>I guess this is not a problem for people who run only one PPP because
>you can then put all the options in /etc/ppp/options - but if you want
>to run multiple PPP links, you need to use /etc/ppp/options.ttyname
>(which won't work unless you first log in via that tty and start pppd
>there).

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

I know it will also read the .ppprc out of the user account of the
person running pppd (that is on the client side).  Also, can't you
specify a filename on the pppd command line that contains all the
other options?

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