---
name: "pppupd"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "pppupd"
version: "0.23-9"
release: "Debian 2.1 (Slink)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pppupd"
---

# pppupd(8)

maintain a dialup PPP connection

## NAME

pppupd - maintain a dialup PPP connection

## SYNOPSIS

**pppupd**

## DESCRIPTION

**PPPupd** , is a simple daemon which maintains a dialup PPP connection. **PPPupd** is able to:

\+ Execute a redial script, should the connection drop.

\+ Send out periodic pings to keep a connection up, which might be disconnected by unruly ISP's who kick their well paying members off, after a predetermined number of minutes of inactivity.

\+ Send logs to stdout, a log file, or syslog, or all three.

**PPPupd's** real strength lies in the ability to configure it easily. Upon startup, pppupd will read the contents of a configuration file ( *pppupd.cf* by default) and execute scripts, ping, or whatever accordingly.

## FILES

*/etc/pppupd.cf* the configuration file.

*/usr/sbin/pppupd* the pppupd daemon itself.

*/var/log/pppupd.log* log file

## AUTHOR

pppupd was written by Jake Bouvrie \<jvb@thetasys.com\>

This manual page was written by Jaldhar H. Vyas \<jaldhar@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.  it may be freely used for any purpose.