login.conf documentation

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On 29 Jun 1999 09:54:09 +0200, Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de> wrote:
>On Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 09:21:47PM +0200, Dirk Lattermann wrote:
>> I suggest the addition of a line to the login.conf example
>> file indicating that only up to 9 arguments are passed to
>> the login program (configurable in login.c, MAX_LOGIN_ARGS).
>
>Why not put the pppd options into a file and tell pppd to read that?  One
>very rarely needs that many options, and it doesn't increase readability
>of login.config...

You are right.

I would have done this earlier if I had been aware of this
restriction.  This would have saved me at least one test turn
of configuring.  But after all, it's your file...

The value of MAX_LOGIN_ARGS probably doesn't need to be changed.

Greetings,
	Dirk.