Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 20:11:21 -0400 From: User & Ian Patrick Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> To: Mark Hughes <mark@dvdnews.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Closing PPP connection opened using ppp -auto Message-ID: <20010718201121.I51074@localhost> In-Reply-To: <045b01c10fc4$7813ba50$0200a8c0@mark2>; from mark@dvdnews.co.uk on Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 08:57:05PM %2B0100 References: <045b01c10fc4$7813ba50$0200a8c0@mark2>
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Do a kill -HUP ppp process number. I use sudo which allows me to let normal users reset this process that is started as root. If you want, I can send you the steps on how to do this. It beats logging in as root everytime to kill a connection. Ian As it was put forth by Mark Hughes on Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 08:57:05PM +0100... > If I've opened a PPP connection using the line... > > ppp -auto adsl > > (where adsl is the profile name) > > and the line has come up with usage, as is expected, how do I force a > disconnect? The only way I can find to do it at the moment is by running > killall ppp as root, which seems a little excessive and heavy handed, and > also messes up the driver for my adsl modem - then requiring a reboot to > reconnnect (as far as I can tell). > > How do I force a disconnect? > > Thanks, > Mark > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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