From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 29 15:44:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA27857 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 29 Nov 1997 15:44:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from abattoir.com (millschick.abattoir.com [204.17.233.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA27852 for ; Sat, 29 Nov 1997 15:44:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from banshee@abattoir.com) Received: (from banshee@localhost) by abattoir.com (8.8.8/8.7.3) id PAA29701 for questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 29 Nov 1997 15:44:18 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 15:44:18 -0800 (PST) From: John M Vinopal Message-Id: <199711292344.PAA29701@abattoir.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: startup lookups Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I start userland ppp in my startup scripts via start_if.tun0; I run it in -auto mode and it dials when startup hits ntpdate. However, ppp blocks for a good minute or two when starting -- some sort of name lookup. What the heck is it looking up? There are no hostnames in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf or ppp.secret. I have the same issue with sendmail which I thought was looking up vixie's black hole stuff until I realize that was on the other machine entirely. I'm going to boot single user and look at what its looking up, but in general are these issues with ppp starting from rc? It starts quickly if I run it later. I think I understand why sysvers like runlevels now. -j