diff -Nur ppp-2.4.1/pppd/Makefile.linux myppp/ppp-2.4.1/pppd/Makefile.linux
--- ppp-2.4.1/pppd/Makefile.linux	2006-09-14 14:52:54.000000000 +0200
+++ ppp-2.4.1/pppd/Makefile.linux	2006-09-14 14:55:44.000000000 +0200
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	   auth.o options.o demand.o utils.o sys-linux.o ipxcp.o multilink.o \
 	   tdb.o tty.o
 
-all: pppd
+all: pppd tdbread
 
 #
 # include dependancies if present and backup if as a header file
@@ -114,9 +114,10 @@
 
 INSTALL= install
 
-install: pppd
+install: pppd tdbread
 	mkdir -p $(BINDIR) $(MANDIR)
 	$(INSTALL) -c -m 555 pppd $(BINDIR)/pppd
+	$(INSTALL) -c -m 555 tdbread $(BINDIR)/tdbread
 	if chgrp pppusers $(BINDIR)/pppd 2>/dev/null; then \
 	  chmod o-rx,u+s $(BINDIR)/pppd; fi
 	$(INSTALL) -c -m 444 pppd.8 $(MANDIR)/man8
@@ -124,8 +125,11 @@
 pppd: $(PPPDOBJS)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o pppd $(PPPDOBJS) $(LIBS)
 
+tdbread: tdbread.o tdb.o
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ 
+
 clean:
-	rm -f $(PPPDOBJS) pppd *~ #* core
+	rm -f $(PPPDOBJS) tdbread.o tdbread pppd *~ #* core
 
 depend:
 	$(CPP) -M $(CFLAGS) $(PPPDSRCS) >.depend
diff -Nur ppp-2.4.1/pppd/tdbread.c myppp/ppp-2.4.1/pppd/tdbread.c
--- ppp-2.4.1/pppd/tdbread.c	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ ppp-2.4.1/pppd/tdbread.c	2006-09-14 14:52:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+/**
+ * @file    tdbread.c
+ * @author  Thomas Geffert <geffert@4g-systems.com>
+ * @date    Thu Sep 14 10:28:31 2006
+ *
+ * @brief  Small program to extract information from pppd.tbd database.
+ *         You can get information about a specific ppp process with its pid
+ *         or view all keys available in the database.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * (c) COPYRIGHT 2006 by 4G Systems GmbH Germany
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
+ * provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
+ * duplicated in all such forms AND provided that this software or
+ * any derived work is only used as part of the PPP daemon (pppd)
+ * and related utilities.
+ * The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
+ * derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
+ * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ *
+ * Note: this software is also available under the Gnu Public License
+ * version 2 or later.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <signal.h>				/* needed for tdb.h starting with ppp-2.4.3 */
+
+#include "tdb.h"
+#include "pppd.h"
+#include "pathnames.h"
+
+/**
+ * Callback function for tdb_traverse: show a key and its associated data
+ *
+ * @param tdb pointer to database
+ * @param key hash key
+ * @param dbuf data belonging to key
+ * @param state unused data pointer
+ *
+ * @return 0 if success, 1 to stop calling function
+ */
+static int show(TDB_CONTEXT *tdb, TDB_DATA key, TDB_DATA dbuf, void *state)
+{
+	printf("%.*s: \"%.*s\"\n", key.dsize, key.dptr, dbuf.dsize, dbuf.dptr);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parse command line option. Option is used to sepcify for which ppp process
+ * information should be shown.
+ *
+ * @param argc  number of options
+ * @param argv  pointer to array with options
+ *
+ * @return empty key if no valid option found, or key selected by config option
+ */
+TDB_DATA parse_options(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	TDB_DATA key = { NULL, 0 };
+	static char keyname[32] = { 0 };
+	int c;
+	while (1) {
+		int option_index = 0;
+		static struct option long_options[] = {
+			{"pid", 1, 0, 'p'}, {"device", 1, 0, 'd'}, {"ifname", 1, 0, 'i'},
+			{"ipremote", 1, 0, 'r'}, {"help", 0, 0, 'h'}, {0, 0, 0, 0}
+		};
+
+		c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "p:d:i:r:h", long_options, &option_index);
+		if (c == -1) {
+			if ( optind<argc ) {
+				c = '?'; // force display of usage
+			} else {
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		switch (c) {
+		case 'p':
+			snprintf(keyname, sizeof(keyname), "PPPD_PID=%s", optarg);
+			break;
+		case 'i':
+			snprintf(keyname, sizeof(keyname), "IFNAME=%s", optarg);
+			break;
+		case 'd':
+			snprintf(keyname, sizeof(keyname), "DEVICE=%s", optarg);
+			break;
+		case 'r':
+			snprintf(keyname, sizeof(keyname), "IPREMOTE=%s", optarg);
+			break;
+		case '?':
+		case 'h':
+			fprintf(stderr, "Usage: tdbread [--pid pid|--device devname|--ifname ifname|--ipremote ipremote]\n"
+					" If several options are given, only the last one is used.\n");
+			exit(1);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if ( *keyname != 0 ) {
+		key.dptr = (char *) keyname;
+		key.dsize = strlen(keyname);
+	}
+
+	return key;
+}
+
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+	TDB_CONTEXT *pppdb;
+	int rc=1;
+
+	/* open database */
+	pppdb = tdb_open(_PATH_PPPDB, 0, 0, O_RDWR, 0644);
+	if (pppdb == NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open DB %s\n", _PATH_PPPDB);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	TDB_DATA key = parse_options(argc, argv);
+
+	if (key.dsize==0) {
+		tdb_traverse(pppdb, show, NULL);
+	} else {
+		if (tdb_exists(pppdb, key)) {
+			TDB_DATA key2;
+			/* value of pppd_pid entry points to entry with real info */
+			key2 = tdb_fetch(pppdb, key);
+			if (tdb_exists(pppdb, key2)) {
+				TDB_DATA data;
+				data = tdb_fetch(pppdb, key2);
+				printf("%.*s\n", data.dsize, data.dptr);
+				rc=0;
+			} else {
+				fprintf(stderr, "No data found for %.*s\n", key2.dsize, key2.dptr);
+			}
+		} else {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Key %.*s not found\n", key.dsize, key.dptr);
+		}
+	}
+
+	tdb_close(pppdb);
+
+	return rc;
+}