  mpd-5.5,   set iface description TEMPLATE,
 TEMPLATE -    (  ,
  ),     :

%a -     UNSPEC,   ݣ  ;
%A -    UNSPEC,   ݣ  ;
%i -    (  SNMP-  ifTable  MIB-II);
%I -  ;
%l -    (link name) ,  mpd5  
          RADIUS-,   
         Packet Of Disconnect (POD);
%S -   (DoS/UP/DOWN);
%t -   (pppoe, pptp, l2tp etc.);
%u - ϣ  ;      ,
         placeholder;
%U -   ,   ,  
       placeholder;
%% -     .

  ("")  .
    -     mpd,
     ifconfig    FreeBSD.

      FreeBSD 9-CURRENT
26  2010   FreeBSD 8-STABLE 25  2010,
  ,   8.1-RELEASE.

 mpd55,      ,  
     ,   
       mpd.

 mpd55,       ,
        .

,      ,  
sysctl net.ifdescr_maxlen -      
 (   ,   1024)
      .      " "
    mpd  ,     .
  mpd   1024    .

        :

-    set iface description
         ;
-  ,    ;
-  ,    .

 : mpd   /, 
  ,     
    ,     
 .       ,
   .  set iface description ""
  ,      
  mpd,    .
