Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 21:08:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Travis <daboom@holli.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: PPP exit... Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961008210730.2709V-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19960915202310.0071dae8@pop.holli.com>
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On Sun, 15 Sep 1996, Travis wrote: > Ok so I've figured out how to start up ppp and get connected and all > that goodie goodie... But it leave it in that "PPP on #hostname>" > prompt... Ya I know I can get a shell by typing shell.. But it seems to > stop the ppp connection if I go into that shell. Is there a way to exit it > after it's connect. It's taking up a Virtral Console and I don't like that. > Any help would be appricatied. Try ^Z to suspend then quickly 'bg' it (assuming you're using the C shell). At home I either ran it in an xterm I minimized or put it on one of the other virtual consoles. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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