> Can you have an /etc/ppp/options *and* a /etc/ppp/options.ttyname?

Yes.  pppd reads both (and other files) every time.

> I know it will also read the .ppprc out of the user account of the
> person running pppd (that is on the client side).

Yes, but if I have two pppd's started by root, they would be using the
same .ppprc.

> Also, can't you
> specify a filename on the pppd command line that contains all the
> other options?

Oops.  Yes.  Thanks for the idea.  But, I still can't see why ttyp1, not
the tty line I specify... ;-)

  -jm

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