---
name: "runonboot"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "pppstatus"
version: "0.4.2-2"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/runonboot"
---

# runonboot(8)

make pppstatus run on boot

## NAME

runonboot - make pppstatus run on boot

## SYNOPSIS

**runonboot** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **runonboot** command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**runonboot** is a program that makes pppstatus run on boot. For details see /usr/share/doc/pppstatus/README.

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

- **-t number**

  Specifies the terminal you want pppstatus runs on boot (You'll probably want to put a tty that doesn't work as a terminal). The most commons examples are the terminals 8 to 12.

- **-d string**

  Specifies your linux distribution (debian, slack, rh) so the program can update all the new data in the right places.

## SEE ALSO

[**pppstatus**(1)](/pppstatus/1.md).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Dr. Guenter Bechly \<gbechly@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).