Revive rev 1.10, which documents the secrets files overrides for the

local:remote IP addresses on the command line or the options.ttynn files.
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Peter Wemm 1997-10-10 06:30:08 +00:00
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.\" manual page [] for pppd 2.3
.\" $Id$
.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.14 1997/08/19 17:52:46 peter Exp $
.\" SH section heading
.\" SS subsection heading
.\" LP paragraph
@ -736,7 +736,11 @@ A secrets file is parsed into words as for a options file, so the
client name, server name and secrets fields must each be one word,
with any embedded spaces or other special characters quoted or
escaped. Any following words on the same line are taken to be a list
of acceptable IP addresses for that client. If there are only 3 words
of acceptable IP addresses for that client, or an
override for "local:remote" addresses (the same format used on the
command line or in the options file) when on a line that contains a
specific client name (not a wildcard nor empty).
If there are only 3 words
on the line, or if the first word is "-", then all IP addresses are
disallowed. To allow any address, use "*".
A word starting with "!" indicates that the