Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 04-08-2006 Installation Manual page 616

31.7.1 Configuring smpppd
The connections provided by smpppd are automatically configured by YaST. The actual
dial-up programs KInternet and cinternet are also preconfigured. Manual settings are
only required to configure additional features of smpppd, such as remote control.
The configuration file of smpppd is /etc/smpppd.conf. By default, it does not
enable remote control. The most important options of this configuration file are:
open-inet-socket = yes|no
To control smpppd via the network, this option must be set to yes. The port on
which smpppd listens is 3185. If this parameter is set to yes, the parameters
bind-address, host-range, and password should also be set accordingly.
bind-address = ip
If a host has several IP addresses, use this parameter to determine at which IP ad-
dress smpppd should accept connections.
host-range = min ip max ip
The parameter host-range defines a network range. Hosts whose IP addresses
are within this range are granted access to smpppd. All hosts not within this range
are denied access.
password = password
By assigning a password, limit the clients to authorized hosts. As this is a plain-
text password, you should not overrate the security it provides. If no password is
assigned, all clients are permitted to access smpppd.
slp-register = yes|no
With this parameter, the smpppd service can be announced in the network via SLP.
More information about smpppd is available in the smpppd(8) and
smpppd.conf(5) man pages.
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