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startppp - Starts the pppd daemon for PPP dial-in connections
A system configured for PPP dial-in connections answers calls from remote systems. If your system is configured as a PPP dial-in system, a getty process is continuously run on the serial line that is connected to a modem. When a call comes in, getty prompts for a login name. If the login name matches a PPP user name entry in the /etc/passwd file, getty starts startppp as a login shell. The startppp program then invokes the /usr/sbin/pppd command with no arguments.
See Network Administration for information on setting up your system as a PPP dial-in system.
Only a person with superuser authority can run the startppp program.
Specifies the command path File containing options required to support dial-in access for all remote users. Contains the startppp process ID
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