Date: Sat, 5 Aug 1995 13:08:41 -0400 (EDT) From: John Capo <jc@irbs.com> To: rjbproc@Vir.com (Robert Burns) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tcsh invokes iijppp demand Message-ID: <199508051708.NAA17244@irbs.irbs.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950805124141.1047A-100000@zeta> from "Robert Burns" at Aug 5, 95 12:48:27 pm
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Robert Burns writes: > > > To my bewilderment, when I substituted my standard csh with tcsh, when > logging in or invoking tsch my modem dials up. (using ppp -auto) > > Any ideas? > This happens due to tcsh being compiled with the REMOTEHOST option. tcsh does a reverse DNS lookup on the host address to get a host name. The DNS lookup causes iijppp to call your ISP. John Capo IRBS Engineering
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