From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 20 11:52:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA11275 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 11:52:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA11222 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 18:52:34 GMT (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA02557; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 13:52:32 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199804201852.NAA02557@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: ppp starting without reason... To: beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA (Antoine Beaupre) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 13:52:32 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA In-Reply-To: <353B97BF.368FBFC7@JSP.UMontreal.CA> from Antoine Beaupre at "Apr 20, 98 02:45:19 pm" X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, Antoine Beaupre said: > Hi I recetnly tried to set up a PPP connection. I did everything as per > the handbook for setting up user ppp. However, my kernel seems to try to > establish a ppp connection ***each time I start my system****!!!! > > How can I know which program is starting at startup (i.e. I know that > cron starts everytime), How can I modify which will start and which will > not? A guess is that it's trying to resolve hostnames via a remote dns. To find out, run tcpdump to watch tun0 to see what goes out. -- I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered. Jean Ingelow To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message