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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-dev@xelerance.com

SEE ALSO

       xl2tpd.conf(5)

AUTHORS

       Forked            from           l2tpd           by           Xelerance
       (http://www.xelerance.com/software/xl2tpd/

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

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

       Previous      development      was      hosted      at      sourceforge
       (http://www.sourceforge.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>