctl.8 index fc48d2c..e58fa69 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/pppctl/pppctl.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/pppctl/pppctl.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: pppctl.8,v 1.7 1997/11/18 00:20:28 brian Exp $ +.\" $Id: pppctl.8,v 1.8 1997/12/21 01:21:40 brian Exp $ .Dd 26 June 1997 .Os FreeBSD .Dt PPPCTL 8 @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ This program provides command line control of the .Xr ppp 8 daemon. Its primary use is to facilitate simple scripts that control a running daemon. - +.Pp .Nm Pppctl is passed at least one argument, specifying the socket on which .Nm ppp @@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ and may be specified numerically if you wish to avoid a DNS lookup or don't have an entry for the given port in .Pa /etc/services . - .Pp All remaining arguments are concatenated to form the .Ar command(s) @@ -52,12 +51,13 @@ delimiters, allowing more than one in a given .Sq session . For example: - - pppctl 3000 set timeout 300\\; show timeout - +.Bd -literal -offset indent +pppctl 3000 set timeout 300\\; show timeout +.Ed +.Pp Don't forget to escape or quote the ';' as it is a special character for most shells. - +.Pp If no .Ar command arguments are given, @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ library is used, allowing command-line editing (with defining editing behaviour). The history size defaults to .Em 20 lines . - +.Pp The following command line options are available: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl v @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ daemon. If this switch is not used, will prompt for a password once it has successfully connected to .Nm ppp . .El - +.Pp .Sh EXAMPLES If you run .Nm ppp @@ -115,11 +115,10 @@ The best way to allow easy, secure access is to create a local server socket in .Pa /etc/ppp/ppp.conf (in the correct section) like this: - .Bd -literal -offset indent set server /var/run/internet "" 0177 .Ed - +.Pp This will instruct .Nm ppp to create a local domain socket, with srw------- permissions and no @@ -128,23 +127,19 @@ password, allowing access only to the user that invoked Refer to the .Xr ppp 8 man page for further details. - .Pp You can now create some easy-access scripts. To connect to the internet: - .Bd -literal -offset indent #! /bin/sh test $# -eq 0 && time=300 || time=$1 exec pppctl /var/run/internet set timeout $time\\; dial .Ed - .Pp To disconnect: .Bd -literal -offset indent #! /bin/sh exec pppctl /var/run/internet set timeout 300\\; close .Ed - .Pp To check if the line is up: .Bd -literal -offset indent @@ -156,14 +151,13 @@ else echo Link is down fi .Ed - .Pp You can even make a generic script: .Bd -literal -offset indent #! /bin/sh exec pppctl /var/run/internet "$@" .Ed - +.Pp .Sh ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES The following environment variables are understood by .Nm @@ -180,14 +174,13 @@ and commands in .Pa ~/.editrc . .El - +.Pp .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr editline 3 , .Xr editrc 5 , .Xr ppp 8 , .Xr ps 1 , .Xr services 5 - .Sh HISTORY The .Nm |