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From: Ari Suutari <ari.suutari@ps.carel.fi>
To: "'Brian Somers'" <brian@awfulhak.org>,
        Mark Tinguely
	 <tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu>
Cc: "freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: RE: /var/run/natd.pid request 
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 10:56:31 +0300
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Hi,

On 12. kesakuuta 1997 10:18, Brian Somers [SMTP:brian@awfulhak.org] wrote:
> > 
> > I finally figured out how to get natd working, and I have a little
> > suggestion: stuff the natd PID in /var/run/natd.pid. from my experiments
> > when the translating interface's address is dynamic (and using -dynamic
> > option), the natd process requires a SIGHUP to make the change to the
> > new address. If the natd PID is available, then it will simply the process.
> 
> I've cc'd this to Ari Suutari (the author).  I don't have any problem
> with this idea.
> 

	Good idea, I'll add this to next version.

> I did however think that the address change was transparent (reading the
> routing socket), but I havn't looked at the code.
> 

	It is automatic based on messages in routing socket. It worked
	for me with le & ep drivers but I haved tested it with ppp. The idea
	is that sending SIGHUP should no longer be necessary.

		Ari S.