From 5b51863fca07693c7a81ab837742f850bfc4ebc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Wemm Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 06:30:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 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. --- usr.sbin/pppd/pppd.8 | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr.sbin/pppd/pppd.8 b/usr.sbin/pppd/pppd.8 index 27ee92d61519..a54dae24fff7 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/pppd/pppd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/pppd/pppd.8 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" 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