From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Nov 14 15:42:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA27562 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 15:42:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA27518 for ; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 15:41:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (root@woof.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.7]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA16859; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 22:44:12 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by woof.lan.awfulhak.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id WAA20413; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 22:46:00 GMT (envelope-from brian@woof.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199811142246.WAA20413@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Dave Edwards cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ijppp and the -alias option In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 13 Nov 1998 08:44:13 +1030." <199811122214.IAA14495@chunga.apana.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 22:45:57 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > It seems that the ppp process ignores the -background switch and > sets up demand dialing when you use the -alias option. > > The line will drop (and stay dropped) with entries in the logs > saying "Idle time expired" when activity ceases (about 30 seconds > or so). Using -background doesn't alter the idle timer. Use ``set timeout 0'' if you don't want to time out. [.....] -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message