Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 19:32:45 -0500 From: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> To: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I specify a unit for ppp? Message-ID: <3E8B3ADD.22128.F838E40@localhost> In-Reply-To: <00bc01c2f91b$f5bd1cc0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
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On 2 Apr 2003 at 8:29, Matthew Emmerton wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> > To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 8:12 AM > Subject: How do I specify a unit for ppp? > > > > >From man ppp I see this: > > > > The -unit flag tells ppp to only attempt to open /dev/tunN. > > > > I want it to use tun0. I can't see a way to specify a unit in > > /etc/rc.conf. > > > > Clues? > > We really need a ppp_flags variable in /etc/rc.conf which is recognized by > /etc/rc.network for this kind of thing. > Then you could specificy ppp_flags="-unit 0" in /etc/rc.conf and be on your > way. > > Patches against 4.7-REL (sorry, I don't have an up-to-date -stable box). > Comments requested; I will submit a PR with patches against -stable later > today. That patch works well for me. Thank you. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/
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