Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 00:21:59 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=DEor=F0ur?= Ivarsson <totii@est.is> Cc: "Michael V. Harding" <mvh@netcom.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to start "ppp -auto" on boot? Message-ID: <199710290021.AAA04036@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 28 Oct 1997 19:18:13 GMT." <34563A75.41C67EA6@est.is>
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> 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
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