ppp(ADMN)                                                          ppp(ADMN)


 Name

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

 Syntax

    /usr/lib/ppp/ppp

 Description

    /usr/lib/ppp/ppp is executed by login(M) upon system receipt of an incom-
    ing PPP connection request at a tty port.

    ppp passes the name of its controlling tty to pppd(ADMN) 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 specification; see
    services(SFF).  When the tty is released, pppd will kill the ppp process
    and break the IP connection to the remote host.

 See also

    login(M), pppd(ADMN), getty(M) and ppp(ADMP).