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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Travis <daboom@holli.com>
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Subject: Re: PPP exit...
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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