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xl2tpd(8)							     xl2tpd(8)

NAME
       xl2tpd - Layer 2 Tunnelling Protocol Daemon

DESCRIPTION
       A  Layer	 2  Tunneling  Protocol	 VPN client/daemon for Linux and other
       POSIX-based OSs. Based off of L2TPd 0.61 from
	 http://www.marko.net/l2tp and patches collected by Jacco de Leeuw at
	 http://www.jacco2.dds.nl/networking/openswan-l2tp.html

       Currently maintained by Xelerance
	 http://www.xelerance.com/software/xl2tpd/

       xl2tpd implements the Layer 2 Tunnelling Protocol, defined by RFC 2661.

OPTIONS
       -D     This option prevents xl2tpd from detaching from the terminal and
	      daemonizing.

       -c <config file>
	      Tells  xl2tpd  to	 use  an  alternate  config  file.  Default is
	      /etc/xl2tpd/xl2tpd.conf.	 Fallback   configuration   file    is
	      /etc/l2tpd/l2tpd.conf

       -s <secret file>
	      Tells  xl2tpd  to	 use  an alternate "secrets" file.  Default is
	      /etc/xl2tpd/l2tp-secrets

       -p <pid file>
	      Tells  xl2tpd  to	 use  an  alternate  pid  file.	  Default   is
	      /var/run/xl2tpd/xl2tpd.pid

       -C <control file>
	      Tells  xl2tpd  to	 use  an  alternate  control file.  Default is
	      /var/run/xl2tpd/l2tp-control

FILES
       /etc/xl2tpd/xl2tpd.conf /etc/xl2tpd/l2tp-secrets /var/run/l2tp-control

BUGS
       Please address bugs and comment to xl2tpd@lists.xelerance.com

SEE ALSO
       xl2tpd.conf(5)

AUTHORS
       Forked  from   l2tpd   by   Xelerance   (http://www.xelerance.com/soft‐
       ware/xl2tpd/

       Michael	 Richardson   <mcr@xelerance.com>  Paul	 Wouters  <paul@xeler‐
       ance.com>

       Many thanks to Jacco de Leeuw <jacco2@dds.nl> for maintaining l2tpd.

       Previous development  was  hosted  at  sourceforge  (http://www.source‐
       forge.net/projects/l2tpd) by:

       Scott Balmos <sbalmos@iglou.com>
       David Stipp <dstipp@one.net>
       Jeff McAdams <jeffm@iglou.com>

       Based off of l2tpd version 0.60
       Copyright (C)1998 Adtran, Inc.
       Mark Spencer <markster@marko.net>

Jeff McAdams							     xl2tpd(8)

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