From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Oct 28 16:37:03 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA04251 for stable-outgoing; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 16:37:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA04237 for ; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 16:36:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA04036; Wed, 29 Oct 1997 00:21:59 GMT Message-Id: <199710290021.AAA04036@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=DEor=F0ur?= Ivarsson cc: "Michael V. Harding" , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to start "ppp -auto" on boot? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 28 Oct 1997 19:18:13 GMT." <34563A75.41C67EA6@est.is> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 00:21:59 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Michael V. Harding wrote: > > > > I have "ppp -auto someplace" in my "rc.local" file. As of the recent > > builds, this no longer starts ppp. This is a problem for me, as I > > admin some remote sites, and if they get rebooted, there's no way for > > me to contact them. > > > > Any suggestions as to where to start PPP? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mike Harding > > I start "ppp -auto" in /usr/local/etc/rc.d and works fine for me The best place is in /etc/start_if.tun0 (as suggested in the handbook). But remember, you should have a blank ifconfig_tun0= line in rc.conf. > Thordur Ivarsson -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....