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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