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Subject: Re: wiring ppp? devices 
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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 00:15:54 +0100
From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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> Does anyone know how to reserve (for instance) ppp0 so that only /dev/ttyd0
> can ever claim it? How is it done, and where should I be looking for this
> information?
> 
> --
> Adam David <adam@veda.is>

I dunno about ppp0, but you could reserve tun0 (from ppp) by renaming
the device:

# cd /dev
# mv tun0 anamethatonlyIknow

Ppp will happily skip onto tun1.
-- 
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org>
      <http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....