ppp(1M)                                                      ppp(1M)


       NAME
             ppp - login shell for the Point-to-Point Protocol

       SYNOPSIS
             /usr/lib/ppp/ppp

       DESCRIPTION
             The ppp command is executed by login(1) upon receipt of an
             incoming PPP connection request.

             ppp passes the name of its controlling tty to pppd through a
             socket and then waits for the PPP datagram traffic on this
             link to stop, either through a timeout or an active close of
             the link.  pppd  receives messages at the port indicated in
             the pppmsg service name specification; see services(4).  When
             the tty is released, pppd will kill the ppp process and break
             the IP connection to the remote host.

       USAGE
             This login shell will need appropriate entries in the
             /etc/passwd and /etc/group  files for each PPP host.

             The typical entry in /etc/passwd will look like this:
             nppp:x:11:9:0000-ppp(0000):/usr/spool/uucppublic:/usr/lib/ppp/ppp

             In addition, a corresponding entry will be needed for ppp in
             /etc/group:
                   ppp::9:root,ppp

             Note that, when ppp is killed, this action will also cause
             pppd to break the IP connection for this PPP path.

       REFERENCES
             login(1), pppd(1M), PPP(7)














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