PPP-WATCH(8) PPP-WATCH(8)
NAME
ppp-watch - daemon to make PPP interfaces act more like other inter-
faces
SYNOPSIS
ppp-watch interface-name [boot]
DESCRIPTION
ppp-watch manages one PPP connection, including starting, stopping, and
redialing. It makes starting and stopping the connection synchronous
activities.
ppp-watch is not really meant to be called directly. It should only be
used from within the ifup-ppp script.
OPTIONS
interface-name
The name of the PPP interface to bring up.
boot ppp-watch is being called at boot time and should time out after
a while if the PPP connection does not come up in order not to
hang the boot sequence.
RHS Red Hat, Inc. PPP-WATCH(8)
