.TH PPTPD 8 "16 August 1999"
.SH NAME
pptpd - PPTP VPN daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
.B pptpd
.RB [ -c
.IR conf-file ]
.RB [ -d ]
.RB [ -f ]
.RB [ -h ]
.RB [ -l
.IR x.x.x.x ]
.RB [ -o
.IR ppp-conf-file ]
.RB [ -p
.IR pid-file ]
.RB [ -s
.IR baud ]
.RB [ -v ]
.PP
.B pptpd
.RB [ --conf
.IR conf-file ]
.RB [ --debug ]
.RB [ --fg ]
.RB [ --help ]
.RB [ --listen
.IR x.x.x.x ]
.RB [ --option
.IR ppp-conf-file ]
.RB [ --pidfile
.IR pid-file ]
.RB [ --speed
.IR baud ]
.RB [ --version ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B pptpd
is the PoPToP PPTP daemon, which manages tunneled PPP connections
encapsulated in GRE using the PPTP VPN protocol.  It may contain
features like IP address management and support TCP wrappers if
this support has been compiled in.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB-c\fR|\fB--conf \fIconf-file
specifies the configuration file for
.B pptpd
(default
.IR /etc/pptpd.conf )
.TP
.BR -d | --debug
turns on debugging mode, causing more debugging messages to be sent
to syslog.
.TP
.BR -f | --fg
makes the pptp daemon run in the foreground (instead of the default
of backgrounding itself)
.TP
.BR -h | --help
displays some simple help.
.TP
\fB-l\fR|\fB--listen \fIx.x.x.x
specifies the local interface IP address to listen on.
.TP
\fB-o\fR|\fB--option \fIppp-conf-file
specifies that pptpd should specify an alternate configuration file
for the ppp daemon (the default is normally
.I /etc/ppp/options
but may vary depending on your ppp daemon).
.TP
\fB-p\fR|\fB--pidfile \fIpid-file
specifies an alternate location to store the process ID file (default
.IR /var/run/pptpd.pid ).
.TP
\fB-s\fR|\fB--speed \fIbaud
specifies that the speed
.I baud
should be passed to the ppp daemon as the tty speed to use (in some
cases this is ignored by the ppp daemon).
.TP
.BR -v | --version
displays the current version of the pptp daemon.
.SH EXAMPLES
.PP
.B pptpd
will start the PoPToP PPTP VPN daemon (which will detach from the
terminal and return immediately), using default options such as
reading the configuration from
.I /etc/pptpd.conf
and noting the process ID in
.IR /var/run/pptpd.pid .
.PP
.B "pptpd --debug -l 192.168.0.1 -fg -c /etc/pptpd.conf.test -p /etc/pptpd.pid"
will start the PoPToP PPTP VPN daemon, with debugging increased,
listening on local interface 192.168.0.1, running in the foreground
and using the config file
.I /etc/pptpd.conf.test
and recording the process ID in
.IR /etc/pptpd.pid .
.SH FILES
/etc/pptpd.conf
.br
/var/run/pptpd.pid
.SH AUTHORS
PoPToP is written by Matthew Ramsay <matthewr@moreton.com.au>, David Luyer
<luyer@ucs.uwa.edu.au>, Kevin Thayer <tmk@netmagic.net>, Peter Galbavy
<Peter.Galbavy@knowledge.com> and others.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 1999 Matthew Ramsay and others.
.LP
PoPToP is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later
version.
.LP
PoPToP is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
for more details.
.LP
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with PoPToP; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
.SH AVAILABILITY
The most recent version of PoPToP is available for download from
Moreton Bay at
.IR http://www.moretonbay.com/vpn/pptp.html .
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR pppd (8),
.BR pptpctrl (8),
.BR pptpd.conf (5),
.BR tcpd (8).