Re: TO the holier-than-thou guru

[<tomk@westgac3.dragon.com>]

Craig Sanders writes:
[snip]
> 
> from the pppd man page:
> 
>        ipcp-accept-local
>               With this option, pppd will accept the peer's  idea
>               of  our  local  IP  address,  even  if the local IP
>               address was specified in an option.
> 
>        ipcp-accept-remote
>               With this option, pppd will accept the peer's  idea
>               of  its  (remote) IP address, even if the remote IP
>               address was specified in an option.
> 
>         .
>         .
>         .
> 
>        noipdefault
>               Disables the default behaviour  when  no  local  IP
>               address  is  specified,  which  is to determine (if
>               possible) the local IP address from  the  hostname.
>               With  this option, the peer will have to supply the
>               local IP address during IPCP negotiation (unless it
>               specified  explicitly  on the command line or in an
>               options file).
> 
> 
> 
> if you haven't already done so, print out the pppd man page - it's very
> readable (for a man page).  pppd is one of the best documented programs
> around - clear, straightforward man page and lots of howtos and readme
> files (in /usr/doc/HOWTO and /usr/doc/ppp, of course).
> 
> 
> if you have ghostscript installed and working, or a postscript printer,
> then "man pppd | enscript -2r -G" makes a nice 2 pages on 1 sheet
> printout
> 
> craig
> 
> 
Thanks for reminding me of this resource. Sometimes, one gets so involved
reading other doc files that you can overlook a valuable resource. I'll do
just that (print man page)!


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