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       -l     This  option tells xl2tpd to use syslog for logging even when -D
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29       -c <config file>
30              Tells xl2tpd to  use  an  alternate  config  file.   Default  is
31              /etc/xl2tpd/xl2tpd.conf.    Fallback   configuration   file   is
32              /etc/l2tpd/l2tpd.conf
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35       -s <secret file>
36              Tells xl2tpd to use an alternate  "secrets"  file.   Default  is
37              /etc/xl2tpd/l2tp-secrets
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40       -p <pid file>
41              Tells   xl2tpd  to  use  an  alternate  pid  file.   Default  is
42              /var/run/xl2tpd/xl2tpd.pid
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45       -C <control file>
46              Tells xl2tpd to use  an  alternate  control  file.   Default  is
47              /var/run/xl2tpd/l2tp-control
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FILES

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

56       Please address bugs and comment to xl2tpd@lists.xelerance.com
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SEE ALSO

59       xl2tpd.conf(5)
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AUTHORS

62       Forked  from   l2tpd   by   Xelerance   (http://www.xelerance.com/soft‐
63       ware/xl2tpd/
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65       Michael   Richardson   <mcr@xelerance.com>  Paul  Wouters  <paul@xeler‐
66       ance.com>
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68       Many thanks to Jacco de Leeuw <jacco2@dds.nl> for maintaining l2tpd.
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71       Previous development  was  hosted  at  sourceforge  (http://www.source‐
72       forge.net/projects/l2tpd) by:
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74       Scott Balmos <sbalmos@iglou.com>
75       David Stipp <dstipp@one.net>
76       Jeff McAdams <jeffm@iglou.com>
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79       Based off of l2tpd version 0.60
80       Copyright (C)1998 Adtran, Inc.
81       Mark Spencer <markster@marko.net>
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85Jeff McAdams                                                         xl2tpd(8)