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authorsteve <steve@FreeBSD.org>1998-09-20 06:45:44 +0800
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Update to version 1.0 beta 5.
PR: 7947 Submitted by: maintainer
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MPD MULTI-LINK PPP DAEMON FOR FREEBSD
-Release 1.0b4
+Release 1.0b5
Written by Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
Based on IIJ-PPP by Toshiharu OHNO <tony-o@iij.ad.jp>
Please see the CHANGES file if you are updating from mpd-1.0b3.
-
* WHAT IS IT?
A user-mode PPP daemon based on iij-ppp which supports multi-link PPP.
@@ -18,27 +17,48 @@ Please see the CHANGES file if you are updating from mpd-1.0b3.
as compression, have not been tested very much at all. However,
the core of the daemon is very solid.
+* HOW DO I BUILD AND INSTALL IT?
+
+ cd src
+ make depend all install
+
* HOW DO I SET IT UP?
- Check the "etc/mpd" directory for configuration file examples.
- There are four configuration files:
+ You will need to create your own versions of the four required
+ configuration files in /etc/ppp:
- mpd.conf.sample - General configuration
- mpd.links.sample - Description of available links
- mpd.script.sample - Modem scripts
- mpd.secret.sample - Login/password pairs
+ mpd.conf - General configuration
+ mpd.links - Description of available links
+ mpd.script - Modem scripts
+ mpd.secret - Login/password pairs
If you're familiar with iij-ppp, the configuration method is
similar: commands are read from a file.
+ Check the "conf" subdirectory for configuration file examples.
+
+ Then append the following lines to /etc/syslog.conf and create an
+ empty /var/log/mpd.log file to get proper logging:
+
+ !mpd
+ *.* /var/log/mpd.log
+
+ Add a corresponding line to /etc/newsyslog.conf as well to get
+ proper log rotation.
+
+ If you want to start it as a background daemon at boot time,
+ add the appropriate line to /etc/rc.local, e.g.:
+
+ echo -n " mpd" ; /usr/local/bin/mpd -b
+
* WHAT'S THE COPYRIGHT STATUS?
Berkeley style: see ``COPYRIGHT.iij'' and ``COPYRIGHT.whistle''.
* WHERE CAN I READ MORE ABOUT IT?
- In the "doc/mpd" directory is a preliminary man page and some other
- assorted stuff. In the "etc/mpd" directory are example configuration
+ In the "docs" directory is a preliminary man page and some other
+ assorted stuff. In the "conf" directory are example configuration
files with descriptive comments.
* WHERE CAN I GO FOR HELP?