Configuration File

The asppp.cf file provides the link manager with information about each remote endpoint with which the local host will communicate. You define this information in a section of the configuration file called a path. The path section also defines the PPP interface to be used and, optionally, other attributes determining how communications will take place, including security issues. "Parts of Basic Configuration File" explains the sections of the asppp.cf file in detail. The following example shows an unmodified asppp.cf file.

Example 21-1 Unmodified asppp.cf File

#ident	"@(#)asppp.cf	10	93/07/07 SMI"
#
# Copyright (c) 1993 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
#
# Sample asynchronous PPP /etc/asppp.cf file
#
#
 
ifconfig ipdptp0 plumb mojave gobi private up
 
path
   inactivity_timeout 120    # Approx. 2 minutes
   interface ipdptp0	  
   peer_system_name Pgobi    # The name this system logs in with when
                             # it dials this server
                             # *OR* the entry we look up in
                             # /etc/uucp/Systems when we dial out.