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From: "Alex.Boisvert" <boia01@castor.GEL.USherb.CA>
To: Keith Spencer <bsd@smmc.qld.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: What is the fbsd autoexec.bat file ?
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> Hi again all,
> If I wish to start ...
>    	ppp -auto ISP 
> 
> automagically at boot, wher do I put this line?
> Is it the rc.conf thing??
> 

Yes, kind of.  You can place your local startup configuration in 
/etc/rc.local.

Alex.