From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 25 17:09:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA16043 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 25 Mar 1998 17:09:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (192.hiper01.shef.dialup.force9.net [195.166.132.192] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA15747 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 1998 17:08:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA01107; Thu, 26 Mar 1998 01:01:49 GMT (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199803260101.BAA01107@awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Peter Schwenk cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: User-PPP Different in 2.2.6-Beta? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 25 Mar 1998 16:32:12 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 01:01:49 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Lots has changed with ppp - specifically, the security stuff has changed (for the better). Your best bet is to enable tcp/ip logging to see what's triggering the dial. > Hi, > > I (last weekend) cvsupped the whole deal using the cvsupit package (very > nice!), made world, recompiled the kernel, etc. I didn't change my PPP > configuration files (I'll post them, if requested), but ppp -auto seems to > work differently, and I'm having difficulty tracking down why. Has the > behavior of PPP changed since 2.2.5-R? Here's what I mean by different: > > With the stock PPP that comes with 2.2.5R, i put a script in the startup > script directory (forget what it is off hand and I'm away from my FreeBSD > computer) that does "ppp -auto -alias pmdemand". When booting (which I do > fairly frequently because it's a home computer) the ppp daemon would start > and display a few messages, but it didn't dial right away. It would > patiently wait for packets to come to the tun0 device like I expected. > Now, with the 2.2.6-B version from last weekend and no change in the > ppp.conf and ppp.linkup files, ppp dials when it is first run during > bootup. This causes the bootup to stop while the connection is being > made. The other odd occurance is that it also dials when I login as root > (it didn't do that before either). > > I guess what I'm asking is... What may have changed with ppp from 2.2.5R > to 2.2.6B (Mar 20-ish) that would cause this kind of behavior? Does it > add routes differently that would cause tun0 to catch packets in more > situations? > > I like the earlier behavior better, less obtrusive. I'd appreciate any > clues anyone could give me. Thanks in advance! > > - Peter Schwenk - schwenk@voicenet.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message