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Date:      Thu, 26 Mar 1998 01:01:49 +0000
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        Peter Schwenk <schwenk@voicenet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: User-PPP Different in 2.2.6-Beta? 
Message-ID:  <199803260101.BAA01107@awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 25 Mar 1998 16:32:12 EST." <Pine.SUN.3.96.980325162001.28490C-100000@omni1> 

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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
> 
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