L2TPD 8 "7 Jul 1998" "l2tpd 0.60"
NAME
l2tpd - provide L2TP (layer two tunneling protocol) encapsulated PPP connections
SYNOPSIS
l2tpd [
-f configuration file ]
DESCRIPTION
l2tpd is an implementation of Layer Two Tunneling Protocol for UNIX systems.
Most aspects of the server's operation are controled by its configuration
file (see
l2tpd.conf (5)). This man page discusses only the operation of the server itself, which only
takes one option.
The server can be controled (somewhat minimally) at runtime with the file
/var/run/l2tp-control
OPTIONS
-f configuration file
Selects a different configuration file from the default, set at compile time (typically /etc/l2tp/l2tpd.conf). See l2tpd.conf (5) for more information.
FILES
/etc/l2tp/l2tpd.conf Configuration file for l2tpd, specifies virtually all information for its operation.
Secrets used for challenge authentication and information hiding.
Can be used for runtime controlling of the l2tp server.
NOTES AND LIMITATIONS
l2tpd is an experimental program and does not entirely implement the draft L2TP
specification.
pppd version 2.3.3 or higher is required.
l2tpd must be restarted when the configuration is modified before it will read
its new configuration. This limitation is planned to be removed.
SIGNALS
Sending a
SIGUSR2 signal to l2tpd (killall -SIGUSR2 l2tpd) will cause the server to dump
a table of its running configuration as well as the status of any open
tunnels and calls.
BUGS
Does not implement the entire l2tp specification.
CREDITS
l2tpd is written by Mark Spencer <markster@marko.net> and is Copyright 1998
Adtran, Inc. It is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
License. The configuration file and man pages are modeled after those of
Samba.
SEE ALSO
pppd (8) l2tpd.conf (5)
AUTHORS
Mark Spencer <markster@marko.net>