1xl2tpd(8)                                                            xl2tpd(8)
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NAME

6       xl2tpd - Layer 2 Tunnelling Protocol Daemon
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DESCRIPTION

9       A  Layer  2  Tunneling  Protocol  VPN client/daemon for Linux and other
10       POSIX-based OSs. Based off of L2TPd 0.61 from
11         http://www.marko.net/l2tp and patches collected by Jacco de Leeuw at
12         http://www.jacco2.dds.nl/networking/openswan-l2tp.html
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14       Currently maintained by Xelerance
15         http://www.xelerance.com/software/xl2tpd/
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17       xl2tpd implements the Layer 2 Tunnelling Protocol, defined by RFC 2661.
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OPTIONS

21       -D     This option prevents xl2tpd from detaching from the terminal and
22              daemonizing.
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25       -c <config file>
26              Tells  xl2tpd  to  use  an  alternate  config  file.  Default is
27              /etc/xl2tpd/xl2tpd.conf.   Fallback   configuration   file    is
28              /etc/l2tpd/l2tpd.conf
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31       -s <secret file>
32              Tells  xl2tpd  to  use  an alternate "secrets" file.  Default is
33              /etc/xl2tpd/l2tp-secrets
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36       -p <pid file>
37              Tells  xl2tpd  to  use  an  alternate  pid  file.   Default   is
38              /var/run/xl2tpd/xl2tpd.pid
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41       -C <control file>
42              Tells  xl2tpd  to  use  an  alternate  control file.  Default is
43              /var/run/xl2tpd/l2tp-control
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FILES

48       /etc/xl2tpd/xl2tpd.conf /etc/xl2tpd/l2tp-secrets /var/run/l2tp-control
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BUGS

51       Please address bugs and comment to xl2tpd-dev@xelerance.com
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SEE ALSO

54       xl2tpd.conf(5)
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AUTHORS

57       Forked  from   l2tpd   by   Xelerance   (http://www.xelerance.com/soft‐
58       ware/xl2tpd/
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60       Michael   Richardson   <mcr@xelerance.com>  Paul  Wouters  <paul@xeler‐
61       ance.com>
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63       Many thanks to Jacco de Leeuw <jacco2@dds.nl> for maintaining l2tpd.
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66       Previous development  was  hosted  at  sourceforge  (http://www.source‐
67       forge.net/projects/l2tpd) by:
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69       Scott Balmos <sbalmos@iglou.com>
70       David Stipp <dstipp@one.net>
71       Jeff McAdams <jeffm@iglou.com>
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74       Based off of l2tpd version 0.60
75       Copyright (C)1998 Adtran, Inc.
76       Mark Spencer <markster@marko.net>
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80Jeff McAdams                                                         xl2tpd(8)