---
name: "dppp"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dunc"
version: "2.4"
release: "Debian 2.1 (Slink)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dppp"
---

# dppp(1)

start a dial up networking client connection

## NAME

dppp - start a dial up networking client connection

## SYNOPSIS

**dppp** \[-c connection\_name\] \[options\]

**dppp** \[-s\] \[options\]

**dppp** \[-x connection\_name\] \[\[password\] options\]

**dppp**\

## DESCRIPTION

**dppp** is a  **dialog** based interactive, menu driven utility to help automate starting up a dial up network connection.  It currently looks in *$HOME/.dunc* for \*.ctn files to use for the first three forms and calls pon (thus acting as a drop in replacement for it) for the last form.

## OPTIONS

- The following options may be given at the command line.

  Each of these may be followed by additional options to be passed directly to pppd unless otherwise specified.

- **-s \[options\]**

  This option starts dppp up in the selection menu.  You can pick which connection you wish to run.

- **-c \[connection\_name\] \[options\]**

  This option lets you name a connection on the command line while still allowing you use of the menu system for other things (such as entering a password).

- **-x \[connection\_name\] \[\[password\] options\]**

  This option lets you specify a connection on the command line and bypass the menu system all together.  This is useful if you want to start the connection non-interactively. If the connection uses chat authentication and the password is not stored, it needs to be passed as the first options argument.

## ENVIRONMENT

The following environment variables may be set to augment **dppp's** default behavior:

- **DUNC\_DIR**

  This is the base dirctory where ppp options (.ctn) and chat (.cht) files get written to.  The default is *$HOME/.dunc*

- **DACU\_RC**

  This is the control file that contains the state information between program runs.  It defaults to *$HOME/.duncrc*

## FILES

- **$DUNC\_DIR/\*.ctn**

  These files are the name of the connection with a .ctn appended.  They are actually a ppp options file appended to the pppd command line by  dppp

- **$DUNC\_DIR/\*.cht**

  These are chat files named with the .ctn files.

## NOTES

**dppp** creates temporary files in **/tmp.** It cleans up after all of these.  If you need error logging, redirect STD\_ERR on the command line to a file (a la 2\>filename in bourne compatable shells).

## SEE ALSO

[chat(8)](/chat/8.md), [pppd(8)](/pppd/8.md), [dialog(1)](/dialog/1.md), and [dunc(8)](/dunc/8.md)

## COPYRIGHT

**dppp** is free software; see the GNU General Public Licence version 2 or later for copying conditions.  There is *no* warranty. COPYRIGHT(C)1997 Richard G. Roberto