.Dd 26 June 1997 .Os FreeBSD .Dt PPPCTL 8 .Sh NAME .Nm pppctl .Nd PPP control program .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl v .Op Fl t Ar n .Op Fl p Ar passwd .Ar Port | LocalSocket .Ar command .Op Ar ;command .Ar ... .Sh DESCRIPTION This program provides command line control of the .Nm ppp daemon. Its primary use is to facilitate simple scripts that control a running daemon. .Nm Pppctl expects at least two arguments. The first is interpreted as the socket on which the .Nm ppp daemon is listening. If the socket contains a leading '/', it is taken as an AF_LOCAL socket. If it consists entirely of numbers, it is interpreted as a TCP port number on localhost. If it contains any characters, the first of which is not a '/' character, it is interpreted as an entry of type "tcp" from
a /etc/services . All remaining arguments are concatenated to form the command(s) that will be sent to the .Nm ppp daemon. If any semi-colon characters are found, they are treated as command delimiters, allowing more than one command in a given "session". For example; pppctl 3000 set timeout 300\\; show timeout Don't forget to escape or quote the ';' as it is a special character for most shells. The following command line options are available: l -tag -width Ds t Fl v Display all data sent to and received from the .Nm ppp daemon. Normally, .Nm pppctl displays only non-prompt lines received. t Fl t Ar n Use a timeout of .Ar n instead of the default 2 seconds. This may be required if you wish to control a daemon over a slow (or even a dialup) link. t Fl p Ar passwd Specify the password required by the .Nm ppp daemon. If this switch is not used, .Nm will prompt for a password once it has successfully connected to .Nm ppp (assuming, of course, that one is required). .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ppp 8 , .Xr services 5 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm command first appeared in FreeBSD 2.2.5.