All guidelines specified in the GPL apply here.
To get an ascii file:
groff -man -Tascii pon.1 > pon.txt
poff [ -r ] [ -d ] [ -c ] [ -a ] [ -h ] [ isp-name ]
plog [ arguments ]
For instance, to use ISP configuration "myisp" run:
pon myisppon will then use the options file /etc/ppp/peers/myisp. You can pass additional options after the ISP name, too. pon can be used to run multiple, simultaneous PPP connections. ..
will terminate the connection to myprovider2, and leave the PPP connections to e.g. "myprovider1" or "myprovider3" up and running.
poff takes the following command line options:
"-r" causes the connection to be redialed after it is dropped.
"-d" toggles the state of pppd's debug option.
"-c" causes pppd (8) to renegotiate compression.
"-a" stops all running ppp connections. If the argument isp-name is given it will be ignored.
"-h" displays help information.
"-v" prints the version and exits.
If no argument is given, poff will stop or signal pppd if and only if there is exactly one running. If more than one connection is active, it will exit with an error code of 1. ..
Note: the plog script can only be used by root or another system administrator in group "adm", due to security reasons. Also, to have all pppd-generated information in one logfile, that plog can show, you need the following line in your /etc/syslog.conf file:
/etc/ppp/options PPPd system options file.
/etc/ppp/pap-secrets System PAP passwords file.
/etc/ppp/chap-secrets System CHAP passwords file.
/etc/ppp/peers/ Directory holding the peer options files. The default file is called provider.
/etc/chatscripts/provider The chat script invoked from the default /etc/ppp/peers/provider.
/var/log/ppp.log The default PPP log file.
This manual was written by Othmar Pasteka <othmar@tron.at>. Modified by Rob Levin <lilo@openprojects.net>, with some extensions taken from the old p-commands manual written by John Hasler <jhasler@debian.org>.