From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 16 17:11:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA22829 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 17:11:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@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 AAA22820 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 00:11:38 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA01848; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 00:49:45 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199804162349.AAA01848@awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Capriotti cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: starting ppp from inet.CONF In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 16 Apr 1998 16:05:07 -0300." <3.0.32.19980416160225.0097a5c0@pop.mpc.com.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 00:49:45 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I am not very sure if starting ppp (user mode) from inetd.conf is the most > desirable/indicated strategy, but since it is a small network, I thought it > would match the scope. > > I am using the folloing line : > > > ppp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/ppp ppp -alias > -auto mpc > > (there isno break here, in the line). > > > where mpc is my provider. > > > But I can't get ppp to start. Tips ? Inted.conf is used to spawn programs to handle incoming tcp connections - not really the situation here.... Your best bet is to read the handbook (http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/userppp.html). > Thank you. -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message