diff --git a/pppd/plugins/pppoe/Makefile.linux b/pppd/plugins/pppoe/Makefile.linux index 3cd9101..9918091 100644 --- a/pppd/plugins/pppoe/Makefile.linux +++ b/pppd/plugins/pppoe/Makefile.linux @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ DESTDIR = $(INSTROOT)@DESTDIR@ BINDIR = $(DESTDIR)/sbin +MANDIR = $(DESTDIR)/share/man/man8 LIBDIR = $(DESTDIR)/lib/$(shell gcc -print-multi-os-directory 2> /dev/null)/pppd/$(PPPDVERSION) PPPDVERSION = $(shell awk -F '"' '/VERSION/ { print $$2; }' ../../patchlevel.h) @@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ install: all $(LN_S) pppoe.so $(LIBDIR)/rp-pppoe.so $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(BINDIR) $(INSTALL) -c -m 555 pppoe-discovery $(BINDIR) + $(INSTALL) -c -m 444 pppoe-discovery.8 $(MANDIR) clean: rm -f *.o *.so pppoe-discovery diff --git a/pppd/plugins/pppoe/pppoe-discovery.8 b/pppd/plugins/pppoe/pppoe-discovery.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d0a93db --- /dev/null +++ b/pppd/plugins/pppoe/pppoe-discovery.8 @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +.\" pppoe-discovery.8 written by +.\" Ben Hutchings , based on pppoe.8. +.\" Licenced under the GPL version 2 or later. +.TH PPPOE-DISCOVERY 8 +.SH NAME +pppoe\-discovery \- perform PPPoE discovery +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B pppoe\-discovery +[ +.I options +] +.br +.BR pppoe\-discovery " { " \-V " | " \-h " }" +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +\fBpppoe\-discovery\fR performs the same discovery process as +\fBpppoe\fR, but does not initiate a session. +It sends a PADI packet and then prints the names of access +concentrators in each PADO packet it receives. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.BI \-I " interface" +.RS +The \fB\-I\fR option specifies the Ethernet interface to use. +Under Linux, it is typically eth0 or eth1. +The interface should be \(lqup\(rq before you start +\fBpppoe\-discovery\fR, but should \fInot\fR be configured to have an +IP address. +The default interface is eth0. +.RE +.TP +.BI \-D " file_name" +.RS +The \fB\-D\fR option causes every packet to be dumped to the specified +\fIfile_name\fR. +This is intended for debugging only. +.RE +.TP +.B \-U +.RS +Causes \fBpppoe\-discovery\fR to use the Host-Uniq tag in its discovery +packets. +This lets you run multiple instances of \fBpppoe\-discovery\fR and/or +\fBpppoe\fR without having their discovery packets interfere with one +another. +You must supply this option to \fIall\fR instances that you intend to +run simultaneously. +.RE +.TP +.BI \-S " service_name" +.RS +Specifies the desired service name. +\fBpppoe\-discovery\fR will only accept access concentrators which can +provide the specified service. +In most cases, you should \fInot\fR specify this option. +Use it only if you know that there are multiple access concentrators +or know that you need a specific service name. +.RE +.TP +.BI \-C " ac_name" +.RS +Specifies the desired access concentrator name. +\fBpppoe\-discovery\fR will only accept the specified access +concentrator. +In most cases, you should \fInot\fR specify this option. +Use it only if you know that there are multiple access concentrators. +If both the \fB\-S\fR and \fB\-C\fR options are specified, they must +\fIboth\fR match. +.RE +.TP +.B \-A +.RS +This option is accepted for compatibility with \fBpppoe\fR, but has no +effect. +.RE +.TP +.BR \-V " | " \-h +.RS +Either of these options causes \fBpppoe\-discovery\fR to print its +version number and usage information, then exit. +.RE +.SH AUTHORS +\fBpppoe\-discovery\fR was written by Marco d'Itri , +based on \fBpppoe\fR by David F. Skoll . +.SH SEE ALSO +pppoe(8), pppoe-sniff(8) -- 1.8.3.1