smpppd-ifcfg

Langue: en

Version: 52037 (openSuse - 09/10/07)

Section: 8 (Commandes administrateur)

NAME

smpppd-ifcfg - SuSE Meta PPP Daemon

DESCRIPTION

smpppd-ifcfg is a daemon that controls a single dialup connection to the internet. It does so by starting and controlling the pppd. The configuration of the dialup connections is done by YaST2.

smpppd-ifcfg is not intended for direct use. Use ifup and ifdown or a frontend like cinternet , qinternet or kinternet instead.

OPTIONS

These options are recognized by smpppd-ifcfg. If a long option shows an argument as mandatory, then it is mandatory for the equivalent short option also.
--up
Bring the connection up. This is the default action.
--down
Bring the connection down.
--status
Report status of the connection.
-i, --ifcfg=NAME
Specify the ifcfg file to use. This option is mandatory.
-p, --provider=NAME
Specify the provider file to use.
--detach
Detach from the controlling terminal. This is the default.
--nodeatch
Don't detach from the controlling terminal.
-d, --debug
Turn on debugging.
--version
Show program version and exit.
--help
Show help information and exit.

FILES

/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-*
Configuration files for the interfaces.
/etc/sysconfig/network/providers/*
Configuration files for the providers.
/var/log/smpppd/ifcfg-xxx.log
Log file.
/var/log/smpppd/accounting.log
File containing accounting information.
/var/run/smpppd.ifcfg-xxx.pid
Pid file.
/var/lib/smpppd/ifcfg-xxx.info
Info file with various status information.
/var/run/smpppd/ifcfg-xxx
Socket to communicate with smpppd.

SEE ALSO

kinternet, qinternet, cinternet(1), accounting(1), wvdial(1), smpppd.conf(5), pppd(8), smpppd(8).

AUTHOR

Arvin Schnell <arvin@suse.de>