Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 07:34:13 -0600 From: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> To: Alvin Sim <bsd140870@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Re[2]: stop ppp dialing on boot Message-ID: <20010418073412.A216997@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca> In-Reply-To: <1076649851.20010418195315@yahoo.co.uk>; from "Alvin Sim" on Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 07:53:15PM References: <395951968.20010418112232@yahoo.co.uk> <20010418112258.A7234@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <1076649851.20010418195315@yahoo.co.uk>
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On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 07:53:15PM +0800, Alvin Sim wrote: > Wednesday, April 18, 2001, 06:22:58 PM, Rasputin wrote: > > R> * Alvin Sim <bsd140870@yahoo.co.uk> [010418 04:20]: > >> Hello list, > >> > >> i have been searching around for a way to stop ppp from dialing when > >> the machine boots up but so far, i cannot say that i have found an > >> answer. hopefully someone here can help me out :) > > R> Find out what's bringing up the line. > R> Chances are one of your daemons does a DNS test or similar when it starts up. > > this just might be it but... how do i see which is starting up the > dns test search? i have `inetd' disabled in rc.conf and the only > thing thats in /usr/local/etc/rc.d are: I seem to recall from the time I went through this exercise, that "sendmail" was the culprit doing DNS lookups. I believe that i cured the problem by disabling 'dns' in ppp.conf. Check the mailing list archives - I'm sure that there is *lots* of material on this issue. Later... -- -duke Calgary, Alberta, Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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