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Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 08:35:49 +0200
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From: Gernot Hueber <hueber@riic.at>
Subject: Re: Closing PPP connection opened using ppp -auto
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Have a look at pppctl. In the man pages there are sample scripts, too

Gernot

At 20:57 18.07.01 +0100, Mark Hughes wrote:
>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
>
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Dipl.-Ing. Gernot Hueber
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