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diff --git a/mdk-stage1/rp-pppoe/gui/pppoe-wrapper.1 b/mdk-stage1/rp-pppoe/gui/pppoe-wrapper.1 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4fbf2bce2 --- /dev/null +++ b/mdk-stage1/rp-pppoe/gui/pppoe-wrapper.1 @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +.\" $Id$ +.TH PPPOE-WRAPPER 1 "26 February 2001" +.UC 4 +.SH NAME +pppoe-wrapper \- SUID wrapper for starting and stopping PPPoE connections. +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B pppoe-wrapper start linkname +.P +.B pppoe-wrapper stop linkname +.P +.B pppoe-wrapper status linkname + +.SH DESCRIPTION +\fBpppoe-wrapper\fR is a small SUID program which allows non-root users +to start and stop PPPoE links. It operates as follows: + +.TP +.B o +First, \fIlinkname\fR is sanity-checked. Too-long names and names containing +illegal characters are rejected. + +.TP +.B o +Second, \fBpppoe-wrapper\fR opens the file \fB/etc/ppp/rp-pppoe-gui/\fR\fIlinkname\fR for reading. If that file does not contain the line: +.nf + + NONROOT=OK + +.fi +then \fBpppoe-wrapper\fR fails. + +.TP +.B o +Otherwise, \fBpppoe-wrapper\fR runs \fBadsl-start\fR, \fBadsl-stop\fR or +\fBadsl-status\fR with the above filename as its single argument. + +.SH AUTHOR +\fBpppoe-wrapper\fR was written by David F. Skoll <dfs@roaringpenguin.com>. + +The \fBpppoe\fR home page is \fIhttp://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/\fR. + +.SH SEE ALSO +adsl-start(8), adsl-stop(8), adsl-status(8), tkpppoe(1) + + |